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Jaiden.net reports: I'm quoted in this article so I suppose I should post it. A free subscription is required to read it online, however, I have provided the article in its entirety below:

Several local families have banded together to purchase three billboards to educate people about dangers they believe are related to thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative used for many years in vaccines.

A known neurotoxin, thimerosal has been...

Jaiden.net reports: "The news that the first child diagnosed with autism got better after medical treatment -- while leading experts didn`t make the connection -- suggests how research and reality have been distorted for decades."

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Autism Gala will feature jazz, puzzle theme at WorkPlay Birmingham News, AL - 4 hours ago ... The gala will benefit the Autism Society of Alabama with its efforts to assist families affected by autism or Asperger's syndrome. ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling On Playground Ban WLBZ-TV, ME - 18 hours ago The case involves their home-schooled son, Jan, who has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that involves delays in basic social and language skills. ... Supreme court upholds lower court ruling on playground ban Foster's Daily Democrat

ScienceDaily.com reports: In a pair of studies, the researchers identify and characterize a number of mutations in the gene that regulate brain levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in breathing, digestion, sleep, appetite, blood vessel constriction, mood and impulsivity. About 25 percent of people with autism have elevated levels of serotonin in their blood. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) drugs improve some of the...

Jaiden.net reports: "We know autism is complex, and when I think of a complex trait I think of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions," she said. "And I am sure that's what's going on in autism if I had to bet -- a combination of both.

"I think there are going to be multiple different forms. Some forms have certain genes contributing to it and other forms have gene-environment type interactions."

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Friday, July 29, 2005 By Moustafa Ayad, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette UNIONTOWN -- An 8-year-old boy who told authorities he was bribed by his coach to throw a baseball at an autistic teammate testified yesterday that after he hit the teammate in the groin, the coach ordered him "to go out there and hit him harder." Entire Article

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Google News reports: KING5.com (subscription), WA - Jul 20, 2005
... age 6. "I think I have the focus," said Aidan. That focus comes from a type of autism called Asperger's Syndrome. "What seems to ...

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Google News reports: Charlotte Observer, NC - 7 hours ago
... Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The group of neurobiological disorders includes autism and Asperger's syndrome. Using a family-centered ...

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