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Autism Awareness

Miss Ivory Coast Raises Autism Awareness in Africa

January 11, 2010

Autism awareness in the United States is a prominent focus of autism organizations, parents, teachers, and professionals that work with individuals on the autism spectrum. However, autism awareness is an emerging trend in many parts of the world, include countries on the continent of Africa. Miss Ivory Coast, the mother of a child [...]

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Autism Speaks UK is Now Autistica

January 3, 2010

AUTISM SPEAKS IN THE U.K. ANNOUNCES A CHANGE IN NAME TO AUTISTICA
Autistica Will Continue to Collaborate with Autism Speaks U.S. on Autism Research and Other Issues of Mutual Interest
UK charity Autism Speaks and charity of the same name in the United States are pleased to announce that the former will be renamed Autistica with effect [...]

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SafeMinds Chastises the CDC for New Autism Study

December 23, 2009

Yesterday I published information about the CDC new study, which shows that 1 in 110 children in the United States have autism. The study results were published last Friday and on Monday, SafeMinds published their own press release chastising the CDC.
SafeMinds stands for Sensible Action for Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders. The organization implores [...]

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Autism Rates Rise to 1 in 110 and Questions Still Left Unanswered

December 22, 2009

Although rumors about autism rates being adjust to 1 in 100 children floated around the net a few months ago, the U.S. CDC recently published their latest figures. According to the CDC, 1 in 110 children in the United States are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. The three most common conditions categorized [...]

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The Autism Research Projects Managed by the US CDC

October 15, 2009

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responsible for the official autism prevalence rates here in the United States. Although recent studies have shown that autism is affecting 1% of children in the United States, the official CDC data still sits at 1 in 150. In order to understand how [...]

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Autism Myths That Need to be Dispelled

October 15, 2009

As parents of children with autism, autistic individuals, or professionals that work in the autism field, we have all undoubtedly heard of one or more of the following autism myths:

Refrigerator mothers
Autism = intellectual disability
Autistics can’t show empathy
Everyone with autism is nonverbal

Helping to dispel these myths is an important part of raising autism awareness.
As autism spectrum [...]

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