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Is the Neurodiversity Movement Misrepresenting Autism?

Source: Slate, Jan 16 2013, 12:16pm CST

Sue Rubin and Gerardine Wurzburg of the Oscar-nominated short documentary Autism Is a World in 2005 Much of what we know about autism has changed since my son Jonah was diagnosed in 2001, but the metaphors we use to conceptualize it have remained lar ...

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Excerpt: Author Temple Grandin Reports On ‘The Autistic Brain’

Source: Time Magazine  |   May 19 2013, 6:33am CDT

Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, eloquently described life from the perspective of someone living with autism in her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, which served as the basis for an Emmy-winning HBO movi ...

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In US, 20% Of Children Have A Mental Disorder

Source: Medical News Today  |   May 19 2013, 3:11am CDT

ADHD (6.8%) Conduct or Behavioral Problems (3.5%) Anxiety (3.0%) Depression (2.1%) Autism spectrum disorders (1.1%) Tourette syndrome (0.2% among children 6-17 years old) Illicit drug use disorder in the l ...

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"Of those diagnosed in adolescence, no child whose primary regression was in ‘speech and language’ incurred the regression after age 5 years."


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Center for Autism and Related Disorders Opens State-of-the-Art Assessment Center in Woodland Hills, Open House on May 22

Source: 24-7PressRelease.com  |   May 19 2013, 2:54am CDT

TARZANA, CA, May 19, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), the world's largest provider of effective, early-intensive behavioral interventions for individuals with autism spectrum ...

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Up to 20 percent of U.S. youth experience a mental disorder

Source: United Press International  |   May 18 2013, 10:18pm CDT

A comprehensive report on U.S. children’s mental health found total of 13 percent to 20 percent experienced a mental disorder in a given year. ATLANTA, May 18 (UPI) -- Thirteen percent to 20 percent of U.S. yout ...

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We’re all mad here

Source: New York Post  |   May 18 2013, 9:30pm CDT

Millions of people who went to sleep last night thinking they were normal woke up this morning with a new mental disorder. Human nature doesn’t change that fast, but the labels used to describe it can follow fickle fashions ...

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New reference manual issued by Psychiatric Assn

Source: Radio New Zealand  |   May 18 2013, 7:05pm CDT

Hoarding, gambling and marijuana withdrawal are among newly-expanded disorders contained in the fifth revision of the manual of the American Psychiatric Association. Other changes include the absorption of Asperger's syndrome into autistic spect ...

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Possible Link Between Flu During Pregnancy and Bipolar Disorder

Source: About.com: Cold & Flu  |   May 18 2013, 6:36pm CDT

If you need even more reason to get your flu vaccine during pregnancy, researchers have found a possible link between flu exposure during pregnancy and the child's risk of developing bipolar disorder in adulthood. This study, which was funded by the ...

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Youth mental burdens high

Source: Monterey County Herald  |   May 18 2013, 4:01pm CDT

then, in light of these statistics, that in 2010, suicide was the second-leading cause of death among American children between the ages of 12 and 17. WASHINGTON — Go to a busy street in your community and count the ...

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Psychiatry bible receives a makeover

Source: ABC (Australia) Online  |   May 18 2013, 2:54pm CDT

The American Psychiatric Association has released the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, known as DSM-5. The $25 million revision happens only once in a generation and comes after nearly two decad ...

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