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The Real Autism Argument
2007-11-16 19:06:00 Sally Eva, as quoted in the Independent, summarizes nicely one of the most intense points of discussion in world autism debates:"People with autism range from those at the severe end who can't tell a person from a post to those at the mild end who may be madly over-communicative. The NAS employs people with autism so it is over-influenced by those at the mildly affected, employable end of the spectrum. The real argument is between people who believe in "neurodiversity" – that autism is on the normal spectrum and we should work for more public acceptance of it – and those who believe it is a medical condition that needs treating."- Sally Eva, UK, Parent of a 15 Year Old Daughter with Autism More About: Real
Autism Heroines Lara Hawkings and Sally Eva
2007-11-16 04:37:00 In the United Kingdom parents fighting to help their autistic children overcome the deficits of their autism disorders, fighting to help their children as all parents do, face opposition from a National Autistic Society which has drunk deep from the kool aid of the neurodiversity "movement". In Autism : What are the ethics of treating disability the Independent reports on a letter Treating Autism signed by parents, including Lara Hawkings and Sall y Eva, fighting for treatment for their autistic children in the face of opposition by the National Autistic Society.In the UK the National Autistic Society has adopted the "autism is beautiful" ideology and frowns upon parents like Lara Hawkings and Sally Eva who fight to help their own children overcome and recover from the sometimes debilitating deficits of their neurological disorder. Awareness is helpful. But saying that society should change how it views autism will not help those autistic children who need help for the more seri...
Severe Autism Reality in New Brunswick - Heather R's Story
2007-11-14 01:29:00 Heather R said... Ihave a son who is 14 and severely autistic as well. I have had workers in my homw with him foe 2 years now. They told me it was sapposed to be only until we could get him some help. He needs an assesment and a medication overhaul where he went completly out of hand and uncontrollable during puberty. No hospital in n.b can take him. moncton refused him. I.W.K has been saying for the last year and a half the have no phycologist. I see a phycologist once every six weeks or so and we try something else. One of the medications made him bust through windows another gave him seizures. Right kow we have between 10-15 restraints were the workers hold him for from 15-40 minutes of tempertantrums.He wears a helmet so he won't poke out his eyes. Hockey shoulderpads so he wont bite his arm to shreads. He was bad when the workers first came with severe wounds up an down his arms but the hospital said it was no pla... More About: Reality , Story , Autism , Brunswick , Ality
AutismPro - "Somewhat" Evidence Based Internet Autism Intervention or Not E
2007-11-11 12:11:00 Based upon a thorough examination of numerous methodologies considered as interventions for children with autism, the MADSEC Autism Task Force has characterized the interventions reviewed as follows: • Substantiated as effective, based upon the scope and quality of research: Applied behavior analysis. In addition, applied behavior analysis’ evaluative procedures are effective not only with behaviorally-based interventions, but also for the systematic evaluation of the efficacy of any intervention intended to affect individual learning and behavior. ABA’s emphasis on functional assessment and positive behavioral support will help meet heightened standards of IDEA ‘97. Its emphasis on measurable goals and reliable data collection will substantiate the child’s progress in the event of due process. • Shows promise, but is not yet objectively substantiated as effective for individuals with autism using controlled studies and subject to the rigors of good sc... More About: Internet , Evidence , Some
Applied Behavior Analysis As Effective Autism Intervention - The Eoin McGin
2007-11-08 16:42:00 At that time there was no intervention care in the north of Ireland. There is no cure for autism but as a parent you want to be able to look back and say you did the best that you could for your child.We spoke to specialists and were able to get a clinical psychologist to come over from America. We also engaged a consultant from London Early Autism Project who came over every two weeks working with Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), the only treatment that has been proved as a way to improve the lives of kids with autism. If I were to go back three or four years I think the biggest achievement we hoped for with Eoin was to get him toilet trained but now he is in P4 at the same school as his brothers. People would still know that he has issues but his progress has been outstanding. He is a living example of how intervention and ABA can work.Brendan McGinn, Northern Ireland, 2006 Link Award RecipientThe Belfast Telegraph on Wednesday, November 7... More About: Behavior , Effective
Autism Parents Rally at New York Supreme Court
2007-11-08 11:29:00 With autism diagnoses rising, and the reality of that fact being denied by governments and neurodiversity ideologues alike it is parents who are carrying the fight for increased autism services to help their autistic children overcome the intellectual, communication, social and behavior deficits that will impair their lives. It is not governments, not neurodiversity's self proclaimed "real voices of autism", not even autism advocacy organizations who wrestle with charitable tax status limitations and the desire for government grants who carry the fight. It is the much maligned parents of autistic children who carry the fight to help their children overcome their deficits. From New Brunswick, British Columbia and Ontario to New York state it is parents who stand alone in the fight to help their autistic children.In Parents Rally For Autism At NYS Supreme Court WCBSTV reports on a rally by parents of autistic children on the steps of the New York Supreme Court. The report tell...
