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The middle school years, when nothing seems more important or more impossible than fitting in, are rough for nearly everyone. But they are particularly brutal for preteens such as Will Gilbertsen, whose mild autism makes him stand out.
By: Mike Mullen When her son turned 2 years old, Kammy Kramer asked her pediatrician why Elliott was still not speaking. It was Kramer’s fourth visit in six months, and her exasperated pediatrician told her to consult a speech therapist. Shortly after this visit, Elliott’s aggressions began. He lashed out in physical violence more than 100 times a day, mostly at his mother and father. But he was ...
The St. Helena Police Department is launching a new program that could help locate missing people suffering from conditions like dementia, Alzheimer’s, Down syndrome and autism.
ABERDEEN — Parents of Autistic Children (POAC) of the Matawan Aberdeen Regional School District will present "Managing Problem Behaviors in the Home and Community" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Before Tisha Brown found out her son Matthew had autism, she would cry as he screamed seemingly without reason in her family's Tobyhanna home. She faced more uncertainty once she received his initial diagnosis, searching online with little success for a
Keynote speaker & Author Dr. Temple Grandin to discuss living with autism
There's encouraging news on treating autism today. Experts say a new autism treatment works in kids as young as 18 months.
We begin with the state office of mental retardation wanting to build a a group home for autistic youth in Binghamton.
BOISE -- A Boise teenager accused of setting his family's home is due back in court Thursday. Matthew Abramowski was 15 when Ada County prosecutors charged him as an adult with first-degree arson in April. Court documents say he suffers from a form of autism, major depression and other behaviorial disorders. Last week, a judge determined that Abramowski was competent to stand trial. But ...
That Archbishop Emeritus Edward Cardinal Egan, State Sen. Tom Duane and Suzanne and Bob Wright will attend the Dec. 9 ribbon-cutting at the McCarton School for Children with Autism, a state-of-the-art, 30,000-square-foot facility in Chelsea . . . THA...
Behavioral problems of autistic children can be reduced through medication and a parental training program, U.S. researchers say. The 24-week study involved 124 children ages 4-13 with autism, Asperger's or related disorders at Yale University.
Temple Grandin signs a book Tuesday for Mississippi State University student Kristin Nichols, a member of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2010. Grandin, a world-renowned speaker and bestselling author, has autism and was the keynote speaker for CVM’s Human-Animal Bond Lecture Series.
CHICAGO (AP) — The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosi...
Thousands of U.S. children undergo these therapies and many more at the urging of physicians who say they can successfully treat, or "recover," children with autism, a disorder most physicians and scientists say they cannot yet explain or cure.
Language, social skills improve with specially designed program, study finds
FITCHBURG -- Stephanie Hoefsmit, a mother of six, says people often don't give her autistic 5-year-old sons a chance.
