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CURE
The Kids Who Beat
Autism
By Ruth Padawer, NY
Times
Mark
Macluskie, 16, who is no longer autistic. Credit Mark Peckmezian for
The New York Times
At first, everything
about L.'s baby boy seemed normal. He met every developmental milestone
and delighted in every discovery. But at around 12 months, B. seemed to
regress, and by age 2, he had fully retreated into his own world. He no
longer made eye contact, no longer seemed to hear, no longer seemed to
understand the random words he sometimes spoke. His easygoing manner
gave way to tantrums and head-banging. “He had been this happy, happy
little guy,” L. said. “All of a sudden, he was just fading away,
falling apart. I can’t even describe my sadness. It was unbearable.”
More than anything in the world, L. wanted her warm and exuberant boy
back.
A few months later,
B. received a diagnosis of autism. His parents were devastated. Soon
after, L. attended a conference in Newport, R.I., filled with autism
clinicians, researchers and a few desperate parents. At lunch, L. (who
asked me to use initials to protect her son’s privacy) sat across from
a woman named Jackie, who recounted the disappearance of her own boy.
She said the speech therapist had waved it off, blaming ear infections
and predicting that Jackie’s son, Matthew, would be fine. She was
wrong. Within months, Matthew acknowledged no one, not even his
parents. The last word he had was “Mama,” and by the time
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EMPLOYMENT
Calgary Pilot Project Tries To Find IT Jobs For People With Autism
Entrepreneurship the Answer For Some With Autism
CARE
When the Caregivers Need Healing
Wandering Poses Perilous Situations For Children With Autism
Sampling of Media Reports of Abuse Against The Autistic for 2014:
Wandering Poses Perilous Situations For Children With Autism
TREATMENT
Middle Ear May Hold Answers For Autism Treatment
Federal Officials Order Medicaid To Cover Autism Services
NEWS
Plunge In Kindergartners' Vaccination Rate Worries Health Officials
Qui Tam, Class Action Cases Against Merck Proceed
PEOPLE
Mom Who Tried To Kill Her Autistic Daughter Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse
Four Dead, One Autistic Child, In Illinois Murder-Suicide
NY Mom Charged In Girl's Death Could Get Trust Fund
Autistic Teenager Paralysed After ‘Bullies Force Him Off Bridge Onto
Rocks 50ft Below’
COMMENTARY
Opinion of Death by Caregivers Evolves
Important Action Alert: Share Your Vaccine Injury Stories
SafeMinds Calls for Immediate Investigation Into Vaccine-Autism Science
Manipulation at HHS
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