An article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Online featured findings published in a recent paper by Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPH, titled “Socioeconomic Inequality in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from a U.S. Cross-Sectional Study.“
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Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, comments on aging parents of adults with Down syndrome
The March 22, 2010 issue of USA Today features a story on the dilemma faced by aging parents of adults with Down syndrome.
Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, comments on retracted autism study
The February 9, 2010 issue of The Capital Times features a story on the recent retraction of a 1998 journal article claiming a link between childhood vaccines and autism.
Research by Marsha Mailick Seltzer cited in Autism Speaks 2010 year in review
The research of Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, was recently cited by Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D., as part of a review of major scientific advances in autism research in 2010.
Study Focuses On Teens With Disabilities\ Project Summer Aims To Get Teens Involved In Jobs, Schools, And The Community
Getting a good job as a teenager can be difficult enough, let alone when the teenage job-seeker has a disability such as autism.
Wisconsin participates in national autism education program
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster announced that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, three Wisconsin school districts, and one early childhood program in the state are among the first partners in an innovative national effort to improve autism education.
Study shows autism symptoms can improve into adulthood
Hallmarks of autism are characteristic behaviors – repetitive motions, problems interacting with others, impaired communication abilities – that occur in widely different combinations and degrees of severity among those who have the condition.
Waisman Center Opens Early Autism and Communication Research Clinic (EACRC)
The Waisman Center’s newest clinic will help researchers learn more about language development in young children newly diagnosed with autism. The Early Autism and Communication Research Clinic (EACRC), co-directed by Susan Ellis Weismer and Morton …
Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin autism surveillance project reported today (Feb. 8) that approximately five out of every 1,000 Wisconsin children born in 1994 display symptoms indicative of autism.
Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors
The brain’s emotional center is unusually small in autistic males with the most severe behavioral impairments, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported this month.