IACC Meeting, November 21, 2008: A Summary
If you weren t able to listen in to yesterday s meeting of the IACC meeting, this is a brief summary:In the morning, the committee membe...

Study Finds That ADHD Medications Don t Cause Genetic Damage in Children
One of the main concerns that people raise in regard to giving medication to autistic children, and to children more generally, is that ther...

Insurance Coverage for Autism in IL and OK
In Illinois, Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to sign a bill requiring insurance companies to cover autism diagnosis and treatment up to $36...

Off to the IACC
I m on the train to Washington D.C., to attend a meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which coordinates efforts conce...

Another Child Gone
Kev writes about 12-year-old Kyle Dutter, who was shot and killed by his father, Ryan Dutter, who then shot and killed himself, on Tuesday. ...

An Autism Alert For When a Child is Missing?
Just as there is the Amber Alert for abducted children, should there be an Autism Alert when an autistic child is missing? The parents...

A Small Metal Square Amid the Ashes
Jonathan Reyes is 7 and lives in Sylmar in Southern California -his family lost their house in the recent wildfires in Los Angeles County....

About the Cluster of Autism Among Somali Children in Minneapolis
Back in July, it was reported that the rate of autism in Somali children in Minnapolis was notably high. According to the Minnesota Departme...

Selection of My Twitter Favorites, Edition 14
Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question What are you doing? via 140-character messages from their cellphone, l...