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Autism Today Newsletter - Aug 11th, 2010

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Ole Ivar Lovaas dies at 83; UCLA psychology professor pioneeredautism treatment

Ole Ivar Lovaas, a UCLA psychology professor who pioneered one of the standard treatments for autism, died Monday night at a hospital in Lancaster.

He was 83. He had been recovering from surgery for a broken hip and developed an infection, according to a family member. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease a few years ago.

Ole Ivar Lovaas obituary: In Friday's LATExtra section, the obituary of Ole Ivar Lovaas, a UCLA psychology professor who pioneered one of the standard treatments for autism, said that...

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Texas lawmakers face challenges of autistic children's education

As the number of children believed to be autistic has skyrocketed in Texas and worldwide, much of the public debate has focused on the reasons for the rapid increase.

But after a decade in which the state has seen a fourfold spike in diagnoses of the condition - to nearly 30,000 - the more pressing questions for policymakers are how to best educate afflicted students and how to pay for it. During the last legislative session, State Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, introduced legislation to expand the availability...

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Relatives Of Individuals With Autism Tend To Display Abnormal Eye Movements

Abnormal eye movements and other sensorimotor and neurobehavioral impairments appear common in unaffected family members of individuals with autism, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

"Autism is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder with considerable genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity," the authors write as background information in the article. "Its core behavioral features include social and communication impairments, behavioral inflexibility and...

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At a Glance: Autism numbers

.. Roughly 1 percent of children in the United States - 1 in 110 - have an autism spectrum disorder, with developmental disabilities running from slight to severe. . ASDs occur in children of all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups, but disorders are four to five times more likely in boys than girls. . Studies of identical twins show that if one has an ASD, the other will be affected 60 percent to 96 percent of the time. In nonidentical twins, if one has...

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Some musical tastes just can't be helped

It was news so disturbing I wanted to schedule a family intervention. My niece, , who just turned 13, was telling me about the playlist on her new iPod: Lady Gaga. Katy . Miley Cyrus. Bieber. I wanted to place a cold cloth on her forehead and tell her she was going to be fine. That her fascination with such pop dilettantes would pass.

But I fear this is a battle I'm going to lose. This is the music her friends listen to, and despite my sister's best efforts...

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Going ASD rouge

While sitting in my back yard get away, it struck me. Rising up from my soul, came an answer to my dilemma, "what am I to do with this child?"

I felt like I had hit a wall on almost every dimension. You know the spider Charlotte from Charlotte's Web? Out of determination and futility I have become like Charlotte, versatile; being able to move easily in any direction. Over the course of three days I had more and more peace about the decision to home school Luke.

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At your service: D & W's Boice of Grand Haven never forgets a face

GRAND HAVEN - Boice is a familiar face to customers at Grand Haven's D & W Fresh Market. And, because of a condition that has proved both a challenge and a gift, those customers' faces - and their birthdates and phone numbers - are very familiar to Boice. After joining the D & W staff at age 18, Boice, now 34, has steadfastly worked his way into more responsible positions. His ascent through the store's ranks, despite being diagnosed in 10th grade with Asperger Syndrome, is nothing short of inspirational.

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Brain scan could diagnose autism in 15 minutes

As scientists develop a brain scan which could diagnose autism in 15 minutes, Goodchild, who has Asperger's syndrome, tells Channel 4 News the importance of being quickly diagnosed.

The research, by scientists at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and funded by the Medical Research Council, could lead to a simple, biological test for autism, and a clear diagnostic process, for the first time ever

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