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Autistic boy's mother feels pressured by school to up his Ritalin

CBC

A Saint John mother says she felt pressured by teachers and school administrators to double her autistic son's Ritalin dose to keep him in school. Amanda Edgett says Princess Elizabeth School is also forcing her 10-year-old to walk home for lunch every day – a 40-minute round trip. She said she believes the school wants her son, who’s been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and attention deficit disorder, drugged or worn out from exercise to control his behaviour and ensure he doesn't disturb other ..

Studies overstate drugs' ability to treat autism symptoms

Alan Zarembo

Publication bias: It has long been a problem in medical research. Studies that show a drug or treatment is effective are more likely to be published than studies with negative findings. As a result, the medical literature that guides how diseases and disorders ..

Could autism be reversed with a pill?

Karen Weintraub

What if autism could be reversed with a pill? A growing body of research in mice and a handful of people is finding that autism is not a degenerative disease like Alzheimer’s, but a changeable condition, like, say, epilepsy that can potentially be control ..

Autism linked to obesity in pregnancy

Nathan Seppa

Obese women are more likely to have children who develop autism than are normal-weight women, a new study suggests. The finding adds another possible explanation for the apparent rise in autism. Reporting in the May Pediatrics, researchers also found that w ..

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Autism: another example of how being poor is bad for you

Dr. Claire McCarthy

A study just came out with some very interesting information about how children with autism do or don't get better over time. Guess which ones did better? The ones whose mothers were white and educated. It's true. Researchers looked at the records of mor ..

Scientists link autism risk to gene mutation, age of father

Benedict Carey

Teams of scientists working independently have for the first time identified several gene mutations that they agree sharply increase the chances that a child will develop autism. They have found further evidence that the risk increases with the age of the pare ..

What are the best & worst places to live for people with autism

Ryan Jaslow

For children and adults with autism, where is the best place to live? For many Americans with a family member on the autism spectrum, the best place to live is where they can access different educational, medical and recreational resources without having to ..

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Autism rates now 1 in 88, some attribute to better testing

Mike Stobbe

One child out of 88 in the U.S. is believed to have autism or a related disorder, an increase in the rate attributed largely to wider screening. Advocacy groups seized on the new number as further evidence that autism research and services should get more a ..

Study investigates why those with autism may reject social touch

Maia Szalavitz

One of the hardest challenges for families facing autism is the problem of touch. Often, autistic children resist hugging and other types of physical contact, causing distress all around. Now, a new study offers insight into why some people shrug off physic ..

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New study highlights autism's burden on family incomes

Elizabeth Landau

Raising children brings financial challenge for many families, but especially for parents of children with autism. And the magnitude of that burden is a lot bigger than you may think. A new study in the journal Pediatrics finds that overall earnings in fami ..

Severely autistic, non-verbal man stuns public with remarkable singing

Daily Mail

A man with autism that has rendered him almost mute is about to release an album after he was found to have perfect pitch and an amazing singing voice. Kyle Coleman, 25, from Gwithian, Cornwall, was diagnosed with autism at the age of three and has only eve ..

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