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HBOT autism and the NHS
The National Health Service [NHS] in the UK prides itself on delivering healthcare that is free at the point of delivery but paid for out of general taxation. Despite occasional lapses into the land of...
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shades of grey on the autistic spectrum.
The discussion at the Guardian on curing autism that I blogged yesterday threw up the old chestnut that we have a severe form of autism where children are non-verbal, prone to self injury and violent...
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Prozac treatment for autism
In yesterday’s Guardian I read that Thousands of children with autism in the UK could benefit from taking drugs such as Prozac, a US psychiatrist said yesterday. Professor Eric Hollander, from the...
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Early diagnosis of autism brings obvious benefits. It means you can make an early start to understanding your child and meeting their needs. Early intervention is generally agreed to be A Good Thing....
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Autism News Beat – A Round Up
NEW BLOGS FOR OLD There is a new blog on the block. Autism News Beat opened with this. “I’ve started this site as a resource for journalists looking for accurate, evidence-based information about...
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The costs of autism
I am familiar with two studies that make a serious attempt to estimate the costs of autism – one in the USA and one in the UK. These figures look quite alarming: 3.2 million US dollars or 2.4 million...
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Judge Rotenberg Center again
Derrick Jeffries – Person with Asperger’s Syndrome and Nancy Weiss – Co-Director, The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, Center for Disabilities Studies, University of...
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Jenny McCarthy: responding to criticism
First, an apology. My offline existence has led me to neglect Action For Autism recently. This at a time when my blog has never been more popular. But I have no illusions about the reason. It is all...
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Neuroscience and Autism
Brains that go bump in the night. Brain science has come a long way in the last 200 years. We look back at the early efforts of the phrenologists to map personality, behaviour and mental abilities onto...
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Judge Rotenberg Center – latest research
Side effects of contingent shock treatment W.M.W.J. van Oorsouw(a) M.L. Israel(b) R.E. von Heyn(b) and P.C. Duker(a) (a)Pluryn Werkenrode Groep (Winckelsteegh) and Radboud University, Nijmegen, The...
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