excerpt:" GREENFIELD, Mass.
Last of four parts When autism researchers arrived at Norristown State Hospital near Philadelphia a few years ago, they found a 63-year-old man who rambled on about Elvis Presley, compulsively rocked in his chair and patted the corridor walls.
Third of four parts In 1987, Ivar Lovaas, a charismatic UCLA psychology professor, published what remains the most famous study on the treatment of autism.
Second of four parts From the day her son was diagnosed with autism nine years ago, Stacie Funk has made it her full-time job to find him the best possible help.
First of four parts Amber Dias couldn't be sure what was wrong with her little boy. Chase was a bright, loving 2 1/2-year-old. But he didn't talk much and rarely responded to his own name.
With all the problems in the world today it is difficult to take the time or invest ourselves in any one of them.
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Scholars used to avidly study human intelligence. They measured cranial capacity. They administered IQ tests. They sought to define what intelligence was and who had more or less of it and why.These days, not so much.
A cluster of genes is missing in children with autism, scientists at New York's Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory have discovered, a finding they say moved them a significant step toward unmasking the genetic underpinnings of the condition.
With all the problems in the world today it is difficult to take the time or invest ourselves in any one of them. Here in the U.S.
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After looking at the latest three studies led by researchers from Yale, Columbia and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, I have to believe, based on their data, that the genetic link that they have found in regards to autism is real and that it could lead to much more …
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