Contents: Volume 3, Number 4
- THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF BEING AUTISTIC IN
ALMERIA: How
autistic individuals are starting to receive much-needed help in
'Spaghetti western' country
- THAILAND'S VOICE OF HOPE AND COMPASSION: 'The changes I
have seen in my
autistic students have strengthened my belief that, where there is
great love, care and empathy,. there
can be miracles'
- MMR UDATE: New MMR study in USA adds fuel to debate over
vaccine safety ... but UK
experts reject Utah findings; Paul Shattock: 'MMR may trigger
autism in one in ten children'; Tony Blair, Britain's Prime
Minister: 'There is not a scrap of evidence against MMR jab'; US
scientists
'corroborate Wakefield gut findings'; Toxin link to autism? Scepticism
over review clearing jab; Parents fight each over MMR for their
children
- First gene for autism 'could be found within two years'
- Ohio study could explain lack of self-consciousness in
people with autism
- Smoking during pregnancy 'increases risk of autism'
- Could upsurge in autism in Silicon Valley be down to the
'geek gene'?
- Brain 'may grow too fast in autism'
- Two new studies find Risperdal to be effective in
autistic children
- Dutch team finds brain potential avoiding sensory
overload works normally in children with
autism
- Fish oils 'may alleviate some of the symptoms and
behavioural problems associated with
autism'
- ASPERGER'S SYNDROME: Two years in jail for killing
ailing mother in Sweden; Volunteers
terrorised by telephone threats
- Man jumps into Sydney Harbour to save autistic boy from
drowning
- Hong Kong offers compensation to parents of missing
autistic boy
- Explosive device planted outside offices of autism
centre
- Autistic man died after being restrained at care home
- King of Morocco opens unique autism centre
- Barbara MacArthur: 'The day they told me I had
to put my son into an institution'
- EDUCATION: Unique ABA initiative launched in California
state school system; British
teachers given new guidance on autism; Boy with Asperger's told he is
'too bright' to attend special
school
- LOOKING UP INTERVIEW: Dr Tony Charman, senior
lecturer in Clinical Psychology in the
Behaviour and Brain Sciences Unit at the Institute of Child Health in
London, England, discusses his
comprehensive review exercise to map the current state of knowledge in
autism research
- 'I defended my autistic son as police closed in on him'
- AUTISM IN ITALY: Donata Vivanti on why the
battle must go on against fraudulent 'experts'
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