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May Institute Families Share Tips, Sensitivities About Lack of Awareness RANDOLPH, Mass., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- People can be cruel even when they don't mean to be. A disapproving look, careless reference, or impatient gesture directed at an individual with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or a member of their family can be as painful emotionally as any physical injury sustained. Yet, despite the explosion of information on the Internet about autism, the...
Every year April is recognized as the National Autism Awareness Month, which provides a special opportunity to educate the public about autism and issues that affect people suffering from this disorder. Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) April 02, 2012 Every year April is recognized as the National Autism Awareness Month, which provides a special opportunity to educate the public about autism and issues that affect people suffering from this disorder. Autism United will be marking this month to...
LAFAYETTE, La., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As a mother of a child impacted by autism, FuzziBunz's CEO, Tereson Dupuy, committed herself to helping others impacted by autism too. Today Dupuy is proud to announce that her modern cloth diapering company has raised more than $13,000 for Autism Speaks(TM). Through the "Light It Up Blue" cloth diaper campaign, which launched in June 2011, Dupuy pledged to donate $1 to Autism Speaks(TM) for every "Light It Up Blue" FuzziBunz cloth diaper...
Early Identification and Treatment is Crucial for Kids to Get the Best Start in Life CHICAGO, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study on the prevalence of autism among 8 year olds in 2008. It is now one in 88 children, and one in 54 for boys, which would suggest that more children are being identified and should receive the services and supports they need for best outcomes. (Logo:...
MedicAlert Giving Back to Autism Society on every Kid Smart Membership Turlock, CA (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 The MedicAlert Foundation, the leader in emergency medical information and identification services, is planning the launch of a special campaign aimed at raising awareness about the special needs and challenges facing individuals with autism and their families to coincide with the annual National Autism Awareness Month. During the month of April, the Foundation will donate $5 to the...
CHARLOTTE and RALEIGH, N.C., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Carolina is lagging on insurance for autism behind 29 other states including neighbors South Carolina and Virginia, say Bridget Mora, a Orange-Chatham Counties Chapter Board Member of the Autism Society of North Carolina and mother of a four-year old son with Asperger's Disorder, and Robert Weiner, ex-White House staff and former chief of staff of the U.S. House Health Subcommittee and House Aging Committee....
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Most Americans recognize that all those pink little ribbons you see everywhere represent breast cancer awareness. Many have not yet even heard of the Autism awareness campaign, "Light It Up Blue," that occurs each April 2nd. One entrepreneurial group is trying to change this since autism is such a pervasive and growing issue in our society. The inventors of the ICE Block Cooler(TM) designed their product to "Light It Up Blue" in honor of...
The Interactive Autism Network reports 63 percent of children with autism have been bullied Today, the Interactive Autism Network (IAN), http://www.ianproject.org, the nation's largest online autism research initiative and a project of the Kennedy Krieger Institute, reports preliminary results of the first national survey to examine the impact of bullying on children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The results show that 63 percent of children with ASD have been bullied at some point...
The Interactive Autism Network reports 63 percent of children with autism have been bullied BALTIMORE, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Interactive Autism Network (IAN), www.ianproject.org, the nation's largest online autism research initiative and a project of the Kennedy Krieger Institute, reports preliminary results of the first national survey to examine the impact of bullying on children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The results show that 63 percent...
