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	Ethical challenges to autism treatment - The Pakistan Autism Meetup Group (Karachi) - Meetup.com
		Autism as a field in continuously evolving...as parents we have to gain knowledge in all these fields and tailor our approach to our children.
		A parent of a child with autism is completely in charge of a child with autism and it is their responsibility to address these challenges.
		You are right there are not much studies regarding ABA but same is the case for most of the therapies.
	autism.meetup.com /77/boards/view/viewthread?thread=2834299 (2275 words)

	Autism - Crystalinks
		Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior.Although the specific aetiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers.
		Some children with autism have improved their social and other skills to the point where they can fully participate in mainstream education and social events, but there are no indications that a cure from autism is possible with current technology or advances in medicine.
		Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are mild or remedied enough to appear unexceptional ("normal") to the general public.
	www.crystalinks.com /autism.html (3647 words)

	Autism
		Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior.
		Some children with autism have improved their social and other skills to the point where they can fully participate in mainstream education and social events, but there are lingering concerns that an absolute cure from autism is impossible with current technology.
		Also, autism has evolved in the public understanding, but the popular identification of autism with relatively severe cases as accurately depicted in Rain Man has encouraged relatives of family members diagnosed in the autistic spectrum to speak of their loved ones as having Asperger's syndrome rather than autism.
	www.idtagsonline.com /medical_conditions/autism.htm (4941 words)

	Autism Symptoms - The Learning Hub
		Autism is considered a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in marked problems with social relatedness, communication, interest, and behavior.
		Some autistic people (and non-autistic allies) in the "autism rights movement" reject the premise that autism is a disorder that requires treatment or should be resolved through a cure.
		The classification of autism did not occur until the middle of the twentieth century, when in 1943, Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital studied a group of 11 children and introduced the label early infantile autism.
	www.learning-hub.com /autism-symptoms.html (5543 words)

	Autism rights movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The movement is supported by some neurotypicals including parents of autistic children.
		The concern is that calling for autism to be viewed as simply a way of being or as a non-disabled minority group (much like gay and lesbian persons) would take away from the alleged needs some autistics have for aid and assistance.
		Joel Smith has criticized the movement because he says that there are some within the movement who only want to include certain subgroups of autistic people in the autistic community and that some in the movement are insulting to neurotypicals [59].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Autism_rights_movement (6387 words)

	Autism Test - Test for Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), Autism-like syndrome and Autistic related ...
		Autism is any of a spectrum of disorders, and lies somewhere under the umbrella of a greater encompassing spectrum, that of pervasive developmental disorders that involve the functioning of the brain.
		Autism has evolved in the public understanding, but the popular identification of autism with relatively severe cases as accurately presented in Rain Man is an encouragement for relatives of family members diagnosed in the autistic spectrum to speak of their loved ones as having Asperger's syndrome rather than autism.
		Autism: an inside-out approach, ISBN 1853023876 (gives an interesting perspective on her own experiences as a person with autism) Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder: A Mother's Story of Research and Recovery, by Karyn Seroussi.
	www.greatplainslaboratory.com /home.htm (6258 words)

	Autism at AllExperts
		Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are mild or remedied enough to appear unexceptional ("normal") to others.
		Due to the complexity of autism, there are many facets of sociology that need to be considered when discussing it, such as the culture which has evolved from autistic persons connecting and communicating with one another.
		Recently, with scientists learning more about autism and possibly coming closer to a effective remedies, some members of the "anti-cure" movement sent a letter to the United Nations demanding to be treated as a minority group rather than a group with a mental disability or disease.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/au/autism.htm (6290 words)

	Anxiety Zone - Autism
		Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally retarded to those whose symptoms are mild or remedied enough to appear unexceptional ('normal') to the general public.
		Autism has evolved in the public understanding, but the popular identification of autism with relatively severe cases as accurately presented in Rain Man has encouraged relatives of family members diagnosed in the autistic spectrum to speak of their loved ones as having Asperger's syndrome rather than autism.
		Leo Kanner, who first described autism (Autistic disturbances of affective contact, 1943) originated the "refrigerator mother" hypothesis, which held that autism was at least partly caused by a lack of affection from the autistic child's mother.
	www.anxietyzone.com /conditions/autism.html (5338 words)

	Wikinfo \| Autistic culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Only after the gay rights movement achieved its goal of social tolerance towards diversity of sexual orientation did this classification become obsolete.
		One of the enduring expressions of this movement is gay pride.
		This autism rights group aims to educate the general public with such initiatives to end ignorance of the issues involved within the autistic community.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Autistic_culture (2620 words)

	More on Autism
		Autism has evolved in the public understanding, but the popular identification of autism with relatively severe cases as accurately presented in Rain Man is an encouragement for relatives of family members diagnosed in the autistic spectrum to speak of their loved ones as having Asperger's syndrome rather than autism.
		Bernard Rimland's influential research and his book Infantile Autism (1967) which argued that autism was not caused by childhood trauma or abuse, but by damage to certain areas of the brain, particularly the reticular formation which associates present sensory input with memories of past experiences.
		Rimland is a foremost advocate of the theory that autism may be precipitated by mercury/heavy metal toxicity.[9] (http://www.curezone.com/art/read.asp?ID=79anddb=2andC0=735) He also is prominent in increasingly common claims of successful treatment of autism in children — particularly regarding improvements in ability to comprehend the spoken word — with the gluten-free, casein-free diet and mercury chelation therapy.
	www.psyhist.com /autism.htm (5432 words)

