60 Minutes' Diagnosis: Autism (2/18/07)

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60 Minutes' " Diagnosis: Autism " (2/18/07)

From: , Robin [mailto:R (AT) cbsnews (DOT) com]

Good morning. My name is Robin and I work at CBS News. I'm

writing to let you know about a story on autism that will be running

on 60 MINUTES this coming Sunday (Feb. 18, 7PM ET/PT).You'll find a

short write-up below, but in brief, the piece focuses on whether

early diagnosis and treatment can make a difference in children with

autism. We are hoping to get word out to as many people with a

special interest in this subject as possible, so we'd be grateful if

you would consider sending out an email to your listserve and/or

posting something on your website. People can also check out our

website at:

http://www.cbsnews. com/stories/ 1998/07/08/ 60minutes/ main13502.

shtml

for further information; video and a text version of the story will

be posted there as well after it airs. Feel free to link to our

website from yours. And if you have any links that your think might

be helpful to our viewers, please send them to me to pass along to

our web folk for possible inclusion on the page.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. And

thank you for your consideration.

Best,

Robin

CBS News 60 Minutes

phone:

email: sandersr (AT) cbsnews (DOT) com

DIAGOSIS: AUTISM

The U.S. government recently announced that autism now occurs in

about 1 of every 150 American children. Yet this brain disorder,

which cripples the ability of a person to relate to the world around

them, remains a baffling mystery. It's also become a raging

controversy, with parent groups arguing with scientists over what

causes it, and with politicians over funding for research. Now, in

one potentially exciting development, researchers at the University

of California's MIND Institute in believe that if they can

accurately diagnose children early, they might actually be able to

intervene and change the way a child's brain develops. 60 MINUTES

will take a closer look at the subject in this week's show (Sunday,

Feb. 18, 7PM ET/PT on CBS).

[Guest guest]

_Autism Speaks, Get Involved, In the News, CBS Newsmagazine to Focus on

Autism_ (http://www.autismspeaks.org/inthenews/60_minutes.php)

[Guest guest]

>

> 60 Minutes' " Diagnosis: Autism " (2/18/07)

>

> From: , Robin [mailto:R (AT) cbsnews (DOT) com]

>

> Good morning. My name is Robin and I work at CBS News. I'm

> writing to let you know about a story on autism that will be running

> on 60 MINUTES this coming Sunday (Feb. 18, 7PM ET/PT).You'll find a

> short write-up below, but in brief, the piece focuses on whether

> early diagnosis and treatment can make a difference in children with

> autism. We are hoping to get word out to as many people with a

> special interest in this subject as possible, so we'd be grateful if

> you would consider sending out an email to your listserve and/or

> posting something on your website.

Dear Listmates,

I emailed Robin our new website and she replied she has no idea what I

was

talking about.

Carol F.

SCD 7 years, celiac

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>

> Dear Listmates,

> I emailed Robin our new website and she replied she has no idea what I

was

> talking about.

>

> Carol F.

> SCD 7 years, celiac

>

Robin just acknowledged receipt of the link to our website. Will she

read it? Will it

make the slightest difference?

SCD works everywhere but in the media :-)

Carol F.

SCD 7 years, celiac