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10 Back To School Tips

Check out these 10 Back to School Tips before your child starts school.

QUESTION IT! New Game!

A great question building game for children with autism and asperger's.  Available now!

Ten Tips For Parents Who Have a Child With Autism

HowToLearn.com publishes article on ten helpful tips for parents written by Joan Nash  Go To HowToLearn.com To See All Ten Tips

Birth Complications and Autism

The first scientific review of all research on birth-related risk factors for autism has clarified the conditions that may contribute to the development of this neurobiological disorder.  The Pediatrics Journal Report is Highlighted Here

Study Finds Pregnancy and Birth Environment May Affect Development of Autism in Twins

Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, joined in announcing significant findings from the largest known study of twins with autism spectrum disorder.  See Autism Speaks Article

Easy to Use Language Screening Devices Could Be Helpful in an Early Diagnosis of Autism

Children's early language development has always been a challenge to measure.  A recent technological advance may hold the key to future language assessment. See Autism Speaks Article

A School District Takes the Isolation Out of Autism

Garner Moss has autism and when he was finishing fifth grade, his classmates... Read entire article at The New York Times

Curemark Opens Autism Trials at New Jersey Site

Curemark, LLC, a drug research and development company focussed on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is participating in the company's Phase III clinical trials for CM-AT, Curemark's autism treatment. See Medical News Today

Autistic Student Sicile-Kira's High School Commencement Speech

Take a look at this inspirational video of a young man with autism (GPA 3.70) giving his high school graduation speech. It helps us all to remember never to give up no matter what obstacles we face.

Summer Play Date Tips!

Summer is here!  Are you ready? Take a look at  'Beat the Play Date Blues'  to help your kids prepare for summer play dates.  

LoveToKnow.com Interviews Children Succeed

The popular LoveToKnow web site, a growing community of over six million women looking for expert advice on over eighty topics, interviews founder Joan Nash about Children Succeed games and learning tools for autistic children. See LoveToKnow interview

AMC Theatres Team Up with Autism Societylt;/p>

The term 'silence is golden' is the slogan for AMC Theatres around the country; however, once a month now AMC Theatres are doing away with that phrase to give autistic children and their families a worry-free moviegoing experience.   See Carrollton Leader.

American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Sound Advice on Autism
Parents who receive a diagnosis of autism in their child face a daunting set of questions.  To provide them with guidance and support, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has created a series of audio interviews with developmental and behavioral pediatricians, a pediatric neurologist, autism researchers and other parents of children with autism.  Listen to Sound Advice on Autism at http://www.aap.org/audio/autism/ See Medical News Today.

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