Category Archives: Autism Awareness

U.S. Vaccine Court Denies Family’s Autism Case

By admin | Published: February 12, 2009

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A special U.S. court ruled against three families on Thursday who claimed vaccines caused their children’s autism. The Vaccine Court Omnibus Autism Proceeding ruled against the parents of Michelle Cedillo, Colten Snyder and William Yates Hazlehurst, who had claimed that a measles, mumps and rubella [...]

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Autism Coverage Bill Fails

By admin | Published: February 12, 2009

Senate’s Move, House Panel’s Inaction Anger Advocates By Fredrick Kunkle Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, February 12, 2009; Page B07 RICHMOND, Feb. 11 — The Senate has effectively killed a bill that would have required insurers to cover autistic children, pleasing business lobbies that argued against new mandates but enraging parents who vowed revenge at [...]

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Scientific Review of the Immunization Action Coalitions Guidelines to Vaccination Policies

By admin | Published: February 6, 2009

The issue of whether vaccines are related to autism in any manner remains a controversial and divisive one. The tremendous financial and public health ramifications of the issue render it difficult to imagine that individuals from any community, be it scientific, pharmaceutical, governmental, or parental, can remain unbiased while addressing it. The following article, which [...]

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Shedding Light on Autism

By admin | Published: February 6, 2009

presented by SIDNEY MacDONALD BAKER, MD May 15-17, 2009Big Sur, California Spend a weekend at Esalen with Dr. Baker, Former Director of the Gesell Institute of Human Development, co-founder of DefeatAutism Now! and co-author of Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatments, and practicing physician. Treating the Unique Child: Private Options, Public Policy and the Autism Spectrum will [...]

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Autism 911: Help for a family in chaos

By admin | Published: February 3, 2009

By Linda Saether, CNN Medical Producer CARD Note: You can follow the Bilsons’ progress on CNN American Morning 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. through February 4. Seal Beach, CALIFORNIA (CNN) — The Bilson family is like many other families: three kids, a cat, and a small, lovely home with lots of family photos and carved [...]

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Join CARD Feb 14th in Anaheim!

By admin | Published: February 2, 2009

CARD is proud to be a part of this February’s Autism/Asperger’s Conference in Anaheim, California. Join us as we present our 2008 Study on Early, Intensive Behavioral Intervention on Children with Autism. Stay and watch RECOVERED with us! It’s all happening Saturday, February 14th. What better way to show love, than learning about resources that [...]

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Autism Spectrum Disorder May Be More Prevalent Among Children Born Very Prematurely

By admin | Published: January 30, 2009

Science Daily (Jan. 30, 2009) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC), in collaboration with other medical centers, have found that children born more than three months premature, are at three times the risk for screening positive on the modified checklist for autism in toddlers (M-CHAT). Children who screen [...]

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Legislature Proposes Autism Registry

By admin | Published: January 28, 2009

Studies show Autism affects millions of families across the country. New Mexico lawmakers are taking steps to try and determine just how widespread the disorder is.Tuesday, a Senate committee unanimously approved legislation that would create a statewide voluntary autism registry. Another bill in the works would mandate insurance coverage for autistic children through high school. [...]

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New Study Further Disputes Vaccine-Autism Link

By admin | Published: January 26, 2009

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated PressA new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn’t hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents.In the early 1990s, thousands of healthy Italian babies in a study of whooping cough vaccines got two different amounts of the preservative [...]

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Comedy Night to Benefit Children with Autism

By admin | Published: January 23, 2009

Get ready to laugh until your stomache hurts! Some of New York’s most up andcoming comedians are joining forces for a spectacular … Comedy Night to BenefitKids with Autism When: Sunday, Feb. 15 @ 8pm Where: The Comedy Club 2235 Empire Blvd – Webster, NY Doors Open: 7 pm Must be 18 + Tickets: $10 [...]

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