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Autism dietary supplement OSR#1 sales halted, FDA calls unapproved

Trine Tsouderos

Pharmacies are halting sales of OSR#1, a compound marketed as a dietary supplement to parents of children with autism, six weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called the product an unapproved new ..

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Dr. Anthony C. Hollander

I have been hearing all sorts of comments and expressions lately that have been making my head spin. Given the level of “autism awareness” combined with all of the emphasis on training of staff/educators, and the emphasis on parent training and counseling, I never would have th ..

Video: Strengths of people on the autism spectrum

Barbara R. Lester, LCSW

Licensed clinical social worker Barbara Lester discusses the many strengths of those on the autism spectrum.

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Temple Grandin: Life among the 'yakkity yaks'

Bari Weiss

'Who do you think made the first stone spear?" asks Temple Grandin. "That wasn't the yakkity yaks sitting around the campfire. It was some Aspberger sitting in the back of a cave figuring out how to chip rocks into spearheads. Without some autistic traits you wouldn't even have a r ..

New information on emerging signs of autism

Elizabeth McBreen

Symptoms of autism generally do not begin to appear until after six months of age, and they emerge slowly over time rather than occurring rapidly. These are the results of a new study out of University of California, Davis. The study, A Prospective Study of the Emergence of Earl ..

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Asperger's: a mother's story

Mary

My son in 35. As he grew up we had no idea that there was a condition called Aspergers, to e ..

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Video: Whitney discusses her autism and views

Whitney Abrams

Whitney Abrams, a high-functioning autistic adult, describes her life ..

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