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Autism in the Press
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Thomas McKean
Aauthor of Soon Will Come the Light
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Oprah Winfrey Show
Oprah has become an advocate for families with autism as she has featured famous stars and authors discussing this difficult subject.
Autism is a neurological disorder that affects the function of the brain. Most people with autism live in a private world and have difficulty communicating. Thomas McKean is one of the few autistic people who learned how to communicate verbally how he feels. "Joy, sorrow, happiness, pain, anger, frustration are emotions that we have every day. [People with autism] feel just like the rest of us do."
Tom's book is called Soon Will Come the Light.
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Part I: Growing Up With Autism
Chicken and potatoes. Chicken and potatoes. Danny Boronat wants chicken and potatoes. He asks for it once, twice ... 10 times. In the kitchen of the family's suburban New Jersey home, Danny's mother, Loretta, chops garlic for spaghetti sauce. No chicken and potatoes, she tells Danny.
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Autism's Reach: Father Travels World to Study Child's Disorder
Isabel Grinker was just over 2 years old and barely talked; she flapped her arms occasionally, often didn't respond to her name and made only fleeting eye contact. Her parents, Roy Richard Grinker, a cultural anthropologist, and his wife, Joyce Chung, a psychiatrist, knew something was wrong. Eventually, the doctors diagnosed Isabel with autism, then viewed as a rare mental disorder.
Read the whole story...
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Aussie Home Town Girl Returns with State-of-the-Art Autism Technology
AutismPro gives parents, educators and novice clinicians the tools they need to design and implement autism intervention programs that meet the specific needs of each child," said Ms. Howroyd. "It includes assessment tools, thousands of printable activities, tons of up-to-date resources, and hundreds of learning strategies." |
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