Aspergers Syndrome

A Miracle Mom: Elaine Hall

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: The Miracle Project, Elaine Hall, Autism: The Musical, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, NOw I See the Moon, Raising a Child With Autism, Adoption, Parents News

Becoming a mom changes your life, and sometimes as a result you are propelled to change the world. Elaine Hall is one of those mothers.

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Autism and My Grandson's First Swim

Don McNay | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Autism Awareness, Bob and Suzanne Wright, Education, Cbs Morning News, Health, Natalie Merchant, Health Care Reform, Kentucky, Don McNay, Autism, American Psychiatric Association, Asperger's Syndrome, Parenting, Obamacare, Autism Speaks, Austitic Self Advocacy Network, Impact News

My grandson and I recently went to a baseball game. He is learning about the sport his grandfather loves. While we were there, he completely reprogrammed my cell phone. He fixed a problem in thirty seconds that Apple's tech people couldn't fix in three hours.

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Man Confronts Asperger's, Bipolar By Bringing Kindness To World With Free Hugs

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Christopher Webster, Free Hugs, Video, Juan Mann Free Hugs, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Juan Mann, Asperger's Syndrome, Slideexpand, Free Hugs Campaign, Christopher Webster Free Hugs, Impact News

Though living with Asperger’s syndrome makes it difficult for Christopher Webster to interact with strangers, it hasn’t kept him from hugging hund...

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Sister Act

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Sibling Relationships, Sibling Rivalry, Parenting, Special Needs Children, Asperger's Syndrome, Siblings, Parents News

My thirteen-year-old daughter has been looking on with envy as I spend my odd hours crafting and polishing parenting columns focused on her brother -- his quirks, his talents, his challenges. This week, let me shift my attention to her, the neurotypical sibling.

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Nonprofit Takes Kids With Special Needs On Therapeutic Rides

fairlawn-bath.patch.com | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Depression, Kim Gustely, Ohio, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Nonprofit, Victory Gallop, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, David Miller, Sue Miller, Anxiety, Therapeutic Horseback Riding, Impact News

When the owners of Victory Gallop opened their doors in 1995, they started small and knew they wanted to stay that way. But the nonprofit organizat...

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No Filter

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Parenting, Asperger's Syndrome, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, No Filter, Special Needs, Aspergers, Parenting Teens, Parents News

My son welcomes me into the inner sanctum of his most intimate fantasies with open arms.

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Does Your Doctor Practice Politics?

M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D. | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Catholicism, Religious Freedom, Sandra Fluke, Asperger's Syndrome, Obama Health Care, Catholic Church, Women's Health, Health, Georgetown University, Contraception, Adhd, Evolution, Birth Control, Doctors, Cancer, Ptsd, Faith, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News

We should ask our doctors about the politics with a small "p" that's embedded in their advice -- the moral and cultural leanings that weigh on clinical judgment.

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What Every Mother Needs

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Special Education, Asperger's Syndrome, Parenting, Dyspraxia, Special Needs, Moms Groups, Support Network, Parents News

We are not only mothers, we are warriors -- forced to fight for our children, to often question the medical community and seek alternate therapies.

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Direct Learning

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Asperger's Syndrome, Dyspraxia, Direct Learning, Parents News

Children on the autistic spectrum need to carefully learn and practice behaviors that come relatively naturally to the rest of us. Despite the extra effort it may take my son to integrate these behaviors, he ultimately masters them with great aplomb.

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Bad News For Boy's Pirate Flag

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Aspergers Syndrome, Pirate Flag Trouble, Anthony Steele, Aspergers, Boy With Aspergers, Town Bans Pirate Flag, Boys Pirate Flag, Sara Steele, Pirate Flag Banned, Aspergers Pirate Flag, Video, Parents News

Anthony Steele loves to play pirates in his backyard, but the black flag aboard his "ship" is stirring up trouble with an English town's district coun...

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The Yin and Yang of Psychiatric Diagnoses

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Mental Health, Asperger's, Asperger's Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome Adults, Asperger's Syndrome, Asperger's Disease, Healthy Living News

The question of how far to cast the net in diagnosing Asperger syndrome -- with the advantages and disadvantages to be found on both sides of rounding up more or less people -- will never, can never, disappear.

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My Asperger's Son And His Superhuman Memory

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Aspergers Syndrome, Children With Disabilities, Child With Asperger's, Language Appropriation, Effects of Asperger's, Asperger's Syndrome Language, Parent of Aspergers Child, Special Needs Children, Asperger's Syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome Memory, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Language appropriation is clearly one of the challenges that we need to confront as our brilliant but fragile son makes his way through his secondary school years. What do you do with a child who has such powerful memory skills? How can we help him to avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism?

