Facts About Autism News
April is Autism Awareness Month
Every year, April is now designated as Autism Awareness Month. With increased public awareness of autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), this provides a good opportunity to review some important facts about autism, and to understand how autism can impact us in our daily lives in our communities. As an emergency medicine physician, I am also seeing more children in our emergency departments ...
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Officer urges autism training for first responders
Akron Police Sgt. Mark Farrar knows the facts of autism in his head and the pain of autism in his heart. With the incidence of autism rising rapidly — 1 in 88 children (and 1 in 54 boys) are born with some form of it — law-enforcement agencies are being affected because, Farrar says, the autistic are seven times as likely as others to come into contact with first responders such as police, fire ...
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Mount Olive youth advocate about autism
MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - A fourth grade autism “ambassador’ is trying to dispel myths and tell the truth about Asperger’s syndrome.
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Benefits of Antidepressants in Autism Overstated?
Title: Benefits of Antidepressants in Autism Overstated? Category: Health News Created: 4/23/2012 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Little Falls schools mark autism awareness month
The Little Falls School District recently promoted a series of educational events for autism awareness.
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