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Recognizing the Impact on Families During Brain Injury Awareness Month RANDOLPH, Mass., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The learning curve is steep for parents who learn their child has been diagnosed with a brain disorder - a reality that many find incredibly daunting. Faced with all the unknowns and unanswered questions, their journey forward can often be overwhelming. New challenges await both child and family as the formal education process begins, or picks up again...
Step By Step adds to its growing number of credentialed staff with three more clinicians who recently passed and obtained master’s level certification as Board Certified Behavior Analysts treating individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) March 07, 2013 Step By Step, a highly regarded nonprofit autism treatment center serving children, adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities throughout central Ohio, ensures that the individuals it...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The fact exercise is instrumental in lowered obesity rates and in promoting a general sense of health and well-being is very well established. The benefits from a quality exercise regimen range from improved cardiovascular activity and healthy weight regulation to an improved sense of self-worth. A new report, compiled from several studies, and published in the British Medical Journal, has determined another excellent benefit of...
Autism mom and web-show host Shannon Penrod will shave her head April 8, 2013, live on http://www.autism-live.com, in an effort to encourage people to put Compassion in Action during National Autism Awareness Month. (PRWEB) March 06, 2013 Autism Live host Shannon Penrod will shave her head on April 8, 2013, at 10:00 am (PDT) on http://www.autism-live.com to show Compassion in Action during National Autism Awareness Month. The Autism Live web-show host is a parent of a child with autism...
The 3rd Annual ACT Today! for Military Families 5k/10k Run/Walk and Family Festival will be held on April 6, 2013 in San Diego, California. (PRWEB) March 05, 2013 In honor of Autism Awareness Month and the Month of the Military Child, ACT Today! (Autism Care and Treatment Today!) will host their 3rd Annual ONEHOPE ACT Today! For Military Families (ATMF) 5k/10k Run/Walk and Family Festival. This event will provide fun for the entire San Diego community while raising funds and awareness for...
Study by Kennedy Krieger's Center for Autism and Related Disorders reveals key predictors of speech gains BALTIMORE, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New findings published in Pediatrics (Epub ahead of print) by the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Center for Autism and Related Disorders reveal that 70 percent of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who have a history of severe language delay, achieved phrase or fluent speech by age eight. This suggests that more children...
Families, Scientists Rally in DC to Raise Awareness of Fragile X Gene Research & Keep Funding on Track WASHINGTON, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As scientists uncover the precise links between autism and the fragile x gene, potential treatments to reverse many of the core symptoms of both autism and fragile X syndrome (FXS) are moving closer to reality. Nationwide clinical drug trials are already underway and are showing significant success in reversing symptoms of severe social...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Animals and humans have long enjoyed an amicable relationship with one another. For whatever reason, it seems as if we generally enjoy one another’s company. Various animals have been found to bring comfort to the sick and even lower blood pressure. Now, a new study has found that animals can have yet another positive influence on humans, particularly children with autism. According to research conducted by psychology researcher...
SEATTLE, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over 200 amazing individuals were nominated for the 2013 Washington State Jefferson Award. The Jefferson Awards is the "Nobel Prize" for public service. The 2013 winners represent our states' unsung heroes; those who are making a difference in their community, the nation and the world, through their jobs or volunteer service. In 1972, the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Senator Robert Taft Jr. founded the Jefferson Awards, a unique...
EEGs show structural differences in brain connections BOSTON, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A look at how the brain processes information finds a distinct pattern in children with autism spectrum disorders. Using EEGs to track the brain's electrical cross-talk, researchers from Boston Children's Hospital have found a structural difference in brain connections. Compared with neurotypical children, those with autism have multiple redundant connections between...