Autism and the Saskatchewan Party Government
2007-11-08 09:08:00 The Saskatchewan Party will now form the government of Saskatchewan which, despite a booming economy, has done nothing of substance to help autistic children receive treatment. The defeated NDP government did nothing to address autism treatment issues and many Saskatchewan residents have moved next door to Alberta so their autistic children could receive treatment.One thing that is abundantly clear in Canada over the past decade is that autism is not a partisan issue. Government s of all political stripes, including the just defeated NDP government of Saskatchewan, have been indifferent at times to the plight of autistic children and adults. Here in New Brunswick it was the previous Bernard Lord Conservative government that first began to take serious steps to help autistic children with pre-school funding for evidence based autism treatment, and that effort is being carried forward now by the Shawn Graham Liberal government in New Brunswick schools where Teacher Aides and Reso... More About: Autism
“Paralysis by Analysis” - FEAT BC Comment On Harper Government Natio
2007-11-07 10:23:00 In Canada FEAT of BC has been a leader in fighting for ABA intervention for autistic children. The fight has been waged in several forums legal, media and increasingly the political arena. In this press release concerning the invitation only National Autism Symposium FEAT BC calls the Symposium what it is - an otherwise meaningless tool to create a false impression of action by a Conservative government which is outrageously indifferent to the plight of autistic children in Canada and, by comparison to the autism efforts of national governments of the United States and Australia, an international embarrassment.November 7, 2007 “Paralysis by Anal ysis” Vancouver, BC – Canada’s no longer so new Conservative government has convened a so-called ‘National Autism Research Symposium’ in Toronto later this week. “For what purpose one wonders,” asks Jean Lewis, a founding director of FEAT-BC [Families for Early Autism Treatment of BC]. “Like the ‘Child Health Summit... More About: Government , Comment , Harper , Feat
Autism, ABA and the Importance of Accurate Data
2007-11-07 09:30:00 If parents seeking treatment for their autistic children are interested in getting past ideological rhetoric and ill informed opinions about ABA, applied behavior analysis, they would be wise to consider information available from sources like Alan Harchik chief operating officer of May Institute, a US national nonprofit organization that provides educational, rehabilitative, and behavioral healthcare services to individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, brain injury, mental illness, and behavioral healthcare needs.One of the great strengths and distinguishing features of ABA is the data keeping. In Autism studies need accurate flow of data Mr. Harchik stresses the importance of collecting accurate information about academic performance and problem behaviors; one of the distinguishing characteristics of using applied behavior analysis when working with children with autism and other developmental disabilities. This behavioral data provides an actual measure o... More About: Data
Globe and Mail Neurodiversity Article - The Aftermath
2007-11-06 16:02:00 The Globe and Mail article on Neurodiversity ‘Autistics': We don't want a cure was, IMHO, a balanced presentation. I am not a fan of the Neurodiversity ideologues. But I knew when Ms. Erin Anderssen interviewed me that she was trying to do an article on their perspective. I knew that she would not write about them the way that I would and I did not expect her, as a journalist, to do that. I appreciated being given the opportunity to offer a different perspective. It is the parents and other caregivers who have the legal, moral and practical responsibility to care for their children not internet ideologues from all parts of the globe. Nor do extremely high functioning autistic persons like Michelle Dawson, Amanda Bags or Jim Sinclair have any right to tell the world what my son and others like him are thinking or feeling. They have no idea what he wants, or thinks. They do not share anywhere near the same challenges in life that he endures.In particular the Neurodivers... More About: Article , Globe and Mail
Harper Government Urged To Take Serious Action To Address Canada's Autism C
2007-11-05 16:33:00 A number of key federally based autism organizations in Canada have united to demand a serious response by the Harper government to the Canadian Senate committee on autism funding recommendations to address Canada's national autism crisis. Autism Society Canada Autism Canada Foundation Canadian-American Research Consortium Autism Speaks Canada Autism Treatment Services of Canada Geneva Centre for Autism Nov 05, 2007 08:47 ET Collective Voice of the Autism Community in Canada Calls on Government to Take Steps to Establish National Autism Strategy OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2007) - The Conservative Government has provided its response to the Standing Senate Committee recommendations on Autism in its Response to the Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science a... More About: Action , Address
No Real Autism Increase? Any Evidence To Back That Up?
