Are autistic kids less healthy?
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Kev Leitch
... ution:Excellent: 64.9% very good: 22.9% good: 9.8% fair: 2.0% poor: 0.3%So, in general, American kids are pretty healthy.How about autistic kids*? Here’s the distribution:Excellent: 34.3% very good: 29.5% good: 23.0% fair: 8.8% poor: 4.3%That is a big differenc ...
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90% of autistic kids bullied?
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Kev Leitch
A story just out from the Boston Herald state: Survey finds 90% of autistic kids bullied. The story starts out with:A shocking new online survey has found that nearly 90 percent of autistic children in the Bay State have been targeted by bul ...
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Autism Bites: SIX Autistic Kids
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Ginger T.
... at it," Robin Kirton said. "If I had, say, six normal kids or less kids that were normal, that would be easy for me. God knew I was up for the challenge, so he made it. "Six autistic kids is my Armageddon level."
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Do techie parents have more autistic kids?
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Kev Leitch
... ng an autistic kid. There isn’t a clear statement for fathers. Also, there isn’t evidence of a “joint effect”. I take that to mean that the “geeks marrying geeks have more autistic kids” idea didn’t pan out.They can’t say why mothers in highly technical jobs have more autistic kids. This makes it a study that can be quoted by everyone. “It’s g ...
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Are autistic kids in the foster care system being over medicated?
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Kev Leitch
... gle for recognition and services in the autism communities.Who could be more of an underdog than disabled kids in foster care?One of the reasons the authors give for studying autistic kids in the foster care system is:Second, beyond the cumulative impact of trauma on psychiatric symptoms after maltreatment, children with ASD in foster care are part ...
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David Kirby: No friend to my autistic kid
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Kev Leitch
David Kirby is certainly no friend to my autistic child.I don’t know why I let David Kirby annoy me. It is a pretty safe bet that whenever he blogs he will write something that rubs me the wrong way. Whether it is ...
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Raising the Bar (Mitzvah) For Autistic Kids
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Susan S.
... way, with one big difference: he loves being in temple, much the way he loves being in any kind of group. I often don't feel good in groups. It's funny, that stereotype of autistic people disliking crowds, noise, others' company: you just can't lump together "autistics" any more than you can lump together "Jews" or "Republicans," for example. ...
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Do old parents have more autistic kids?
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Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M.
Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that typically lasts throughout a person's lifetime. It is part of a group of disorders known as autism spectrum disorders (ASD). People who have autism have trouble communicating and interacting with other people. A child who has autism may seem very withdrawn, may not make eye contact with people, may ...
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