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Fathers coping with a child diagnosed with autism

Hugh | ABC 2 BALTIMORE – April is Autism Awareness month and when talking about the disorder many focus on the kids, treatments, and research to find a reason and maybe a cure. That means sometimes the parents are forgotten about. Monday on Good Morning

In-Home Caregiver Accused of Molesting Autistic Boy

Jeremy Shawn Stockton, 29 (LAPD) The Autism News By KTLA News Police say more victims are possible. LOS ANGELES — Police are looking for additional victims after a man employed as an in-home caregiver was arrested for allegedly molesting an autistic child. Jeremy Shawn Stockton is charged with multiple counts

Autism Now: Robert MacNeil Shares Grandson Nick’s Story

The Autism News By PBS Newshour SUMMARY In the first of six reports in his Autism Now series, former NewsHour anchor Robert MacNeil takes viewers on a visit with his 6-year-old grandson, Nick, to see how autism affects the whole family. Nick experiences autism not just as a brain-development disorder,

N.J. children with autism are increasingly welcomed at Mass, other religious services

Crea/The Star-Ledger – Chase Keith, 7, of Basking Ridge shakes hands as he offers a sign of Christ’s peace aided by his mother, Elaine during a special mass for children with autism and their family members held at Caldwell College. (Jerry McCrea/The Star Ledger) The Autism News By Kelly

What’s it like to live with Asperger’s? John Elder Robison tells all

The Autism News By Sarah Hampson | The Globe And Mail “Twenty years ago, this conversation would never have occurred between us,” says John Elder Robison, his voice calm and unemotional. From across the table in a downtown Toronto boardroom, he looks me in the eye – briefly – then

Genetic counselors help patients understand DNA issues

William Hanberg and Heather Spear talk with UCLA genetic counselor Michelle Fox about daughter The Baltimore Sun The professionals translate medical jargon for people whose genomes

Fire safety for persons with autism

The Autism News By Dang U. Koe | MB MANILA, Philippines — Last April 12 this year, six-year-old child with autism Jose Sixto Hernandez, died from a fire that razed his family’s home in Pakil, Laguna. The fire started from the second floor of their home, trapping Hernandez, fondly called

When Should You Tell a Child They Have Asperger’s?

The Autism News By John Robison | Huffpost Living Parents often ask me when they should talk to their kids about Asperger’s or autism. I don’t think there is a hard and fast answer, but in my opinion, the time to discuss brain differences is when the teen years are

Is It Murder If a Mom Withholds Cancer Treatment From Her Child?

The Autism News By Bonnie Rochman | TIME Healthland Imagine you are a single mother suffering from depression, overwhelmed with caring for an autistic, nonverbal and developmentally disabled son. If he were diagnosed with cancer, what would you do? (Update appended) Kristen LaBrie, a Massachusetts mother, chose to disregard a

Mother of Vancouver boys found in caged room talks about her decision to give up custody

AP Photo/KPTV – In this still image taken from video, John C. Eckhart, of Vancouver, makes a court appearance Wednesday. Eckhart and his fiance, Alayna M. Higdon, were arrested after police found a pair of young boys kept in a room with a locked cage door. The Autism News By