Autism News

The Vines frontman Craig Nicholls kicked his cannabis habit, because he fears the drug exacerbates his Asperger's Syndrome.

A seventh-grader with Asperger's Syndrome at Cooperstown Central School confidently spelled his way to first place at the fourth annual Daily Star regional spelling bee Saturday.

We also have more information about the Autistic hoops star going Hollywood!

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The intelligence of people diagnosed with autism is being underestimated, a science conference in St Louis, US, has been told.

Research by scientists in Montreal suggests current ways of measuring their intelligence are inaccurate.

A massive Desmond de Silva concert on the 31st of March in Sydney Australia launches a campaign in 2006, International Asperser’s Year, to encourage Sri Lankan expatriates and philanthropists to help the 38,000 children and adults with autism and Asperger's Syndrome.

From the Associated Press (January 31):

A York County girl with Asperger's syndrome is entitled to special education services even though she completes her homework, behaves well in class and scores well on tests, a federal judge ruled.

Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), a team lead by Mirella Dapretto found that test subjects on the autism spectrum have virtually no activity in the mirror neuron section of their brains, whereas NTs of comparable age and intelligence had abundant activity.

Mirror neurons are the “duplication” neurons in the brain. The neurons activate when an NT performs a goal-oriented task. They also activate in exactly the same way...

Google News reports:

Search continues for missing freshman The Northeastern News (subscription), MA - 15 hours ago ... Klotzbier said. Lamar has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism most commonly marked by difficulty socializing with others. The ...

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"Mozart and The Whale", a fiction romance based on the
lives of Future Horizons authors, Jerry and Mary Newport, made its
international debut at the Puerto Vallarta International Festival on
Saturday, November twelfth. "It had the largest audience of any of the
festival's films. People sat in the aisles to see it and there was a
surprising number of teenagers. It had a very postiive response!", said
Robert Lawrence, one of "Mozart's"...

ScienceDaily.com reports: New brain imaging research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill indicates that when people with autism look at a face, activity in the brain area that responds is similar to that of people without autism. Study suggests that specific behavioral interventions may help people with autism improve their ability to interact socially.

Google News reports:

Conference on autism next week Staten Island Advance, NY - Nov 12, 2005 ... Jerry Newport, diagnosed at 40 with Asperger's syndrome, became an advocate for the "differently abled" after he identified with the traits of Raymond Babbitt ...

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