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Autism Forecast: Mostly Green With a Chance of Red

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: National Autism Association, Autism College, Autism, Developmentally Disabled, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Safety, Autism Elope, Autism Protection and Advocacy, Autism Wandering, Autism Bullying, Healthy Living News

No matter the age or ability level, no person on the autism spectrum is safe from danger. Anyone with a loved one on the spectrum will understand how problematic the area of safety is for the autism community.

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Psychiatric Diagnosis by the People's Choice

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: American Psychiatric Association, Psychiatry, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, Asperger's Syndrome, Dsm-Iv, Dsm 4, Dsm Criteria, Dsm Iv, Dsm Diagnosis, Dsm V, DSM IV TR, Dsm, Mental Health, Healthy Living News

The American Psychiatric Association plans to release the newest edition of America's psychiatric bible, the DSM, in 2013. The effort to determine what constitutes normal and abnormal behavior in America is apparently an ongoing process.

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On Asperger Syndrome And Broken Hearts

Christian Piatt | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Abortion, Hlhs, Church, Children, Hope, Pregnancy, Christianity, Christian Piatt, Autism, Pregmancy, Asperger's Syndrome, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Faith, Special Needs, Religion News

Though the struggle of others hardly makes me feel any better, it certainly serves to put my own hardships into perspective.

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How Does Someone Outgrow Autism?

Allen Frances | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Dsm 5, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Outgrowing Autism, Outgrow Autism, Autism Dsm-Iv, Healthy Living News

In the Feb. 1 New York Times there is a telling op-ed by Benjamin Nugent, a successful writer and a "recovered" Asperger's patient. Mr. Nugent abruptly and spontaneously outgrew his disease right after college and has lived happily ever after.

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DSM 5 Will Lower Autism Rates

Allen Frances | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Dsm 5, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Dsm Iv, Overdiagnosis, Science News

The DSM 5 assertion of rate neutrality is, just on the face of it, completely impossible. A simple comparison of how DSM IV and DSM 5 criteria are written makes apparent that DSM 5 has to be much more restrictive.

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WATCH: A Revealing Portrait Of An Artist With Asperger's

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Video, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, BBC Interview, Michael Madore, Artists With Asperger's, Asperger's, Arts News

Michael Madore is an artist with Asperger's syndrome, but he didn't always understand his condition. Before being diagnosed with Asperger's in 2000...

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Autism: A Year In Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Oxytocin, Mental Health, Brain, Rora, Talk Nerdy to Me, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Yawning, Science, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Communication, Education News

A recent, welcome trend in scientific literature is one that celebrates the unique perspective, focus, and creativity seen in the autistic community, instead of fixating on deficits alone.

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Student With Epilepsy, Asperger's Launches Nonprofit To Help Disabled Kids Learn

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Aspergers Syndrome, Video, Education, Charity, Trenton Gilstrap, Hidden Inspiration Project, Tatia Gilstrap, Washington, Impact News

Though epilepsy and Asperger's syndrome sometimes get in the way when Trenton Gilstrap socializes with his high school friends, his conditions haven't...

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When Popular Novels Perpetuate Negative Stereotypes: Mark Haddon, Asperger's and Irresponsible Fiction

Greg Olear | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Negative Stereotypes, Parents, Asperger's, Mark Haddon, Parents-Dads, Books News

I don't begrudge Mark Haddon his freedom of speech. What I find objectionable is that he seems unaware of, or, worse, indifferent toward, the fact that he has made both his name and his fortune exploiting the Asperger's community, my son included.

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New Test For Down Syndrome Is Controversial

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Video, Maternit21, Amy Julia Becker, Temple Grandin, Autism, Sequenom, Asperger's Syndrome, Parents News

If you could "cure" Down syndrome or autism would you be left with the same child? If you could avoid having a child with that condition, would you? Should everyone?

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An Unusual Gift That Let's This 13-Year-Old Find Belonging At Med School

AP | By MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Education, Indiana University Northwest Medical School, Indiana University Northwest, Medical School, Gifted Students, Asperger's Syndrome, Good News, Gifted Children, Asperger's, Education News

GARY, Ind. -- He is about half the age of other students in the room. Yet 13-year-old Noah Egler is completely in his element, wearing powder blue med...

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Does Having a Child With a Disability Make It Harder to Co-Parent?

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 09.09.2011

Read More: Autism, Disability, Asperger's Syndrome, Parenting, Women News

Parenting is best shared, and sometimes it even is. The balance between child-rearing and breadwinning is a challenge for any family, whether or no...

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Dear Governor Brown: Is There a Future for the Disabled -- Including Adults With Autism -- In the Golden State?

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Autistic, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Prop 13, Disabled, Education, Governor Brown, California, Civil Rights, Golden State, Adults With Autism, People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation, Jerry Brown, United Cerebral Palsy, California Budget Cuts, Los Angeles News

The looming budget cuts remind me of the old Prop 13 days. The state of California is getting ready to cut the civil rights of the disabled and no one seems to notice.

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