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Change.org petition:No bleach enemas to “cure” autism in children! by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Emily Willingham and Jennifer Byde-Myers have started a petition on Change.org calling for a ban on the “MMS” therapy. This is the so-called therapy that involves making ... Read on »

Lupron, soon to be a patented autism treatment? by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Lurpon and similar drugs are used to reduce the production of sex hormones in the human body. These drugs are used to treat prostate cancer, uterine fibroids and preco ... Read on »

Stem Cell “therapy” for autism: a warning by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum A recent news article focused on autism researchers who are also autism parents. One of the researchers in Autism scientists search for help, for their own kids’ sakes i ... Read on »

MMS, or how to cure autism with bleach. Brought to you by AutismOne by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum There are so many strange theories about autism which come and go that one doesn’t have the time to read up on all of them. Such is the case with MMS, which I now know st ... Read on »

Most Children with ASD Diagnosed After Age 5, Use Multiple Services and Medications by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum A study just out from US National Institute of Mental Health researchers analyzes a survey they performed. Even today half of sad children identified are not diagnosed u ... Read on »

Join ASAN Seattle in Protesting the Judge Rotenberg Center at the ABAI Convention! by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is organizing a protest against the Judge Rotenberg Center . On Sunday, May 27th, the Association for Behavior Anal ... Read on »

Autism Advocacy: Developing New Markets by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Autism Speaks is hiring. You can find their job posts on the Web. Nothing surprising about that. Here is a segment from a recent job post : Autism Speaks is ... Read on »

Student placed in cardboard box for time out, others called mentally retarded in their yearbook by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Two stories out today show In the first (see Teacher gets lengthy suspension after student put in box) as part of a “time out” punishment. A large cardboard box w ... Read on »

TPGA: IMFAR 2012: An Update on the ASD DSM-5 Recommendations by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum There is much discussion on the DSM 5 at IMFAR. This includes talks from Sue Swedo at the stakeholder’s lunch and a formal (and highly attended) conference talk The Th ... Read on »

Some first-hand reports from IMFAR by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Here are some reports that have been written on IMFAR so far. IMFAR is a three day conference, with one pre-conference day. Saturday (tomorrow) is the last day. ... Read on »

ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts! by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum This action alert is from ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts! Tomorrow, May 18th, 2012, Massachusetts State Senator Brian Joyce wil ... Read on »

Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive... by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum It’s been over 25 years since Ivar Lovaas published a study on Applied Behavioral Analysis which would made ABA therapy (for good or bad, you can find vocal proponents of ... Read on »

The Implications of DSM V: Changes in Diagnostic Outcomes in An Adult Clinical Sample Re-Diagnosed... by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The Implications of DSM V: Changes in Diagnostic Outcomes in An Adult Clinical Sample Re-Diagnosed According to the Proposed DSM V is a talk to be given at IMFAR on Satu ... Read on »

Study Finds Early Childhood Educators Can Effectively Screen Students For Autism In Underserved... by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Studies presented at IMFAR this year addresses the problem of how to effectively screen children for autism in underserved communities. Many studies have shown that the ... Read on »

IMFAR 2012 begins by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum The International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) started on Wednesday with a press conference and a pre-conference program focused on stakeholders. I was fortunate ... Read on »

Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders in Tripoli, Libya: the need for more research and... by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Autism prevalence studies are being performed in more and more locations around the globe. It’s somewhat amazing how little is known about autism prevalence outside of E ... Read on »

Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Prof. Paull Shattuck’s group from Washington University in St. Louis has published a study in the journal Pediatrics today entitled Postsecondary education and employmen ... Read on »

Baltimore Sun drops the ball on Jenny McCarthy fluff by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Sometimes you just gotta laugh. And cry. For a Mother’s day picture roundup, the Baltimore Sun included Jenny McCarthy . She’s a mom, sure. But check out the caption. ... Read on »

Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum A pubmed abstract out this week Deficit, Difference, or Both? Autism and Neurodiversity brings the fourth entry in pubmed using the term “neurodiversity” . One other pap ... Read on »

Autism Criteria Critics Blasted by DSM-5 Leader by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Autism & Autism Spectrum Remember how some comments in a scientific talk about the DSM 5 in Iceland was picked up by the New York Times, leading to a media and advocate firestorm of activity? Th ... Read on »

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