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Autism advocates urge action
Saskatoon :: Canada | 13 days ago
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Leland Kreklewich took an accounting class in Grade 10 because, as someone diagnosed with autism, his parents wanted him to learn basic independent life skills, such as how to balance a chequebook...Although he was initially offered extra help and time...
Tags: Leland Kreklewich, Arden Fiala, Judy Junor, action plan, Saskatoon, autism spectrum, autistic children, Canada, Autism, Autism Sunday, Combating Autism Act
A home for Kenya and me.
I will never forget the day my daughter was born. She was my precious joy. I was in the midst of darkness and she was the light that showed up in my life. My mother was dying of cancer during this time. ...
Tags: Struggling single parents, Parenting, Single Parenting, Parent Crisis, Economy, People, Real Life, Autism, Autistic Children, Parents with Autistic children
Antidepressant doesn't help treat autism, study says
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Worldwide spending on drugs to treat autism is estimated to be $2.2 billion to $3.5 billion annually. Because very few medications have been tested on autistic children in large, rigorous studies, doctors have looked to drugs that treat similar symptoms...
Tags: autism spectrum, spectrum disorder, treating autism, autistic children, study says
Autistic society sounds SOS for special children
Sos :: France | 8 months ago
Credibility There is an urgent need to increase the number of rehabilitation centers for autistic children in Makkah, said Naseeba Al-Huseini, head of the Saudi Autistic Society in Jeddah, yesterday. Al-Huseini's comments coincide with World Autism Day, which is...
Tags: autistic children
Investors Business Daily: Parents of Autistic Children Fight Back - Warn HMO Regulator Against Siding with Insurers Refusing to Pay for Treatment
Santa Monica :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Parents of autistic children and their families joined Consumer Watchdog today in warning California regulators not to side with health insurance companies that are scheming to avoid paying for autism treatment that is required by state law. Consumer...
Tags: autistic children
Parents of autistic children sue Kaiser
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Two Bay Area residents filed a class-action lawsuit today against Kaiser Permanente, accusing the health maintenance organization of refusing to treat children with autism in order to save costs. More Bay Area News The suit, filed in Alameda County...
Supreme court refuses autistic parents' appeal
Ottawa :: Canada | 12 months ago
Credibility Parents of autistic children say they'll be planning the next step in their legal battle for better treatment programs now that the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear their latest appeal. The families of six autistic children in Ontario hoped...
Tags: Ontario Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Canada, school boards, autistic children
Autism activists call for ouster of Michael Savage
Savage :: MN :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A group of angry parents, activists and autistic children on Sunday called for the firing of talk show host Michael Savage. Savage recently said on his nationally-syndicated radio show that autistic children are "brats" who haven't "been told to cut the...
Tags: Michael Savage (commentator), radio stations, autistic children
Autistic kids' parents protest radio show host
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A controversial San Francisco radio talk show host is under fire again, this time for his tirade about autism, and autism activists are fighting back. He had called autistic children "brats" and "idiots" on his radio show on Monday. Michael Savage says...
Tags: Michael Savage (commentator), host michael, radio talk, autistic kids, autistic children, radio host
Radio host's autism rant sparks protest
Savage :: MN :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Advocates for autistic children are protesting remarks by conservative radio host Michael Savage. Some parents held a news conference Monday outside WOR, the New York radio station that carries Savage's San Francisco-based talk show. Last week Savage...
Tags: AP Michael Savage Protesters, radio host, National Autism Group, conservative radio, host michael, Mr. Savage, autistic children, outside wor, New York City, radio talk
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