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Autism Related Disorders: School gets 'a lot of credit' for autistic boy's growth

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009. School gets 'a lot of credit' for autistic boy's growth. By DAVID WENNER, Of The Patriot-News. Tuesday January 13, 2009, 11:57 PM. Helen Reyes knew cancer would kill her. But the single mom was most afraid of what would happen to her son, L.J. LJ has fragile x syndrome, which is similar to autism. He'll probably never be completely independent. Reyes knew she wouldn't be around to fend for L.J. So she latched onto a dream. He's more composed and makes more eye contact than he...

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Autism Related Disorders: Drosophila Drug Screen For Fragile X Syndrome Finds Promising Compounds And Potential Drug Targets

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Friday, April 11, 2008. Drosophila Drug Screen For Fragile X Syndrome Finds Promising Compounds And Potential Drug Targets. Scientists using a new drug screening method in Drosophila (fruit flies), have identified several drugs and small molecules that reverse the features of fragile X syndrome - a frequent form of mental retardation and one of the leading known causes of autism. The discovery sets the stage for developing new treatments for fragile X syndrome. During the past 17 years, intense efforts f...

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Autism Related Disorders: September 2007

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Study Reveals Rett Syndrome can strike Males. 8212; A new study has found that the genetic flaw responsible for Rett syndrome can strike males, even where there isn't a family history of the rare brain disorder. The common thinking in the past had been that Rett syndrome only affects girls, and that the genetic flaw would be so serious in boys that they would die before birth," Dr Leonard said. Genetic testing is used to diagnose Rett syndrome in girls who present with typi...

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Autism Related Disorders: November 2007

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Thursday, November 1, 2007. Fragile X Troubled One Family, Strengthened Another. Syndrome May Have Led to Despair for Benoits, but Some Families Find Hope. Had it not been for the apparent double murder-suicide committed by pro wrestler Chris Benoit last weekend, many may never have heard about Fragile X syndrome. Now reports are surfacing that the challenges Benoit and his wife faced in dealing with their young son's genetic disorder may have played a part in driving him over the edge. My husband and I ...

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Autism Related Disorders: February 2008

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Chemical Signals Go Awry in Fragile X Syndrome. MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) - New information about how brain cells are affected in Fragile X syndrome - the most common cause of inherited mental retardation - has been uncovered. The study is published in the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Fragile X syndrome occurs mostly in males and affects about one in every 4,000 white males in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro...Along...

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Autism Related Disorders: July 2011

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Sunday, July 17, 2011. Mortality Rate Is Increased in Persons With Autism Who Also Have Epilepsy, Study Finds. Maria Lourdes Angeles Joven. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Click to join adultswithhighfunctioningautism. Facing Autism in New Brunswick. Whats New.Researches and Articles. Email Subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz. Mortality Rate Is Increased in Persons With Autism. Awesome Inc. template. Template images by molotovcoketail.

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Autism Related Disorders: Williams family deals with autism

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Sunday, April 20, 2008. Williams family deals with autism. With freckles across his nose, Matthew Williams looks a little like a child, but he is growing into a young man. For Matthew's family, that is another step in their journey with autism. LKS occurs most frequently in normally developing children between ages 3 and 7. For no apparent reason, understanding what is said to them becomes difficult. Intelligence appears to be unaffected. After he turned 2, she noticed changes in her son. Matthew started...

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Autistic Savant: Running for a friend

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This site will be posting articles,news items,new researches and videos about savant autistics. Sunday, July 27, 2008. Running for a friend. By Scott O'Connell/GateHouse News Service. Posted Jul 26, 2008 @ 10:53 PM. As a captain of the Westborough High School boys cross country team, Matt Gitkind is used to running to finish number one. But Gitkind is also helping his friend prepare for a future on his own, assisting McNamara with "ADLs" - Activities of Daily Living, such as cooking. Gitkind began workin...

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Autistic Savant: Autistic computer whiz seeks a mentor

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This site will be posting articles,news items,new researches and videos about savant autistics. Saturday, July 26, 2008. Autistic computer whiz seeks a mentor. Joseph Gannon, diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, looks forward to owning a business. The Orange County Register. FULLERTON — Job landed, job lost, job landed …. Joseph Gannon's employment record looks like a stock market graph in a see-saw economy. In the past 10 years, Gannon has been hired and laid off from more than 10 workplaces. For that reas...