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The trial for a Vancouver, Wash. couple accused of imprisoning two autistic boys in a room with a "cage-like" door concluded Friday as their father explained he'd heard on TV that it was OK to lock a child in a room for safety, and his former live-in girlfriend broke down in tears on the stand. The boys, ages 5 and 7, were locked up "to keep them safe...so they wouldn't get hurt when we weren't ...
The mother of an autistic boy said she is outraged at the treatment her four-year-old son received at a Boston school.
It may take a village to raise a child. But it takes an entire community to raise a child with autism. Or, at the very least, a collaboration of community support.
Andrew Steadman/The Jersey JournalParticipants in the Bright Minds Institute for Autism's first annual Walk-a-Thon.The Bright Minds Institute for Autism of Jersey City held its first annual Walk-a-Thon at Lincoln Park today.Carolyn Gardon, coordinator of special events for the Institute, said...
The need is growing for Autism-related classrooms and teachers.
Endicott, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Hundreds hit the pavement at the Enjoie Golf Course for the Autism Awareness Walk.
THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Even though autism symptoms typically emerge before age 3, most children with autism are diagnosed when they're 5 or older, a new snapshot of autism in America shows.
WESTBORO - The parents of the 4-year-old severely autistic boy who drowned on Mother's Day have donated his brain to autism research.
HERNANDO — Hundreds turned out on the historic Hernando court square for the first annual celebration of "World Autism Awareness Day."
Police in Bangor have located a 16-year-old girl with autism who was reported missing by her parents Sunday morning. Officials say she ran away from home. She was found early Sunday afternoon. . . .
Norwood Police Lt. Martin Baker begins his training session with a startling new government statistic: 1 in 88 children in the United States has autism or a related disorder.
The AutismOne conference gets a Nobel laureate to spout psuedoscience and help promote anti-vaccine nonsense. Jenny McCarthy and Andrew Wakefield speak too.
We applaud the National Autistic Society report, which echoes what so many families we work with tell us here at Autistica, the UK's largest autism research charity ( Special needs kids deserve better than a rush to reform , 21 May). We know that early support can ameliorate the negative aspects of autism, dramatically improving quality of life and reducing distress for individuals and their ...
MONROE — April was recognized across the United States as National Autism Month and served as an opportunity for everyone to educate the public about autism and the issues within the autism community.
Bollywood’s ‘macho’ man Suniel Shetty has lent his wholehearted support to the cause of autism in Oman.
A Washington state man accused of locking his two young autistic sons in a room with a cage-like door says he heard on a television show that it's OK to do so for their own safety.
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