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PBS Special "Autism Now" Aims to Educate

Hi everyone, As some of you may know, April is Autism Awareness Month. Just wanted to alert members to an excellent series about autism called Autism Now which is airing on PBS. You can view the video segments on the PBS website including the story of Nick, who has autism and happens to be Robert MacNeil's grandson. I was... Read more Chevron

posted 04/22/2011, comments (0)|

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Is it ADHD or an Autism Spectrum Disorder?

It is probably no coincidence that forums for ADHD, like this one, usually have some parents who come to the site who have a child with autism. Likewise there are many newsgroups and forums for autism where some members have a child diagnosed with ADHD. Why is this so? Because there is a great overlap of symptoms between ADHD and an autism... Read more Chevron

posted 04/21/2011, comments (7)|

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Autism and Visual Thinking

Train in the bedroom by Max Penguin Bubbles by Max Crocodile in the Bathtub by Max (Examples of my son's visual thinking and artistic expression at age six and seven) Have you ever thought about the way you think? I know it is a strange question but it is one that scientists are now looking... Read more Chevron

posted 04/12/2011, comments (2)|

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Autism Awareness: Kids Grow Up to be Adults

For those that don’t know already April is Autism Awareness month and this past Saturday marked the fourth annual World Autism Day. To commemorate World Autism Day a national organization called Autism Speaks launched their annual Light it Up Blue campaign on the evening of April 1. Prominent buildings and structures in cities across... Read more Chevron

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Caregiver Medication Diary: Risperdal and Celexa

We have been talking a lot about medications here on ADHD Central lately. Part of the reason for this is that so many of you write in with questions about medications and you are wanting to know things such as whether or not certain medications are effective. These are always difficult questions to answer particularly because these types of... Read more Chevron

posted 03/28/2011, comments (7)|

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