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Audit hits use of funds by Randolph nonprofit - Boston Globe
Audit hits use of funds by Randolph nonprofit
Boston Globe
The longtime head of a Randolph-based nonprofit that provides services to people with autism and other disabilities was living in Georgia for more than a decade while collecting a six-figure salary and improperly billing the state for personal expenses ...
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Boston Brother and Sister Battle Odds to Overcome Autism with Help from ... - PR Web (press release)
PR Web (press release)
Boston Brother and Sister Battle Odds to Overcome Autism with Help from ...
PR Web (press release)
It's “Mission Possible” for Torin and Kaia Phillips of Boston, Massachusetts, as the siblings work to overcome autism with the help of intensive treatment provided by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD). They will be featured in this ...
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Speaking out about autism - The Justice
Speaking out about autism
The Justice
Autism, which affects one in 88 children, is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States. Autism spectrum disorders consist of a range of neurological disorders characterized by challenges with both verbal and nonverbal ...
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Autism Speaks Walk - NewsChannel 9 WSYR
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Autism Speaks Walk
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We're trying to get the word out there that we're in the community so if anybody can support us, we'd love the support,” said Maeve Mackenzie with Autism Speaks. "It's showing people that no matter what we do, we're not all that different. But we are ...
Autism walkers show heart in AthensWBNG-TV
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Autism resources expanding for families - 9NEWS.com
Autism resources expanding for families
9NEWS.com
Before Alex was referred to Rocky Mountain Human Services, formerly Denver Options, in November 2012, he was displaying a number of symptoms on the autism disorder spectrum. He was not communicating. He was banging his head, hitting, kicking and ...
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Autism walkers show heart in Athens - WBNG-TV
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Autism walkers show heart in Athens
WBNG-TV
The money will help local families affected by the disease and also go to research to help find a cure for autism. Organizer Danielle Gorman said the event's main goal is to teach. "I think that people are, they generalize and really don't understand ...
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Sensory-motor enrichment effective therapy for boys with autism - UPI.com
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Sensory-motor enrichment effective therapy for boys with autism
UPI.com
Forty-two percent of the children with autism in the enrichment group significantly improved in behaviors such as relating to people and responding to sights and sounds, compared to 7 percent of the standard care group. Olivia Kelly (6) takes a kiss ...
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Antidepressant Use While Pregnant Linked to Autism Risk - LawyersandSettlements.com
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Antidepressant Use While Pregnant Linked to Autism Risk
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Antidepressant Use While Pregnant Linked to Autism Risk Effexor is in a class of antidepressants known as serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). They are similar to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in that both affect ...
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Kingston Event to Raise Money for Children with Autism - Chronogram
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Kingston Event to Raise Money for Children with Autism
Chronogram
It's a fact: According to the National Institutes of Health, autism is now the fastest growing developmental disability in the U.S. It affects 1 in 88 children (and 1 in 54 boys) - a staggering number that has been on the rise over the past few decades ...
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Chicago Bound For Autism One - Age of Autism
Chicago Bound For Autism One
Age of Autism
(Note: we''ll be live blogging from Autism One on Friday and Saturday to bring the conference to our readers.) By Cathy Jameson I wait all year for this week to arrive. This is the week I get to take a much-needed break and head to the Windy City ...
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Developers dive in to create a wealth of autism apps - Tampabay.com
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Developers dive in to create a wealth of autism apps
Tampabay.com
At the end of National Autism Awareness Month in April, a search for "autism" in Apple's App Store brought up 1,449 apps for the iPad and 1,259 for the iPhone. There's an app that simply describes and categorizes all the available autism-related apps.
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Ferrians step up to raise autism money - Martins Ferry Times Leader
Martins Ferry Times Leader
Ferrians step up to raise autism money
Martins Ferry Times Leader
That is exactly what a dedicated and passionate group of teachers, staffers and parents are doing at Martins Ferry. Saturday marked the sixth consecutive year the Riders Walk for Autism team took park in the annual?Walk Now for Autism Speaks event in?
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Search Effort for Missing Boy with Autism Grows - WPMI Local 15 News
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Search Effort for Missing Boy with Autism Grows
WPMI Local 15 News
Search Effort for Missing Boy with Autism Grows. Video; Images. ECSO Searching for 7-Year-Old Boy. Owen Black, 7, is a missing child from Escambia County, Fla. Related Links. Mobile Volunteers, ESCO Expand Efforts to Find Missing Boy · Missing ...
Hundreds volunteer to search for missing autistic boy in Perdido KeyWEAR
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Autism program is reason for graduate's progress - The Independent
Autism program is reason for graduate's progress
The Independent
He insists on having two newspapers every day, mainly because he likes to draw on them, separate the pages and clip out things that interest him. It's one of the unexplained quirks of his autism, a still-mysterious brain disorder that, according to ...
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Henry Ford, Shorewood Kiwanis and Rubber Duckies Raise Autism Awareness - Patch.com
Henry Ford, Shorewood Kiwanis and Rubber Duckies Raise Autism Awareness
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Rubber duckies took over the Chapaton Retention Basin Saturday for the Shorewood Kiwanis and Henry Ford Health System's Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities fundraiser for autism. Together with local businesses, elected officials and the ...
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Nick Farro organizes fundraiser for autism school - Dailyrecord.com
Nick Farro organizes fundraiser for autism school
Dailyrecord.com
His mother, Mary Farro, suggested making the event into a fundraiser for his older brother's school, the Children's Institute in Livingston. Vinny Farro, 18, has autism, and will soon be aging out of the New Jersey school system. On Oct. 1, the ...
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Music festival raises autism awareness - NBC40
Music festival raises autism awareness
NBC40
ATLANTIC CITY -- There's always an eclectic crowd at the Boneyard, but this weekend the diversity takes on a special meaning as musicians from all walks of life come togather to raise money for autism awareness. Over a hundred bands perform at The ...
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Fifth Annual Day Camp For Individual?s With Autism Set June 17-20 - The Chattanoogan
Fifth Annual Day Camp For Individual?s With Autism Set June 17-20
The Chattanoogan
The day camp will precede the 11th annual Southeastern Autism Symposium, titled, “Lights, Camera, Autism!” The symposium will take place on Friday, June 21, and will feature keynote speakers Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian, sisters and authors of ...
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Celebrities, Elected Officials & Special Needs Network "Pump it Up" for Autism ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Celebrities, Elected Officials & Special Needs Network "Pump it Up" for Autism ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Women of Distinction honorees will be recognized during a formal, glamorous afternoon-tea setting starting at 1:30 p.m. The honorees are: Anshu Batra, MD, pediatrician and autism expert; Delilah Lanoix-Harris, president and CEO of SMS ...
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Revved up for Autism Car, Truck, & Bike Show - WSAV-TV
Revved up for Autism Car, Truck, & Bike Show
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... support for the 5th annual Revved Up for Autism Car, Truck and Bike Show. The fundraiser benefited the Kicklighter Academy an early learning center dedicated to improving the life for children with autism and other developmental and physical ...
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