Suit filed on behalf of autistic Neb. children
Omaha World-Herald
By Martha Stoddard LINCOLN — A lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of two Nebraska children who were denied Medicaid coverage for their severe behavioral and mental health problems. The suit challenges a state policy that bars coverage of certain types ...
Group sues Neb. over denial of Medicaid coverageWHIO Radio

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Zee News
Autism in Infants Predicted by Simple Test
LiveScience.com
Autism is typically not firmly diagnosed until a child is around 3 years old. For infants at 6 months with a high genetic risk for autism, another potential predictor has been found by noting weak head and neck control. Researchers suggest adding the ...
Simple task at 6 months of age may predict risk of autismZee News
IMFAR: Genetic Variants Predict Autism Risk in SiblingsDoctors Lounge
Researchers identify 57 SNPs associated with autismNews-Medical.net
ABC Action News -Counsel & Heal
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RT
'Not a place for such kids' – Moscow's theatre denies autistic group's visit
RT
Moscow's animal Theater has denied a visit to a group of autistic children, saying “kids like these” are not welcomed there. This comes after Moscow's Oceanarium was slammed for also being not friendly to people with autistism. Two groups of autistic ...

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The West Australian
Autism crusader on verge of ruin
The West Australian
The founder of the collapsed LEARN centre for autistic children says she is on the verge of bankruptcy after the second collapse of a company behind the East Fremantle operation in less than two years. And taxpayers and workers are set to be left out ...
McGowan backs call to save autism centrePerth Now
Autistic centre shutting its doors in FremantleABC Online
Angry parents rally over disability centre closureWA today

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Wired News
Next Stop , the Moving Memoir of an Autistic Adult
Wired News
We've had several posts on GeekMom that were related to autism and raising autistic children. I've read a handful of books through the years about families with autistic children and they were very enlightening. The reason this book captured my ...

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CTV.ca
In France, autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
CTV.ca
AP LONDON — In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with ...

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Worksop Today
Autism funding row resolved
Worksop Today
In September last year Gainsborough Autism Parents Support Group applied for £1800 to pay for fun days and swim sessions for autistic children and their families. But the item has been repeatedly deferred on the agenda for Gainsborough Town Council ...

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In France autistic kids get psychotherapy; critics slam approach as outdated ...
Winnipeg Free Press
LONDON - In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychological or ...

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Zee News
Simple task at 6 months of age may predict risk of autism
Zee News
“However, disruption in early motor development may also provide important clues about developmental disorders such as autism,” she added. While previous studies have shown that head lag indicates developmental delays in children with cerebral palsy ...
IMFAR: Genetic Variants Predict Autism Risk in SiblingsDoctors Lounge
Researchers identify 57 SNPs associated with autismNews-Medical.net
Baby's poor head and neck control may be an autism clueABC Action News
Counsel & Heal -RedOrbit
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French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
El Paso Times
Some French parents resort to sending their children abroad to get adequate treatment. In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a ...

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French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
Fox News
LONDON – In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychological or ...

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Autism 'Relegated to the Sidelines'
AllAfrica.com
Sometimes he covers his ears with his hands to block out the sounds of children in a nearby playground. When he was just an infant Quaynor was diagnosed with autism, a developmental disorder that is characterised by impaired social interactions.

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Community Impact Newspaper
Williamson County news — May 2012
Community Impact Newspaper
by Joe Lanane, Samantha Bryant Regina Cavanaugh, a child psychiatrist with Lone Star Circle of Care, spoke May 8 at National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day event. Williamson County Commissioners celebrated National Children's Mental Health ...

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Community Impact Newspaper
Williamson County news — May 2012
Community Impact Newspaper
by Joe Lanane, Samantha Bryant Regina Cavanaugh, a child psychiatrist with Lone Star Circle of Care, spoke May 8 at National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day event. Williamson County Commissioners celebrated National Children's Mental Health ...

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Autism "Relegated to the Sidelines"
Inter Press Service
Sometimes he covers his ears with his hands to block out the sounds of children in a nearby playground. When he was just an infant Quaynor was diagnosed with autism, a developmental disorder that is characterised by impaired social interactions.

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Cleveland News - Fox 8
Researchers identify 57 SNPs associated with autism
News-Medical.net
By focusing on the identification of common genetic variants, researchers have identified 57 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that predict-with a high degree of certainty--the risk that siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ...
Delays in Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersCounsel & Heal
Simple task at 6 months of age may predict risk of autismNewstrack India
Baby's Poor Head and Neck Control May Be an Autism ClueCleveland News - Fox 8
Examiner.com
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Autistic school hits snag before preservation group
Lincoln Journal Star
Developers want the oldest building on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, the Lewis-Syford House at 700 N. 16th St., to be renovated into a private school for autistic kids. The Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday, May 17, 2012, ...

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Zee News
Gene behind autism, schizophrenia and obesity identified
Zee News
Head size in human babies is a feature that is related to autism, a condition that recent figures have shown to be more common than previously reported, 1 in 88 children in a March 2012 study. Head size is also a feature of other major neurological ...

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Autistic school hits snag before preservation group
Lincoln Journal Star
Developers want the oldest building on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, the Lewis-Syford House at 700 N. 16th St., to be renovated into a private school for autistic kids. The Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday, May 17, 2012, ...

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ABC News
Baby's poor head and neck control may be an autism clue
WLFI.com
They've seen this in children with cerebral palsy and preterm infants, for example. But so far it had not been documented in children with autism. Researchers at Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute looked at a small sample of babies who were already ...
Weak head and neck control may signal autismNurse.com
Infant Head Lag May Signal AutismWebMD
Developmental Woes Common in Siblings of Children With AutismU.S. News & World Report
MyHealthNewsDaily
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