A great article in WIRED magazine about Amanda Baggs. You may remember the media storm that followed Amanda's video on You Tube in 2007 in which she opened the video standing in front of her window going thru her repetitive behaviors. She continues to do a tremendous job of letting us know what goes on inside the mind of someone with autism.
Many believe that biomedical treatment is the best way to treat autism and see positive trends in recapturing verbal and motor functions that may have one time been lost, or non existent altogether.
The National Autistic Society of Scotland spoke with 175 autistic adults and their families. Many of those affected admitted that they face a miserable daily reality leaving them feeling terribly isolated and sadly, ignored.
Families are pleading for assistance to have the Oklahoma Legislature approve and pass Nick's Law enabling thousands of affected families to secure insurance coverage for their affected children.
Neurofeedback is showing positive results in remediating anomolies in brain activation. This positive trend leads to symptom reduction and functional improvement.
Larry King broadcasting a show titled Autism Breakthroughs tonight Wednesday 27th of February. Guests include Holly Robinson-Peete, Doug Flutie, Jason McElwain, and Toni Braxton
A series of articles will be completed soon on adolescents suffering from Low Functioning Autism, otherwise known as LFA. This in an effort to strike a balance as there is far more information published for High Functioning Autism, than Low.
The inventor of a "Miracle" device is currently a Federal Fugitive. Inventor William Nelson created a device that he claims can assist the body to heal itself by sending electric signals to cells that carry negative energy. Nelson, indicted on Federal charges of fraud has fled the country.
A nice story about Alex Noble, and his service dog, a black lab named "Mick". Mick offers much needed help to Alex, and as a side benefit has served him well in progressing with language.
In the wake of the fallout of the inflamatory comments made on CBS' Big Brother show by contestant Adam Janinski, Lowe's chooses to pull advertising from the CBS Big Brother timeslot.
