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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 moreChevron
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 moreChevron
posted 04/21/2011, comments (7)|
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Celebrities with ADHD

CNN has a post up today about famous people with ADHD.  Here are some of the highlights... Justin Timberlake Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Will Smith Michael Phelps Jim Carey Sir Richard Branson Howie Mandel James Carville David Neelman, Founder of JetBlue Airways Who says you can't be a billionaire in spite of your ADHD?
posted 04/21/2011, comments (0)|
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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 moreChevron
posted 04/12/2011, comments (2)|
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"Mommy, No One Likes Me:" Social Skills in Children with ADHD

I'm dropping my son off at morning daycare. There are three other children there already, and they're playing with those rings you toss like a Frisbee. While I'm signing my son in, I hear him say, "I've got something that's much better than those." He's holding up a Star Wars ship.   Uh-oh.   Under the pretense of giving him a goodbye... Read moreChevron
posted 04/05/2011, comments (4)|
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