41. Junk Medicine: Increase In Autism - Health - Times Online Western countries are often said to be in the midst of an epidemic of autism. There is little doubt that the condition, once a rarity afflicting as few as http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-1675936,00.html

NI_IFRAME('Top'); ARCHIVE CLASSIFIED SHOPPING PROMOTIONS ... WEATHER Search HEALTH Health news Health features Health briefings ... Health fitness TIMES ONLINE Home Britain World Business ... Site Map SPECIAL REPORTS Making Skills Work European Cities Arts Power 100 The Art of Travel ... Other NI_AD('BottomLeft'); Health news July 02, 2005 Junk medicine: increase in autism by Mark Henderson Scare talk of an epidemic does little to further our understanding of autism Western countries are often said to be in the midst of an epidemic of autism. There is little doubt that the condition, once a rarity afflicting as few as two children in every 10,000, is now diagnosed much more frequently. Some 535,000 people in Britain are recognised to have an autistic-spectrum disorder. NI_MPU('middle'); At the UK launch this week of the National Alliance for Autism Research, five leading British experts endorsed the verdict of Tony Charman, of the Institute of Child Health in London, that the documented rise is more likely to reflect changing diagnosis than a new epidemic with a sinister cause. Given the lack of good historical data, it is difficult to prove that autism has long been this common, but that sufferers were differently labelled. There are indications, though, that this is the case.

42. Study Further Weakens Vaccine-autism Link CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/conditions/11/07/autism.vaccine.reut/index.html

43. Blood Test Brings Hope Of Better Life With Autism - Health - Times Online A BLOOD test that can detect autism in infancy has become a possibility after new research in the United States. Scientists have discovered a set of http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-1600939,00.html

NI_IFRAME('Top'); ARCHIVE CLASSIFIED SHOPPING PROMOTIONS ... WEATHER Search HEALTH Health news Health features Health briefings ... Health fitness TIMES ONLINE Home Britain World Business ... Site Map SPECIAL REPORTS Making Skills Work European Cities Arts Power 100 The Art of Travel ... Other NI_AD('BottomLeft'); Health news May 06, 2005 Blood test brings hope of better life with autism By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent A BLOOD test that can detect autism in infancy has become a possibility after new research in the United States. Scientists have discovered a set of biological markers in the blood of autistic children that differ significantly from those seen in normal development, suggesting a potential means of diagnosing the disorder long before it would usually become apparent. NI_MPU('middle'); Such a test would be an important breakthrough because it would allow doctors to start therapy designed to minimise the impact of autism and to help sufferers to enjoy a more fulfilling life. While there is no cure for the disorder, there is evidence that interventions such as behavioural therapy and specialised teaching may improve language, communication and social interaction skills. The effects of these approaches, however, are generally greater the earlier they start, making prompt diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders critical. These are not usually detected until children are aged between 2 and 3 at the earliest, when difficulties with communication and other social skills start to become more apparent. The findings, from a team at the University of California, Davis, also promise new insights into the causes of autism that could eventually lead to improved treatments.

44. Panel Wants Children Screened Early For Autism CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/parenting/06/15/autism.screening.ap/index.html

45. Agency Information For ICA A notfor-profit, community based, mental health treatment, and educational agency dedicated to serving people with autism. http://www.illinoiscenterforautism.org/

Home ICA Programs Pasta Fare ... Fundraising Newsletter Subscription Subscribe Unsubscribe 548 South Ruby Lane/ Fairview Heights, IL 62208/ 618.398.7500/ 618.394.9869(fax) The Illinois Center for Autism (ICA) is a not-for-profit, community based, mental health treatment, and educational agency dedicated to serving people with autism. Referrals for possible student placement are made through local school districts, hospitals, regional special education centers, and doctors. Clients attend ICA at no cost to parents or guardians. ICA is approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE ) ICA is accredited by North Central Association (NCA) and the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF) Notice of Non-Discrimination Policy No person shall, on the grounds of race, religion, age, handicap, national origin or sex, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity provided by the Illinois Center for Autism webmaster @illinoiscenterforautism.org

