Category Archives: Autism Treatment

Autism Screening Tops the President’s Medical To-Do List

By admin | Published: January 22, 2009

By Nancy Shute, US News and World Report Whitehouse.gov launched at 12:01 pm Wednesday, even before the new president had taken his oath of office on the Capitol’s West Front. Autism is the only disorder or disease mentioned explicitly in Obama’s 24-point agenda. Heart disease and cancer don’t get the call. Neither does diabetes, or [...]

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CARD Reveals Outcome of First Arizona Early, Intensive Behavioral Therapy Study

By admin | Published: January 15, 2009

In 2006 the Arizona state Legislature and Governor Janet Napolitano approved $3.6 million funding for a two-year comprehensive outcome study to evaluate the effectiveness of early, intensive Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as a treatment for autism. The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD) was selected to administer the treatment and spearhead the study [...]

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Testosterone Levels Linked To Autistic Traits

By admin | Published: January 15, 2009

Exposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb is related to the development of autistic traits. This is the conclusion of groundbreaking research published in the British Journal of Psychology on 12th January 2009, which found that levels of testosterone in amniotic fluid were linked to children’s autistic traits up to ten years later. [...]

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New Research Raises Possibility of Prenatal Screening for Autism

By admin | Published: January 12, 2009

Prenatal screening for autism moves a step closer to reality today as new research has found ways of potentially identifying the condition in unborn babies. By Murray Wardrop, Telegraph.co.uk Scientists at Cambridge University discovered that high levels of testosterone in the amniotic fluid of pregnant mothers was linked to autistic traits in their children.The findings [...]

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The CARD Position on Biomedical Treatment for Autism

By admin | Published: January 8, 2009

The CARD Position on Biomedical Treatments for Autism, January 19, 2006 Autism is currently among the most controversial issues in American public health. Presumably because of the mysterious nature of the disorder, autism continues to be the focus of countless “fad treatments,” the vast majority of which either lack scientific support or have been scientifically [...]

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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Oklahoma Announces Autism Benefits

By admin | Published: January 2, 2009

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma announced the addition of an autism benefit to insured groups effective their next policy year. This change will not in any way affect the current medical coverage that has always been available to children with autism. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma is responding to market interests [...]

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Happy New Year from CARD!

By admin | Published: January 1, 2009

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What is ABA?

By admin | Published: December 15, 2008

What is Applied Behavior Analysis? Behavior Analysis is the scientific study of behavior. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the application of the principles of learning and motivation from Behavior Analysis, and the procedures and technology derived from those principles, to the solution of problems of social significance. Many decades of research have validated treatments based [...]

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Autism Glossary – What it All Means

By admin | Published: December 12, 2008

AABA: Applied Behavior Analysis ABC: Autism Behavior Checklist – a diagnostic tool ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADI: Autism Diagnostic Interview – a diagnostic tool developed in London by the Medical Research Council ADOS: Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale AIT: Auditory Integration Training AS: Asperger’s Syndrome ASA: [...]

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Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh Appears on California PBS Talk Show this Week

By admin | Published: December 9, 2008

Orange, CA – Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, BCBA, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD) will once again be featured on the KOCE – PBS (California) award-winning talk show, Dialogue with Doti and Dodge. The show, hosted by Jim Doti and Kristina Dodge airs tonight, December 09, at 11:30pm, [...]

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