	Autism for psychologists – Naja Melan
		Autism is caused at the neurological level, where autists have a lot more connections between neurones footnote 11:1 I didn’t dive in to the neurological details, so it could also be more grey matter.
		I would like to speculate autism is something that comes in normal population like a Gaussian curve, where on one end you have autistic features, and on the other end, you could for example have someone with few synapses in their brain regions dealing with hearing, and they might be deaf.
		Many of the behavioural signs once attributed to autism, now should be demystified as being symptoms of living in a world in which you are not conform the norms… It is noted that the ones referring to difficulties in communication, apply in similar amounts to NT’s as to autists.
	naja.nitewinds.org /autism/?visual=1 (18514 words)

	Autism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While certain (inconclusive) treatments for autism exist, it is widely considered that absolute cure from the psychiatric condition is impossible since autism involves aspects of neurological brain structure determined very early in development.
		In one of the most common misrepresentations of autism, Kanner's syndrome is often described as classical autism, implying low-functioning, while Asperger's syndrome is described as a high-functioning form of autism.
		Rimland is a foremost advocate of the theory that autism may be precipitated by mercury/heavy metal toxicity.[9] (http://www.curezone.com/art/read.asp?ID=79&db=2&a mp;C0=735) He also is prominent in increasingly common claims of successful treatment of autism in children — particularly regarding improvements in ability to comprehend the spoken word — with the gluten-free, casein-free diet & mercury chelation therapy.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/autism (5331 words)

	Autism Resource Center
		The autistic spectrum disorders are a neurobiologically diverse group of conditions whose precise relationship to each other is unclear, yet they present with a consistent, diffuse pattern of abnormality across several areas of behavior.
		Autism is a condition manifesting in early childhood and characterized by marked abnormalities in communication and social interactions and a restricted and socially atypical range of interests.
		Investigation of autism and GABA receptor subunit genes in multiple ethnic groups.
	www.emedicine.com /rc/rc/i43/autism.htm (543 words)

	Autism - Medical Symptoms Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Indeed, many autistic people (and some non-autistic allies) in the "autism rights movement" do not wish autism to be cured.
		The physicians who has the most succes in treating autism see diet as a central part of the treatment, but in addition use many other treatments at the same time.
		At the same time a German scientist, Dr. Hans Asperger, described a different form of autism that became known as Asperger's syndrome — but the widespread recognition of Asperger's work was delayed by World War II in Germany.
	www.symptoms101.com /med/archives/2005/05/autism.html (3687 words)

	Autism Network International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Autreat is a conference for autistic people, in contrast to other autism conferences, which ANI believes are typically about autistic people but are intended for parents and professionals.
		A simple visual code in the form of a colored badge is used to indicate members who wish to interact with anyone and everyone, those who wish not to be approached by strangers, and those who wish not to be approached at all.
		Autreat was the inspiration for Autscape, another autism conference held in Europe annually starting in 2005 [3].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Autreat (227 words)

	Crazy Meds' Links to Autism Sites
		This website is part of the autism-assembly, this is a coalition of members of the autistic community who share the common goal of seeking acceptance for those on the autistic spectrum, who aim to educate about autism, and who are not seeking a cure for autism.
		This is part of the global autism rights movement.
		Autism Assembly - a coalition of members of the autistic community who share the common goal of seeking acceptance for those on the autistic spectrum, who aim to educate about autism, and who are not seeking a cure for autism.
	www.crazymeds.org /moreAutism.htm (1806 words)

	Not a Miracle: A Mother's View of "Autism Awareness"
		Autism Research and Prenatal Testing Autism researchers are currently developing a prenatal test; routine abortion of autistic children may be less than 10 years away
		Action For Autism Parental concerns, the dangers of quack treatments, and the importance of positive language are among the topics discussed by a father in his blog
		Autism Demonized A blog monitoring and detailing the ways in which autism and autistic people are demonized and dehumanized, and the real-life consequences for autistic people
	www.ventura33.com /notamiracle (3448 words)

	My Little Rainman - A Young Savant: Michael Mowery, a special boy, artist and philosopher.
		This website is about my son Michael in an effort to illustrate to others that autism is not such a nasty word after all.
		differences and until that concept is realized and celebrated, autism will continue to sound like a death knoll to a parent, when in reality, it is the door to what the human mind is capable of being.
		This is a coalition of members of the autistic community who share the common goal of seeking acceptance for those on the autistic spectrum, who aim to educate about autism, and who are not seeking a cure for autism.
	www.mylittlerainman.com (462 words)

	Autism Research and Prenatal Testing
		Autism researchers are currently conducting genetic studies with the goal of developing a prenatal test.
		Joseph Buxbaum, who heads the Autism Genome Project at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said in an interview posted on MSNBC.com on Feb. 23, 2005, that there could be a prenatal test within 10 years.
		When the government funds the development of a prenatal test for a condition that has been shrilly described in the media as an "epidemic," and when doctors routinely administer such a test, this creates a coercive environment in which pregnant women will make the abortion decision on the basis of panic, stereotypes, and worst-case-scenario information.
	www.ventura33.com /clock (3615 words)

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