46. Democratic Plans Address Autism, Health Care For Kids Democratic plans address autism, health care for kids. By Lynda Gledhill The San Francisco Chronicle April 14, 2005. Legislative Democrats initiated two http://www.childrennow.org/newsroom/press_coverage/autism_care.html

Home Newsroom Press Coverage Democratic plans address autism, health care for kids Newsroom Press Releases Press Coverage Press Coverage Democratic plans address autism, health care for kids By Lynda Gledhill The San Francisco Chronicle April 14, 2005 Legislative Democrats initiated two efforts Wednesday to improve the health of California's children, saying they want to see all children cared for, even those who are in the state illegally. A Senate committee approved a plan to expand a popular health insurance programs so that it covers all children, while the two leaders of the Legislature announced formation of a group to study what can be done to help the growing number of autistic children. As the state moves closer to crunch time in the budget debate, lawmakers said Wednesday that children should be protected at all costs, focusing on an area that attracts broad public support even when the state is still struggling with a large budget deficit. "A problem like this does not wait for a good budget year," said Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, speaking about the 1,000 percent increase in the number of people diagnosed with autism over the past 20 years. "A problem like this requires the political leadership to address something that has become a huge problem in this country." Perata and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nez, D-Los Angeles, said they were forming a legislative task force on autism to study what state resources were needed to help those diagnosed with the disease.

47. NHPA Home Find out about services and programs for children and adults with mental retardation, drug and alcohol abuse, behavioral health issues, pervasive developmental disorders, and autism. http://www.newhopetreatment.com/HSCM/NHPAHome.htm

New Hope of Pennsylvania Community Based Services New Hope of Pennsylvania offers services and programs to children and adults dealing with mental retardation, mental health issues, drug and alcohol abuse, behavioral health issues, pervasive developmental disorder, and autism. We have a wealth of experience in effectively working with individuals who utilize these services, including very difficult to manage, non-ambulatory, and medically involved individuals. Services are individualized, customized, culturally relevant, age appropriate, family focused, and consumer centered. New Hope of Pennsylvania Programs and Services New Hope of Pennsylvania Contact Information Mission Statement

48. CNN.com - Autism And Vaccines: Is There A Link? - Dec. 11, 2002 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/parenting/12/10/cnna.autism.vaccines/index.html

CNN Europe CNN Asia Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese On CNN TV Transcripts Headline News CNN International ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Autism and vaccines: Is there a link? Burton says the government isn't doing enough to determine if vaccines are linked to autism. Story Tools VIDEO Many people believe thimerosol, a mercury-based preservative used in some vaccines, may be partly to blame for autism. CNN's Rea Blakey reports (December 11) PLAY VIDEO RELATED Vaccine experts upset by renewed safety doubts National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Cure Autism Now Foundation Autism Society of America (CNN) A congressional committee is holding hearings Tuesday into the relationship between childhood vaccinations and autism. According to the House Government Reform Committee, as many as 1.5 million Americans suffer some form of autism, and the rate is increasing by 10 percent to 17 percent a year. Many people believe thimerosol, a mercury-based preservative used in some vaccines, may be partly to blame for these statistics, but many scientists dispute that theory. Rep. Dan Burton, R-Indiana, who chairs the committee, also has a personal stake in the inquiry: He's the grandfather of a 5-year-old who was diagnosed with autism three years ago. Burton joined CNN's Leon Harris and childhood immunization expert Dr. Sharon Humiston, also the mother of an autistic child, to discuss the issue.

