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The Senate has passed the Combating Autism Act, authorizing over $900 million of federal spending for the next five years to (as the Autism Speaks press release put it) “to combat autism through research, screening, intervention and education efforts.” Across the US, emails and letters are being sent out raise even more money through walks […]
Town and Country magazine’s August issue contains an article about autism which includes a quite extensive overview of the latest research (especially on the brain, such as recent research from the M.I.N.D. Institute) and on educational programs (a new charter school for autistic children, the NYCA Charter School, is highlighted). The article, by Diane Guernsey, […]
This “eye-catching design for a shopping bag” (as AdBlogArabia describes it) is part of a campaign to raise funds and awareness for the Dubai Autism Center. The bag says “reach out to children with autism.” I am not sure how it compares to the puzzle ribbon…… I have to wonder what the t-shirt version might […]
Autism parent Arnold Vetstein describes his efforts to find the right kind of school for his autistic son, Richard, in the 1960s in an article in today’s DailyNewsTribune.com (MA): School marks 40 years of helping autistic children.
When Arnold Vetstein tried to get his autistic son, Richard, into the Newton Public School system […]
Tony Walter, grandfather to autistic twins, wrote a column in the Green Bay Press-Gazette yesterday about how far the $37.1 billion that Warren Buffett is donating to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could go.
If you owned every National Football League franchise, you’d still be about $10 billion shy of Buffett’s donation.
If we were required […]
The June 6th death of 7-year-old Tyji Chester during school hours highlights the need for not only teachers but also aides and paraprofessionals to be highly trained in teaching autistic children. Tyji was assigned a 1:1 aide in his public school special education class in West Baltimore, but where was that aide when Tyji climbed […]
Bertie Ahern, the Taoiseach—the Irish prime minister—is joining ten volunteers in the charity cycle for Irish Autism Action, according to BreakingNews.ie. The 11-day-long ride—covering more than 1,7000 kilometers (1,056.33 miles)—ends tomorrow in Dublin.
Charlie did the seven-mile course at the Ride for Autism in New Jersey. (Charlie could have gone farther, my husband noted).
The American […]
What is now called the Autism Treatment Center of America used simply to be known as the “Son-Rise Program.” Based on the program’s philosophy and treatment methods, I gather the program’s name is a play on the word “sunrise”: Thanks to the Son-Rise’s programs methods, an autistic son or daughter can “rise” and “come out” […]
Ten cyclists have spent the past eleven days biking in Northern Ireland to raise funds for Solas, which will be Ireland’s first dedicated diagnostic and assessment center for autistic children. The cyclists arrived today at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.
In today’s U.TV, Irish Autism Action CEO Kevin Whelan notes that it is hoped that, […]
Omaha TV station KETV reports that, on Sunday, Big-Time Coaches Help Omaha Raise Autism Funds for the Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute. The “big-time coaches” named were former NFL and college football coach Dick Vermeil and former college basketball coach and current ESPN analyst Rick Majerus.
Autistic high school senior and basketball player Jason […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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