2007-11-05 10:57:00 The latest bandwagon to roll across the autism terrain is the argument, already presented by some as fact, that the stunning increases in estimated rates of autism are due entirely to expanded definitions of autism and the availability of special education monies for those with an autism label. On the latter point it is argued that doctors are more inclined today to diagnose autism because an autism label will trigger special education resources in the United States.I am willing to accept, without substantial evidence, that the changes to the DSM-IV, in 1994, would have had a significant impact on the numbers of autism diagnoses, particularly in the first few years after the 1994 changes. The mere expansion of diagnostic criteria certainly seems on its face to logically indicate that more people would be caught by the diagnosis. And as an active participant in autism discussions, and advocate for my son who has a classic Autism Disorder diagnosis, I have argued that there are man... More About: Evidence , Back , Real
Autism Every Day At The Nantucket Film Festival
2007-11-05 06:32:00 'Autism Every Day' was scheduled to play this past week at the Nantucket Film Festival . The film has been a key element in the efforts by Autism Speaks and Bob and Suzanne Wright to raise autism awareness, real autism awareness, around the globe. The film generated much hostility from those who wish to portray autism as simply a natural variation, a subgroup of people with different ways, perhaps even superior ways of thinking. For daring to portray the real challenges of their autistic children's neurological disorders the parents of Autism Every day were vilified by the Neurodiversity movement on the internet.Autism Every Day, and the courageous parents who participated in the filming, helped shatter the propaganda of the 'Autism is Beautiful' movement, the nonsense perpetrated by the Neurodiversity ideologists, those who make a career of pretending to be the voices of autistic people and those who like to hold 'acceptance projects'. For the Neurodiversity movement 'A... More About: Film Festival
Dear Health Minister Clement: Re Autism Gold Standard Intervention
2007-11-04 19:35:00 October 31, 2007Honourable Tony ClementMinister of Health (Canada)Dear Honourable MinisterRecently your government filed its response to the Senate's "Pay Now Or Pay Later" report on autism services and funding in Canada. As the parent of a profoundly autistic 11 1/2 year old boy I have been active in autism advocacy in my province for the past 9 years. I was disappointed, extremely disappointed, with your government's weak response to an issue which now is estimated to directly affect 1 in 150 Canadians and their families.In particular I found objectionable your government's stated position that there is no consensus on a gold standard of treatment for autism. That position is simply inconsistent with the professional literature as I understand it, admittedly from the perspective of a mere parent. State and federal agencies in the United States over the past decade from Maine to New York to California have routinely described ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis, as an evidence ba... More About: Gold , Autism , Standard
The Wrath of Michelle Dawson
2007-11-03 19:37:00 Erin Anderssen and the Globe and Mail have incurred the considerable wrath of researcher Michelle Dawson of the Autism Specialized Clinic Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital University of Montréal. Ms Dawson objected to the article, ‘Autistics': We don't want a cure, published in today's Globe and Mail , and written by Ms. Anderssen, who apparently did not follow the script Ms. Dawson expected to see in the article.In Erin Anderssen does not take autism seriously Ms. Dawson, the anti-ABA activist* who does not want to be called an activist, issues one of her scathing attacks, this time against Ms. Anderssen. Ms. Anderssen should not be too concerned though. Anyone who does not march to Ms. Dawson's tune on autism issues receives the same treatment, sometimes with virtually the same title - Autism advocates do not take autism seriously.I have, once again, been singled out for condemnation by Ms. Dawson in her reaction to the Globe and Mail article. Aft... More About: Wrath
No One Is Trying To Cure Them
2007-11-03 15:30:00 The Globe and Mail published an article today, ‘Autistics': We don't want a cure , for which I was interviewed as a voice speaking out against the Neurodiversity movement; a movement which opposes efforts to treat or cure autistic children. Unfortunately, although the article is balanced the title implies that people are trying to force high functioning autistic persons to be cured of their autism, a false implication. Parents seek to educate, treat, and cure their own autistic children, particularly low functioning autistic persons, whose very existence is glossed over and ignored by the Neurodiversity movement.Ms Estee Klar-Wolfond is a frequent spokesperson on behalf of the ND movement and offered her on line comment in response to the perspective I offered as a balance to the ND perspective:I would disagree that the "neurodiversity movement are "ashamed of" low-functioning autistics. It's quite the contrary. This is an issue that effects the entire disability communiti... More About: Cure