49. Children's TLC, Therapeutic Learning Center In Kansas City Early intervention preschool home health programs for children with disabilities. Therapy for autism, Down's Syndrome, developmental delay. http://www.childrenstlc.org

Home About Us Programs Admission ... Contact Us Children's TLC 3101 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64111 816-756-1677 fax staff@ChildrensTLC.org Home Serving young children with disabilities and their families since 1947 Welcome to the Children's TLC web site. This page will give you information about our early intervention programs and how to contact us. Please visit our other pages for additional information about our services. Children's TLC is: a nonprofit community resource located in Kansas City, Missouri founded in 1947 by community volunteers with a goal to prepare preschool children with disabilities for formal schooling. approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a private preschool for children with different disability types (for example; autism, Down's Syndrome, Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Deaf, language impaired, others). an early intervention program that offers special education, occupational, physical and speech therapy services for children with special needs infant-toddler to age eight in the natural environment and in the Center.

50. CNN.com - New Study Disputes Vaccine, Autism Link - Nov. 3, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/parenting/11/03/mercury.vaccines.ap/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com New study disputes vaccine, autism link Critics say mercury in shots led to nervous-system problems Story Tools RELATED Autism, vaccines: Is there a link? FDA: Thimerosal in Vaccines Pediatrics journal HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library Children's health Autism Why immunize? YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Autism Thimerosal Parenting or Create your own Manage alerts What is this? CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) Government researchers say they found little evidence of a link between vaccinations and developmental problems in a study of more than 140,000 U.S. children. The report didn't satisfy vaccine critics, who claimed the study's initial results showed a stronger connection but were watered down. They also noted that the study's lead author now works for a vaccine maker. The study, published Monday in the December issue of Pediatrics, is one of the latest attempts to determine whether older vaccines with the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal led to nervous-system problems such as autism, as some vocal critics contend. In one group of children studied, routine vaccines in infancy appeared to slightly increase the risk for tics. In another group, a slight association was seen with language delays but not tics. A third group showed no associations with any disorder.

51. BBC - Health - Conditions - Autism We take a look at the perplexing condition of autism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/autism1.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index MONDAY 19th September 2005 Text only BBC Homepage Lifestyle Health ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Autism Dr Trisha Macnair Dr Rob Hicks People with autism find it hard to make sense of the world, which appears as a chaotic maelstrom, that has no clear boundaries, order or meaning. In this article What are the problems? Who does autism affect? Genetic factors Autism is a lifelong neuro-developmental disability that affects the way a person communicates, and severely limits their ability to relate to others in a meaningful way, develop friendships or understand other people's feelings. Autism is often referred to as a spectrum disorder because of the variation in type and severity of problems a child may experience. Those most able to function normally within the autistic spectrum are said to have Asperger's syndrome. What are the problems? People with autism have a triad of impairments in social interaction, social communication (verbal and non-verbal - they don't understand the meaning of gestures, facial expressions or tone of voice) - and imagination. In general there may be: - a failure to develop normal speech - an absence of normal facial expression and body language - a lack of eye contact - a tendency to spend time alone - a lack of imaginative play - repetitive behaviour - obsession with particular objects or routines.

52. NIMH: Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders The National Institute of Mental health (NIMH) is part of the National http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/autismmenu.cfm

@import "/includes/styles/nimhtouchup/wireframe.css"; @import "/includes/styles/nimhtouchup/contents.css"; @import "/includes/styles/nimhtouchup/textsizeS.css"; Skip to main content Working to improve mental health through biomedical research on mind, brain, and behavior Text Size: S M L powered by Google Advanced Search Press Room NIMH Outreach Scientific Meetings Clinical Trials ... Other Disorders Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) What are Autism Spectrum Disorders? Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), cause severe and pervasive impairment in thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to others. These disorders are usually first diagnosed in early childhood and range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, through pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), to a much milder form, Asperger syndrome. They also include two rare disorders, Rett syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder. more>> Parents are usually the first to notice unusual behaviors in their child. In some cases, the baby seemed "different" from birth, unresponsive to people or focusing intently on one item for long periods of time. The first signs of an autism spectrum disorder can also appear in children who had been developing normally. When an affectionate, babbling toddler suddenly becomes silent, withdrawn, self-abusive, or indifferent to social overtures, something is wrong.

