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A is for Autism and Vitamin A

After one week, he began to sit farther from the television and to notice paintings on the walls at home. He had always gone out of his way to follow the sidewalk and driveway to meet the school bus. On Vitamin A, he began to run across ...

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Discovery Health Delivers Content that Matters with Its 2008-2009

In this eye-opening hour, Discovery Health will follow a very special family as they traverse the world of autism. The Kirtons have six children, and all six of them have some form of autism. This one-of-a-kind family offers a rare ...

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Autism Schizophrenia and Older Fathers

Dr. Stephen Mott, chief of Georgetown University Hospital’s pediatric neurology division, credits the synthetic steriod Prednisone—not commonly used in patients who have autism—with helping nonverbal children start to talk. ...

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Pennsylvania TV Station Organizes Web Articles

Communities all across the United States are doing their part to raise autism awareness. One example I found was in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Many media outlets (newspapers, television and radio stations, etc.) do their best to promote ...

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Don't Cure or Try to 'fix' Autism ...

The touchiest area of dispute is over Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA, the therapy that many parents say is the only way their children were able to learn to make eye contact, talk and get through the day without throwing tantrums. ...

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Moronic McCain Monday Madness

The all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee cast himself as a defender of the Bush tax cuts he voted against, but added caveats to a "no new taxes" vow he made on a Sunday television talk show two weeks ago. ... On taxes, Sen. ...

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new biographies, 4.17.08

The incredible true story of one high school student's determination to triumph against the challenges of autism-and his opponents on the basketball court... On February 15, 2006, the Greece Athena Trojans high school basketball team ...

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Thorazine Chic: The Ubiquity of the Screen and the Dumbification ...

Then I looked up and saw the new flat screen television mounted on the ceiling where the photocopied list of grams of sugar in common breakfast cereals used to appear. Television in the dentist’s chair? There are some things that are ...

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Autism, vaccinations and the Amish…

This large, healthy baby boy who had such a lovable disposition and sweet smile, who was beginning to coo and babble; became an uncommunicative, shrieking child, who ceased to talk or smile. The images of my dear baby boy (for a few ...

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Five-Minute Time Out: Autism: The Musical - On stage and on the ...

In spite of its dark subject matter, the HBO documentary Autism: The Musical strives to be a feel-good film. With a nod to 1970s television (Love, American Style type graphics and all), the filmmakers present six months of The Miracle ...

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A is for Autism and Vitamin A