Autism Hate Talk On The Internet
2007-11-02 12:51:00 Autism discussions generate much controversy on the internet. Some of it is inherent in the intense issues confronting people with a variety of similar, yet very different disorders. Some of the controversy degenerates into pure expressions of hatred as set out in the attached post by someone called talheres. This type of hate commentary and cheap insult is found all too often amongst some ideologically based movements on the internet. The internet offers much in the way of valuable information and an opportunity for rational discussion of difficult issues. Unfortunately it also allows cowardly bigots like this talheres to spew venom to a world wide audience. With all the good the internet brings in the way of enhanced communication, it also brings the occasional blight.I suppose it is fitting that this person uses a posting symbol of a pussy cat with a rifle. And speaking of psychiatry-talheres2007-11-02 01:08 am UTC (link) This is yet another example of why I hate autism ... More About: Internet , Autism , Hate , Talk , The Internet
Autism Awareness (Or Lack Thereof) At The Etownian
2007-11-01 19:45:00 Khouri E. McGrann is a staff writer for the Etownian Online, an online publication of the Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. In Autism attacks: Addled adults aren’t appreciative the writer offers up opinions on the early screening recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The source of the expertise behind those opinions is not revealed in this editorial in which, amongst other pearls of wisdom, the staff writer informs us that:The only reason parents should feel the need to test their child at all is a doctor’s reccomendation. [sic] The author clearly knows nothing of the role parents typically play in bringing health issues to the attention of medical professionals. Our profoundly autistic son is 11 1/2. 10 years ago, knowing nothing of autism, we sought input from our family doctor concerning various behavioral issues we noticed about him and an almost complete lack of any speech. Our doctor said "he's a boy, boys develop speech later". We weren't c... More About: Awareness , Lack , Waren , Rene
Autism's Rotenberg Dilemna
2007-11-01 09:57:00 In Autism, Aversives and the Rotenberg School of Shock I set out excerpts from the Mother Jones Article School of Shock which described the use of aversives in treating autism and teen behavior issues at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center. I commented on that article, expressing my own dismay that the use of electric shock aversives are still permitted in the US today. Matthew Israel, Ph. D. Executive Director of the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center provided a comment which can be found at that location and directs readers to go to a JRC site where Dr. Israel's response to the Mother Jones article, RESPONSE TO JENNIFER GONNERMAN’S ARTICLE, “SCHOOL OF SHOCK” , can be found.I didn't find time to take a look at Dr. Israel's response until yesterday after being spurred to do so by reading some of the typical Neurodiversity, holier than thou, blogger commentary on Dr. Israel's response. I found that the "autism is wonderful crowd", while expressing the indignation... More About: Dile , Berg
Mecamylamine Autism Treatment To Be Tested
2007-10-31 23:49:00 Mecamylamine is a drug used in the 1950's to treat high blood pressure. It has more recently been used as a treatment for symptoms associated with Tourette's Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorder. Now, it is about to be tested by a team at Ohio State University Medical Center as a treatment for autism symptoms: It turns out the next new treatment might be something that's been around for generations. It's a drug called mecamylamine, and it was the first pill used to treat high blodd pressure in the 1950's.*** By the time Alicia was a child, it was nearly obsolete. Now, it just might help her son, and a million more children with autism. "If it works, it would be a really important breakthrough," says Eugene Arnold, MD, with Ohio State University Medical Center. Dr. Arnold and his team of researchers will test the drug on children with autism. He says it's not what the drug did in the 50's to help with high blood pressure that's giving them hope, but what it's done recent... More About: Autism , Treatment , Tested
Autism's Gold Standard Intervention - A Note to Dr. Rémi Quirion
