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Recap of Autism & Education Series
Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but there is so much more to learn.
We looked at some of the possible causes of Autism, especially genetics and toxins, but new information and studies are revealed daily.
In fact,
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Therapy for Autism and Education
Now that you know how prevalant autism is, you probably want to know
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Big Brother Winner to donate $100,000 to Autism
Thought I’d take a break from the Autism & Education series today to share some news. If you aren’t a big fan of CBS’ prime time show Big Brother, you may not have heard that the winner promised he will give one fifth of his half-million dollar prize [...]
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Famous Autistics
Because this is the weekend, I’d like to share this poster and a couple of thoughts you can hold in your mind and heart during your busy Saturday and Sunday.
The statistics for diagnoses of autism is staggering
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Autism vs Ignorance
Today I want to share the latest assessment and diagnostic tools, plus a simple screening tool.
But before I do that, I’d like to thank two of my readers for clarifying the fragile x chromosome I mentioned in yesterday’s post. I attributed the fragile X to aging parents, specifically fathers, but fortunately,
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Let’s look at some possible causes of autism
Today, in Day 3 of this Autism series, I’d like to share with you some of the suspected causes of autism. No one REALLY knows the exact cause, or causes, but there are suspicious
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April is Autism Awareness Month
You may have seen the brightly colored puzzle-piece ribbon around, but didn’t know what it stood for. Because so many children are being diagnosed with autism, it is important for all of us to know what autism is; what we are dealing with, the phenomenal increase in children being diagnosed; and [...]
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California Schools in Budget Crunch
Today’s Los Angeles Times leads with another story about problems in California schools. Titled “California public schools seek private money just to cover the basics”, the story reports that
“potential layoff notices have been issued to 20,000 teachers, librarians,
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Do Grades Even Matter in Education?
With all the furor there has been over the amounts of testing taking place in our schools, as a result of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, teachers and parents are asking whether the tests are really telling us anything. Does frequent mandated testing tell us whether our schools are teaching our [...]
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