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AUSTIN, Texas, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- eDoorways International Corporation (Pink Sheets: EDWY) announced today that the Company's newly formed subsidiary, Learning Research, Inc., in conjunction with Heritage Corporate Services, Inc., has made a significant pledge to the Autism Speaks Campaign, in an attempt to find treatments and future cures to this developmental disorder which has been on the rise throughout the last several years. "When our consultants brought this...
A major register study from Karolinska Institutet shows that children born to certain groups of immigrants had an increased risk of developing autism with intellectual disability. The study includes all children in Stockholm County from 2001 to 2007, and brings the question of the heredity of autism to the fore. "This is an intriguing discovery, in which we can see strong links between a certain kind of autism and the time of the mother's immigration to Sweden," says principal investigator...
Brain changes in infants as young as six months of age suggest that MRIs could be used to detect autism in children at least half a year before the emergence of other symptoms, according to a new study published online Friday in the American Journal of Psychiatry. According to Lara Salahi of ABC News, Dr. Joe Piven, director of the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and senior author of the study, and colleagues studied 92 infants who...
Customized Autism Lanyards Feature the Autism Awareness Puzzle Design Emblem in Two Colorful Styles with Safety Breakaway Clasp. Ideal for Raising Awareness at Schools, Health Care Facilities, Events, and Fundraisers. West Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) February 14, 2012 ID Card Group, a leading online retailer of ID card printers, supplies, and badging accessories is now offering autism awareness lanyards to help support the Autism Speaks Foundation. These colorful awareness lanyards are...
In their first year of life, babies who will go on to develop autism already show different brain responses when someone looks at or away from them. Although the researchers are careful to say that the study, reported online on January 26 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology, is only a first step toward earlier diagnosis, the findings do suggest that direct brain measures might help to predict the future development of autism symptoms in infants as young as six months. "Our findings...
Leading Autism Advocacy Organization Documents Progress to Discover Causes and Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders New York, NY (PRWEB) December 22, 2011 Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, has released its annual list of the 10 most significant science achievements to have impacted autism during the previous year. Every year, Autism Speaks documents the progress made toward its mission to discover the causes and treatment for autism spectrum...
New Sections Provide Information on Addressing Safety in the Home and the Community, as well as Addressing Sexual Abuse New York, NY (PRWEB) December 12, 2011 Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, today introduced 11 new sections to its popular Autism Safety Project on the Autism Speaks website. Safety is a concern for all parents, but given the challenges of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), safety is even more critical. The...
Teaching young children with autism to imitate others may improve a broader range of social skills, according to a new study by a Michigan State University scholar. The findings come at a pivotal time in autism research. In the past several years, researchers have begun to detect behaviors and symptoms of autism that could make earlier diagnosis and even intervention like this possible, said Brooke Ingersoll, MSU assistant professor of psychology. “It’s pretty exciting,” Ingersoll...
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The QBE Divisional Foundation has awarded a $75,000 grant to the Autism Speaks organization to support its efforts to educate employers on the benefits people with autism can bring to their businesses. According to QBE President and Chief Executive Officer John Rumpler, Autism Speaks provides services that fit well with the foundation mission. The foundation is dedicated to supporting vocational opportunities around the world through...
Every dollar donated to the Recipe4Hope campaign will go directly to fund pre- and post-doctoral autism research fellowships to expand our understanding about what causes autism and to develop better treatments. New York, NY (PRWEB) December 01, 2011 The Autism Science Foundation today announced the launch of its special year-end fundraising campaign “Recipe4Hope†– http://www.recipe4hope.org. Every dollar donated to the campaign will go directly to fund pre- and...