2007-10-31 09:25:00 Dr. Rémi QuirionScientific DirectorInstitute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA)Canadian Institutes for Health ResearchDear Dr. QuirionRe: Autism's Gold Standard Intervention and the National Autism SymposiumI am a parent of an 11 1/2 year old boy with Autism Disorder. He is profoundly autistic. By profoundly I mean that he has limited communication skills and understanding of language and does not appreciate many of the dangers presented by everyday life. He also engages, from time to time, in self injurious behavior. As a distinguished professional in Montreal neuro-research circles you may not place much weight on my assessment of my son's realities even after living with, caring for, and loving him, for 11 1/2 years. To that end let me assure you that my assessment of my son is confirmed by a Pediatric Doctor's (two in fact) and a Psychologist's assessments.As an outspoken parent advocate on autism issues my name was rejected by your organisation as a N... More About: Note
Autism Gold Standard Intervention - Nova Scotia ABA/IEBI Autism Program Pro
2007-10-31 01:43:00 This has not been a good week for those who insist that there is no consensus on a gold standard intervention for autistic children. The AAP description of ABA as an intervention with more than 5 decades of studies providing positive results for autistic children is followed by the results from a Nova Scotia IEBI/ABA study showing positive results. It's enough to give anti-ABA crusaders a real headache.Autism Treatment Program Getting Positive Results Department of HealthOctober 30, 2007 12:00 A program designed to enhance social and communication skills for young children with autism spectrum disorder is providing added benefits to their families.The interim results of an independent program evaluation conducted by IWK Health Centre Research Services and Dalhousie University indicates that after one year of Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention (EIBI)treatment, virtually all 27 children in the first phase of the program had significantly improved communication skills. Accor... More About: Gold , Standard
AAP's "Other Report" Endorses ABA as Autism Treatment
2007-10-30 00:40:00 Most of the autism news and blog coverage dealt with the American Academy of Pediatrics report calling for early autism screening for all children, including two screenings before age 2. Good advice. The AAP also issues a second report. However, the AAP's other report went virtually unmentioned amongst news sources, autism bloggers and neurodiversity bloggers. The second AAP report, Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, reviewed autism interventions and had this to say about ABA treatment for autism (Bold Text Highlighting added for emphasis - HLD) : Applied Behavior Analysis Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the process of applying interventions that are based on the principles of learning derived from experimental psychology research to systematically change behavior and to demonstrate that the interventions used are responsible for the observable improvement in behavior. ABA methods are used to increase and maintain desirable adaptive behaviors, reduce in... More About: Report , Treatment
Early Early Screening Urged for Autism by US Pediatricians
2007-10-29 11:13:00 The American Academy of Pediatric s will be recommending that all children be screened twice for autism by age 2 to allow maximum benefit from early intervention. The AAP points out early indicators of autism such as 4-month-olds not smiling at the sound of Mom or Dad's voice, babies who don't babble at 9 months, 1-year-olds who don't point to toys, or the loss of language or social skills at any age. Conor was diagnosed 9 1/2 years ago at age 2. At that time, in New Brunswick, age 2 was an early diagnosis age for autism and we had no idea what autism was until Conor was diagnosed, initially with PDD-NOS, and as the severity of his autism became more obvious, with Autism Disorder. The early indicators for us were his failure to smile or show any response to peek a boo and other playful interaction. He had persistent fascination with sand, sifting it for lengthy periods of time but we did not find that alarming. His failure to develop any language skills by 12-14 months (other... More About: Early , Cree , Urge
National Autistic Society Calls for Realistic Autism Awareness
2007-10-29 02:25:00 EDITOR's NOTE: Edited as per commentary received from 'Amused'A badly needed breeze of fresh air and common sense is blowing westward across the Atlantic from the UK's National Autistic Society . In its Think Differently campaign the National Autistic Society UK is pointing out a lack of public knowledge about the realities of autism. Public belief that all autistic persons possess Rain Man or savant skills may be preventing autistic persons from accessing needed services."such a widespread belief could be detrimental to the vast majority of people with autism who do not have such special abilities and are struggling with significant communication problems. It is estimated that one in 100 people in Wales has an autism spectrum disorder. NAS Cymru, which launches a major campaign today, said that there is a lack of public understanding and awareness about what it really means to live with autism and autism spectrum disorders."Sadly, even while organizations like the UK Nation... More About: Autism , Calls , Awareness
