Autism in the News
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Research
Sequenom plans to expand "snip" opportunity (N.Y.)
Sequenom Inc.'s best-known product is designed to test for Down syndrome, but the genetic testing products company said Tuesday that there may be an even larger market is other kinds of prenatal testing. Read more.
Education
Teacher Suspended After Students Vote Child Out Of Class (Port St. Lucie, Fla.)
A Port St. Lucie school teacher has been suspended without pay after she allowed her kindergarten students to vote a 5-year-old student out of class. Read more.
Left Behind (Nowalk, Conn.)
First, Stacy Lore created a company called "Spectrum Kids" with the declared mission to "meet the dynamic and ever-changing needs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families." Then, with the aplomb of modern day Pied Piper, she walked into the offices of Norwalk Public Schools with a résumé glowing with degrees and specialties: education, special education, psychology, applied behavior analysis programming, verbal behavior. Read more.
School in danger of closing (Savannah, Ga.)
Practicing his handwriting and writing full sentences may not be a huge accomplishment for some, but it is a huge feat for 12-year-old Mikyle Jacobson's. Read more.
Temecula Valley Unified may shift some special ed preschool classes to different site (Temecula Valley, Calif.)
Temecula Valley Unified School District officials are considering relocating a portion of the district's special education preschool program because of crowding at the current site. Read more.
Resources
NAMI forms Asperger's support group (Washington County, Ore.)
NAMI of Washington County is in initial stages of expanding its support system to serve a new group of individuals: those with Asperger's Syndrome. Read more.
Program Tracks Impaired People (Crawford County, Ark.)
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office began training Monday for Project Lifesaver, a program designed to track missing people with mental impairments. Anyone in Crawford County living with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, autism, Down syndrome or dementia can be signed up for tracking in case they were ever to become lost, according to investigator Ken Howard of the Sheriff's Office. Read more.
Autism Dogs (Central Point, Ore.)
A nonprofit Southern Oregon group known for its work training shelter dogs for the deaf is introducing a new program, in the hopes of helping other groups as well. Read more.
Adult Services
All grown up — now where to go? (Seekonk, R.I.)
Autistic kids are quickly turning into autistic adults, and the growing population is straining social services and posing new challenges for parents who have to arrange care for them 24/7. Read more.
People
Area family holding benefit for autism service dog (Mt. Vernon, Ill.)
In an effort to help offset costs for an autism service dog for their son, a family with local ties are hosting a benefit auction this weekend at the Rolland Lewis Building. Read more.
Still many misconceptions about autism (Seekonk, R.I.)
When the movie “Rain Man” came out in 1988, it put autism in the spotlight and went a long way in educating the public about the disorder, which is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication. Read more.
J-Mac night at the UNLV-Northern Arizona game (las Vegas, Nev.)
I've got a bone to pick with J-Mac. You remember him, that autistic kid who scored 20 points in four minutes after coming off the bench as a student manager in a high school basketball game in upstate New York a couple of years ago. Read more.
Book is mother's candid look at bringing up an autistic son (Detroit, Mich.)
What inspired Annie Lubliner Lehmann to write a memoir about raising her autistic 25-year-old son Jonah was not a success story or a happily-ever-after ending. It was not a triumph over silence, a disappearance of the disability through diet or a breakthrough in the obsessive mind. Read more.
Sequenom plans to expand "snip" opportunity (N.Y.)
Sequenom Inc.'s best-known product is designed to test for Down syndrome, but the genetic testing products company said Tuesday that there may be an even larger market is other kinds of prenatal testing. Read more.
Education
Teacher Suspended After Students Vote Child Out Of Class (Port St. Lucie, Fla.)
A Port St. Lucie school teacher has been suspended without pay after she allowed her kindergarten students to vote a 5-year-old student out of class. Read more.
Left Behind (Nowalk, Conn.)
First, Stacy Lore created a company called "Spectrum Kids" with the declared mission to "meet the dynamic and ever-changing needs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families." Then, with the aplomb of modern day Pied Piper, she walked into the offices of Norwalk Public Schools with a résumé glowing with degrees and specialties: education, special education, psychology, applied behavior analysis programming, verbal behavior. Read more.
School in danger of closing (Savannah, Ga.)
Practicing his handwriting and writing full sentences may not be a huge accomplishment for some, but it is a huge feat for 12-year-old Mikyle Jacobson's. Read more.
Temecula Valley Unified may shift some special ed preschool classes to different site (Temecula Valley, Calif.)
Temecula Valley Unified School District officials are considering relocating a portion of the district's special education preschool program because of crowding at the current site. Read more.
Resources
NAMI forms Asperger's support group (Washington County, Ore.)
NAMI of Washington County is in initial stages of expanding its support system to serve a new group of individuals: those with Asperger's Syndrome. Read more.
Program Tracks Impaired People (Crawford County, Ark.)
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office began training Monday for Project Lifesaver, a program designed to track missing people with mental impairments. Anyone in Crawford County living with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, autism, Down syndrome or dementia can be signed up for tracking in case they were ever to become lost, according to investigator Ken Howard of the Sheriff's Office. Read more.
Autism Dogs (Central Point, Ore.)
A nonprofit Southern Oregon group known for its work training shelter dogs for the deaf is introducing a new program, in the hopes of helping other groups as well. Read more.
Adult Services
All grown up — now where to go? (Seekonk, R.I.)
Autistic kids are quickly turning into autistic adults, and the growing population is straining social services and posing new challenges for parents who have to arrange care for them 24/7. Read more.
People
Area family holding benefit for autism service dog (Mt. Vernon, Ill.)
In an effort to help offset costs for an autism service dog for their son, a family with local ties are hosting a benefit auction this weekend at the Rolland Lewis Building. Read more.
Still many misconceptions about autism (Seekonk, R.I.)
When the movie “Rain Man” came out in 1988, it put autism in the spotlight and went a long way in educating the public about the disorder, which is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication. Read more.
J-Mac night at the UNLV-Northern Arizona game (las Vegas, Nev.)
I've got a bone to pick with J-Mac. You remember him, that autistic kid who scored 20 points in four minutes after coming off the bench as a student manager in a high school basketball game in upstate New York a couple of years ago. Read more.
Book is mother's candid look at bringing up an autistic son (Detroit, Mich.)
What inspired Annie Lubliner Lehmann to write a memoir about raising her autistic 25-year-old son Jonah was not a success story or a happily-ever-after ending. It was not a triumph over silence, a disappearance of the disability through diet or a breakthrough in the obsessive mind. Read more.
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