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At the museum: Brain lessons
Want to know what's really on your mind? The 2010 Brain Fair is the place to find out. A day of free activities and lectures hosted by the Miami Science Museum will educate children and adults about how the brain works and how to keep it in great shape. Autism, Alzheimer's disease and general brain health will also be discussed. IF YOU GO The 2010 Brain Fair runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 20 at the Miami Science...read more...// //Early autism treatment works
The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis. The study was small -- just 48 children evaluated at the University of Washington -- but the results were so encouraging it has been expanded to several other sites, said Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer of the advocacy...read more...// //Autism charter school opens
Susan Leon spent years trying to find the right school for her autistic son, Reno. The public schools didn't have the right tools to teach children with autism, she said. And the specialized private schools were too costly. So Leon, a paralegal from Kendall, convened a group of parents and experts to create the region's first charter school exclusively for autistic children. The...read more...// //Autism research breakthrough
Researchers say they have found the first piece of the genetic puzzle that someday may lead to a vaccine or better treatment for autism. A multi-university team, which included the University of Miami School of Medicine, has identified a gene associated with autism, according to a report published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed medical journal Nature. It may be only one of as many as 50 genes...read more...// //New study on vaccine safety
CHICAGO -- A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of 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. Ten years later, 1,403 of...read more...// //A new clue in the autism puzzle
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO -- Unique brain wave patterns, spotted for the first time in autistic children, may help explain why they have so much trouble communicating. Using an imaging helmet that resembles a big salon hair dryer, researchers discovered what they believe are "signatures of autism'' that MORE ON AUTISM MomsMiami blogger Renee McLeroy chronicles her...read more...// //Mom to Mom with Jenny McCarthy
Even though her bob and boobs are better than mine, I think I like Jenny McCarthy. I like her toilet trash humor, all the more shocking because it comes out of her perfectly pretty mouth. I like the fact that she juggles being sexy with being a mom. And, although I was initially wary of her criticism of vaccinations, I like that she’s asking questions and making people think twice. It’s been three years since...read more...// //Measles at 12-year high
BY FRED TASKER, ftasker@MiamiHerald.com Parents' resistance to having their children vaccinated has helped cause an outbreak of 131 cases of measles in the United States so far this year, the biggest number since 1996, federal health officials said Thursday. Of the 131 cases, 112 of the children were unvaccinated and 16 were younger than 12 months old and thus too young for vaccination, said Dr....read more...// //'Vaccine court' ruling spotlights autism
BY FRED TASKER, ftasker@MiamiHerald.com One reason vaccines and autism are in the news is Hannah Poling. Born in Baltimore in 1999, she was normal until she got five shots in one day when she was 18 months old, her parents say. Her behavior changed. She would scream, stare at fans and lights and run in circles. The diagnosis: autism. Her father, Jon, 37, a neurology...read more...// //Autistic kids' behavior stirs furor
By DAVE KOLPACK, Associated Press FARGO, N.D. -- When a 13-year-old Minnesota boy was banned from church after parishioners complained about his behavior, it exposed a painful truth so politically incorrect that some people feel guilty just saying it out loud: Some autistic children can be annoying and disruptive in public. The case of Adam Race and others like him has laid bare conflicted...read more...// //Dads making a difference
After his autistic son was kicked out of more than a dozen schools, one Miami-Dade father found the only alternative for his little boy was a special boarding school hundreds of miles away in Virginia. Saying a tearful good-bye to an anxious and frightened 10-year-old was "the worst day of my life,'' Marty Steinberg recalls. It was also the birth of a crusade, as the father began a years-long mission to set up...read more...// //Seeking early clues to autism
By KYUNG M. SONG, The Seattle Times SEATTLE -- When her toddler son seemed not to notice a door slamming nearby during his checkup, Jo James thought nothing of it. Her husband also has an uncanny ability to block out his surroundings. A check of Ben's hearing after a nurse's prompt found nothing amiss. It wasn't until two years and one...read more...// //It's the law: Insurance for autism
TALLAHASSEE -- For the first time ever, large insurance plans in Florida must offer up to $200,000 to diagnose and treat autistic children, under a law Gov. Charlie Crist signed Tuesday morning. Flanked by grateful parents and advocates who included former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, Crist hailed the legislation as "a great bold step in the right direction.'' At least seven other states...read more...// //Study: U.S. drugs kids more than U.K.
By LINDSEY TANNER , AP Medical Writer CHICAGO -- (AP) -- American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a comparison based on a new U.K. study. Does it mean U.S. kids are being over-treated? Or that U.K. children are being undertreated? Experts say that's almost beside the point, because use is rising on both...read more...Help for autistic kids clears hurdle
BY BREANNE GILPATRICK, bgilpatrick@MiamiHerald.com TALLAHASSEE -- A major healthcare plan to help children with autism and other developmental disabilities cleared a key state House council Tuesday, bringing Florida a step closer to providing universal insurance for kids. For the first time, private insurers as well as Florida's KidCare health program would be required to provide services to...read more...
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