53. Congressman More Money Needed For Autism CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/parenting/04/20/autism.funding.ap/index.html

54. MMR Vaccine And Autism - Health Minutes 07/10/2004 A study of a database of people registered with British GPs showed no indication that those with an autismlike problem were more likely to have had the MMR http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s1213290.htm

ABC Home Radio Television News ... Health Minutes Home MMR vaccine and autism 7 October 2004 In Australia, we've been lucky to avoid - mostly - panics which have swept the UK about immunisation. First it was groundless fear of the whooping cough vaccine, which resulted in huge numbers of unimmunised babies. As a result there were epidemics of whooping cough during which infants died. About six years ago, the bogey became the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, MMR, which was accused of causing autism-like disorders. The original evidence came from just 12 children in a clinic who were not compared to a control group. Immunisation rates fell, there were measles outbreaks and researchers responded by doing what the accusers never did, which was to look at seriously large numbers of children in the real world. No such studies showed a problem with MMR and autism, and the most recent paper has just been published. Using a very large database of people registered with British GPs, about 1300 people with an autism spectrum disorder were compared to about 4500 similar people without the problem. A detailed analysis showed no indication that those with an autism-like problem were more likely to have had the MMR. In fact if anything there was a trend for MMR to be protective.

55. Dealing With Autism Every Day CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/parenting/02/24/life.with.autism.ap/index.html

56. Health Report - 05/04/1999: Autism A French researcher and his team have studied the pattern of autism in the population of Languedoc in France. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s21141.htm

Radio National with Norman Swan Autism Monday 5 April 1999 Summary: A French researcher and his team have studied the pattern of autism in the population of Languedoc in France. The word 'autism' strikes fear in the hearts of parents. They imagine a child who is going to be locked inside his or her own head and never able to interact properly with the world, much less become self-sufficient. But in fact according to work done in France and elsewhere, that's to some extent a misleading view of the condition. But there is still a lot of controversy over whether in its milder forms, you're looking at autism or another problem altogether. Charles Aussilloux is an authority in this field. He's Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Montpellier in the South of France, which is where I visited him. Charles wanted to get a clear picture of the full spectrum of people with autism, how it evolves in childhood and later in life. To do this, he and his team have studied the pattern of autism in the population of Languedoc, the region around Montpellier. Charles Aussilloux: The evolution of autistic persons are very different, and when we see the evolution when children in their adulthood, five persons are normal existence; they are autonomous, they can have a job, they can live by themselves and they have only to have support when something bad comes in their existence.

57. Rising Reports Of Autism Prompt Guidelines CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/autism.guidelines.ap/index.html

58. Vaccine Not A Risk For Autism - Health And Medical Information Produced By Docto Doctorproduced health and medical information written for you to make informed decisions about your health concerns. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25039

59. No Link Seen Between Childhood Shots, Autism CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/03/06/health.autism.reut/index.html

60. Autism - Healthy Kids And Pediatrics - Health And Medical Information Produced B A complete listing of health information about kids and teens, including acne, AIDS awareness, allergies and asthma, attention deficit disorders and http://www.medicinenet.com/autism/article.htm

document.writeln(''); About Us MedicineNet Home Healthy Kids Home Page > Autism search help Printer-Friendly Format FREE Newsletters Email to a Friend ... Next Autism What is autism? What are the symptoms of autism? What causes autism? Is autism genetic? ... Autism At A Glance What is autism? Autism is a developmental disorder that is characterized by impaired development in communication, social interaction, and behavior. Autism is classified as a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), which is part of a broad spectrum of developmental disorders affecting young children and adultsthe Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The range of these disorders varies from severely impaired individuals with autism to other individuals who have abnormalities of social interaction but normal intelligenceAsperger's syndrome. The ways in which autism is exhibited can differ greatly. Additionally, autism can be found in association with other disorders such as mental retardation and certain medical conditions. The degree of autism can range from mild to severe. Mildly affected individuals may appear very close to normal. Severely afflicted individuals may be extremely retarded and unable to function in almost any setting. In the past, autism has been confused with childhood

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