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- 1From:PT in Motion (Vol. 10, Issue 6)"Autism has been at the forefront of my adult life, on the job and at home," says Karen Tartick, PT. "I understand it as a physical therapist and I understand it as a parent." What Tartick, a longtime physical...
- 2From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 53, Issue 36)Byline: RICHARD MONASTERSKY Roy Richard Grinker started his training in psychiatry before he hit puberty. As an 11-year-old growing up in Chicago, he spent Saturday afternoons getting his medical education at the...
- 3From:Journal of Research in Childhood Education (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract. In this case study, research was conducted in an integrated preschool setting, which included children with a variety of disabilities as well as children who were considered to be typically developing. "Jay,"...
- 4From:Daedalus (Vol. 138, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedContraries illumine what they are not. Aliens, typically from outer space, are almost by definition not human. Current portrayals of aliens may show more about who we, the humans, are than they do about our...
- 5From:Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round TablePeer-ReviewedAutism is a brain development disorder that is characterized by impaired social interaction, communication, restricted and repetitive behavior which starts before a child is three years old. As a result of the outcome...
- 6From:Autism InsightsPeer-ReviewedAutism is a complex developmental neurological disorder causing impaired function and structure of brain development. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), autism is...
- 7From:American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPurpose: The goal of this study was to expand the field's understanding of autism through the analysis of 1st-person perspectives from autistic video webloggers (vloggers). Method: This study analyzed the...
- 8From:Palaestra (Vol. 29, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAmid concerns about measles, the nation's largest autism advocacy group has updated its stance on vaccines and autism, but remains mum on whether it will fund further studies on the issue. Autism Speaks revised its...
- 9From:Clinical Psychiatry News (Vol. 30, Issue 1)SAN DIEGO -- An apparent rise in the prevalence of autism over the past few years has prompted many doctors and parents to conclude that we are seeing an autism epidemic. But, according to Dr. Eric Fombonne, there...
- 10From:TDR (Cambridge, Mass.) (Vol. 41, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDonna Williams has written two remarkable books about autism that explore the complex relationship between internal and external perceptions and identities. She illuminates the split between the fixed concept of self and...
- 11From:New England Review (Vol. 39, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed1. DOES YOUR CHILD FLAP HIS HANDS OR OTHER FINER FLAPPING? DOES HE SELF-STIMULATE? In ecstatic moments it is a kind of remembering the body is the body. For example, these are arms for grasping. These hands are for...
- 12From:Education (Vol. 131, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis study investigated the effects of peer training intervention on social interactions of two participants with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and four typically developing peers. A multiple probe (Horner & Baer,...
- 13From:Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe article argues that oppositional public advocacy texts produced by Autism Speaks and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) are a rhetorical entry point into an uncomfortable deadlock between two competing...
- 14From:Clinical Psychiatry News (Vol. 41, Issue 1)AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY SAN FRANCISCO - Thirty-five children with autism or developmental disorders significantly improved their behavioral functioning after...
- 15From:Neuropsychiatry (Vol. 3, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Johnny L Matson [*] 2 , Lindsey W Williams 1 Practice points * Considerable overlap exists between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and mental health disorders. * High rates of overlap are significant...
- 16From:Communique (Vol. 41, Issue 6)Decades of technological advances have helped individuals with disabilities to access school curricula (National Learning Center for Disabilities, 2012). Arguably, the introduction of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad has...
- 17From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 121, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewedhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206268 Kalkbrenner et al. (2012) reported a positive association between maternal smoking and higher functioning autism syndrome disorder (ASD) subtypes. Other studies had previously...
- 18From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness WeekBy a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on Diet and Nutrition Disorders have been published. According to news reporting out of Kansas City, Missouri, by NewsRx...
- 19From:Language In India (Vol. 14, Issue 1)INTRODUCTION Autism is a name given to a set of neurodevelopmental disorders in which the communicative aspects and the interaction of a person with other people is impaired. Autism is a spectrum that encompasses a...
- 20From:Family Practice News (Vol. 44, Issue 3)With prevalence of as much as 1 in 88 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you are no doubt caring for many children with autism. It can be an intimidating task when families, anxious to ensure...