Out now: The latest edition of LOOKING UP, my 40-page, monthly international autism newsletter

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Hello all,

First of all, my heartfelt sympathy goes out to all the victims of the

horrific terror attacks in New York and Washington, and to their families.

In a sense, the terrible stories which have emerged from the US have put

many of our problems, as parents of children with autism, into some kind of

perspective. Nevertheless, those problems are very, very real, as we were

dramatically reminded by the dreadful news in the past few days of a mother

leaping to her death with her autistic son from a disused railway bridge

near Newcastle, here in the UK, apparently because she feared for the boy's

future.

The latest edition of my 40-page, monthly international autism

newsletter, LOOKING UP, is out now. It went to press before the unbelievably

appalling news came through from the United States.

We have access (in the main languages of the world) to all the latest

research findings in the field of autism.

The latest issue of LOOKING UP includes:

LOOKING UP INTERVIEW: An in-depth conversation with Dr Mesibov,

director of Division TEACCH in North Carolina.

LOOKING UP PROFILE: Dr Geraldine Dawson, at the University of Washington,

who is trying to interlock the various areas of autism research.

RESEARCH: Progress in genes search; Nicotine receptors in brain could be

linked to autism; Heartburn drug may ease behavioural problems; Risperidone

study findings; World's first web-based autism course; Team in Thailand

tracks Rett's syndrome sufferers over 14 years; MMR update ... and much

more.

NEWS: Hong Kong mother accuses government over autistic son who has been

missing for a year; Fate of French boy with autism hangs in the balance;

The Australian tennis star, Lleyton Hewtt, may have won the US Open recently

- but has he met his match with an autistic compatriot obsessed with the

moon? Heroic policeman saves girl with autism from path of train; Autistic

sisters banned from French flight.

AUTISM AND THE ARTS: Two very different painters show off their talent

ADULTS WITH AUTISM: A visit to the dentist

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Views from Romania, Argentina and El Salvador

ANIMAL THERAPY: How a dog called Uma is proving a hit with five autistic

youths in Spain

The joy of adopting a child with autism

Triplets with autism

AUTISM AND LANGUAGE: 'We have found ways to reach our son'

You can find more information at the LOOKING UP web site:

www.LookingUpAutism.org

Once you're there, you will also find previous front pages and a full

list of contents of all back issues.

In forthcoming issues of LOOKING UP: Handling tantrums; Auditory

integration treatment in Chile; The challenge of Tourette's syndrome;

Autism in South Africa; When residential care seems the only solution; Dr

Darold Treffert explains the autistic savant syndrome; The secret behind

autistic children's sleep problems? Conflict in Germany over a home for

adolescents with autism; The French movie actress, Sandrine Bonnaire, on

life with an autistic sister; LOOKING UP INTERVIEW: Raun Kaufman, of the

Son-Rise Programme in Massachusetts, USA. PLUS, as usual, all the very

latest autism research findings, news and views from around the world.

Best wishes,

Adam Feinstein

Editor

LOOKING UP

The Monthly International Autism Newsletter