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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.
Scientists using diffusion tensor imaging have been able to identify individuals with autism 94% of the time
A recent sconcludes that the prevalence of children being served under the special education autism category in Wisconsin seems to be leveling off in the school districts with the highest prevalence rates.
The parents of grown children with autism are more likely to divorce than couples with typically developing children, according to new data from a large longitudinal study of families of adolescents and adults with autism.
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.“
The March 22, 2010 issue of USA Today features a story on the dilemma faced by aging parents of adults with Down syndrome.
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.
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.
Getting a good job as a teenager can be difficult enough, let alone when the teenage job-seeker has a disability such as autism.
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.
