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Archive for February, 2009

Letter to Autism Org Feb 09

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Here is a letter my wife Pat wrote the last couple of days about the nightmare we are currently going through. Bob the Webmaster
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I would like to bring up a topic that I have not yet heard spoken about in the Autistic world, and that is the issue of adults with autism getting [...]

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Characteristics of Autistic Behaviors

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

It is not uncommon for a person with Autistic behaviors to not fall under the Autistic Spectrum Disorder classification. There are plenty of other neurological disorders that can produce similar symptoms and characteristics. They include being deaf, mental retardation, disorders of the central nervous system, metabolic disorders, and schizophrenia.
There are three main areas [...]

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Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therepy

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy produces many healing functions throughout the body. The hyperbaric oxygen system delivers help to people through an oxygen enriched environment delivered by high-pressure air that is 100 percent pure. There are five benefits to using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. People have regained the use of motor skills which were damaged or lost after [...]

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Autism likely not linked to vaccines containing thimerosal, Italian study finds

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

A new study from Italy adds to evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn’t hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents. In the early 1990s, thousands of healthy Italian babies in a study of whooping cough vaccines got two different amounts of the preservative thimerosal from all their routine shots. [...]

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UC Davis Study Authors: Autism is Environmental (Can We Move On Now?)

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

I have always said there may be a small percentage of people with autism spectrum disorder (perhaps those with Asperger Syndrome) whose symptoms are a result only of their genetic makeup, with no environmental factors involved at all. But a new study out of UC Davis’ MIND Institute says that it’s time to abandon [...]

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5 Great Websites To Learn More About Asperger’s Syndrome

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Do you or someone you know suffer from Asperger’s Syndrome? This neurological condition affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with the world around them. Milder forms are not as disruptive for a person’s every day life, but more serious conditions can make life for both caregivers and suffers very difficult. Discover a personal [...]

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