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Speech tip 101: Cook with your child during holidays to improve language skills

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Take advantage of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season to let your children get in the kitchen with you while sharpening their communication...
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Missing boy with Asperger's lived in NYC subways

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 · 2 comments

A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days in New York City's subway systems, surviving on snacks and water. Francisco...
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Speech tip 101: Get your kids gobbling up new words at Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Make a handprint turkey with simple craft supplies and help your kids work on the Thanksgiving vocabulary, such as gobble, feathers, thankful,...
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Household toxins reach babies in womb

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Researchers find women expose their babies to common household toxins unknowingly, a concern for most autism...
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Autism moms have stress equal to combat soldiers

New research shows mothers of adults or adolescents with autism suffer frequent work interruptions and and fatigue...
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Chelation drug safe, beneficial for children with autism, studies show

Two studies found positive results with the use of a prescription drug approved by the FDA to treat heavy metal...
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Art easels for children recalled due to high levels of lead

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Lead paint concerns on the chalkboards of 10,000 children's art easels causes a recall of the product, UPI reports. The Young Artist Easels,...
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Speech tip 101: Helping your child answer the 'WH' questions

Getting a child with speech challenges to answer the who, what, when, where questions can be made into a game....
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Boy with autism has weekly show at school

A sixth-grader at an Arizona elementary school is making himself known by telling jokes to his peers every Friday,...
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Artist with autism draws NYC skyline from memory

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CBS news reports on an artist with autism who can draw the entire New York City skyline after flying over it for...
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