Autism Society Ladies Night Fundraiser at Roblynn Home Hardware Oromocto
2007-10-28 22:21:00 Autism Society New Brunswick Fundraiser Roblynn Home Hardware Building Centre & Home Furniture Oromocto is having a "Ladies Night " on Wednesday, November 7th from 7:00-9:00 pm! The night is exclusively for ladies and it will feature decorating techniques with Home Hardware's creative director Bev Bell, entertaining ideas, demonstrations, food tasting, shopping, door prizes and more! The store will close at our usual time at 6:00pm. Then, our doors will reopen for ladies only at 7:00pm. Tickets for this event are $5.00 and can be purchased at our store, from the Autism Society NB (357-2104 Nancy, 357-5526 Tamara) and participating businesses. All proceeds will go to support the Autism Society NB. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door the evening of our event. With the purchase of a ticket, the ladies will... More About: Autism
Autistic Children Lost On Waiting Lists In Canada's Autism Wasteland
2007-10-28 10:10:00 In Waiting list for help is long the Leader-Post this weekend reports on the autistic children getting lost on the waiting lists in Saskatchewan, Canada's Autism Wasteland. The Leader-Post reports that Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada without a comprehensive treatment program for autistic children. At the Autism Resource Centre in Regina one child has been on a waiting list for services for 2 1/2 years and is still number 66 from the top. Once at the top of the list, a child will receive a program plan and some support services but no treatment program. The extremely valuable early years development time is being lost due to government indifference.The school years are no different in Canada's Autism Wasteland where the Saskatchewan government nonchalantly relies on the approach that schools are expected to provide all students' needs from special education funding - without the funding and trained personnel to provide autism specific educational assistance to a... More About: Lost , Children , Lists
No Autism Talk in Saskatchewan Election
2007-10-27 19:20:00 Saskatchewan's Leader Post is covering autism this weekend, including profiling some autistic children and their families and notes that in Canada's Autism Wasteland the politicians are remaining silent on autism during the Saskatchewan election with none of the parties featuring an autism plank in their party platforms. The lack of discussion of autism issues is featured in Autistic children get lost in election shuffle an article which also features SASKFEAT's Lisa Simmermon, herself the mother of an autistic child and a long time autism advocate. The provincial politicians in Saskatchewan are using their own delay and neglect of autistic children as an excuse for not being in a position to provide autism services, using the standard, "we have to consult the stakeholders", lines to explain why they are not in a position to start implementing autism specific programs.We went through that song and dance years ago in New Brunswick when the Interdepartmental Committee on autism s... More About: Talk , Election , Saskatchewan
Maternal Flu Response Causes Autism, Schizophrenia?
2007-10-03 21:53:00 Researchers Discover Link Between Schizo phrenia, Autism and Maternal Flu from PhysOrg.comA team of California Institute of Technology researchers has found an unexpected link connecting schizophrenia and autism to the importance of covering your mouth whenever you sneeze.... More About: Schizophrenia , Response
Autism Awareness Month - 1 in 150
More articles from this author:2007-10-03 11:43:00 In Canada, October is Autism Awareness Month . Since October 2006 there have been many important developments in autism awareness. The Autism Knowledge Revolution has picked up steam with almost each new day bringing news of an important new scientific study on the causes of, or potential treatments for, autism. A Unified Autism Theory was advanced. There is a renewed focus on the study and development of bio-medical treatments. The CDC estimate of 1 in 166 persons having an autism disorder which had stood since 2004 was replaced in February 2007 by a prevalence rate of 1 in 150. The 1 in 150 estimate by the CDC in the US is not necessarily the end of the story. In the UK the generally accepted estimate is 1 in 100. Debates continue to rage, as all debates on autism issues seem to do, over whether the newer prevalence rates actually reflect increases in autism cases, changes in diagnostic criteria and public awareness or some combination of these factors.At the end of the day t... More About: Waren , Rene 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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