Theme Park Built by Dad for Daughter with Special Needs Named One of TIME's 'Greatest Places'

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TEST SAMPLE ISSUE Theme Park Built by Dad for Daughter with Special Needs Named One of TIME's 'Greatest Places'        tinyurl.com/y7qperv9       While sitting in his office in San Antonio, Texas, Gordon Hartman pulls out a postcard he recently received from a 6-year-old guest who recently visited Morgan’s Wonderland, the ultra-accessible theme park he built with special love for those with disabilities.        “It says, ‘I love my day at your place. I told my mom and dad I want to come back every year,’ ” Hartman reads aloud. ” ‘We also went to Disneyland this summer, but it has nothing on Morgan’s!’ ”       The sweet message is one of many interactions that Hartman has had over the eight years since the opening of his unique theme park, which he envisioned after seeing his then 12-year-old daughter, Morgan, have trouble making friends during a family vacation.       The scene lead Hartman to design a public place where Morgan, who is on the autism spectrum and experiences a cognitive delay, could be herself without feeling alienated from others. For Hartman, this meant a space that kept the needs of both those with and without disabilities in mind from the start. + Read more: tinyurl.com/y7qperv9 • • • Baby Feces May Be Source of Beneficial Probiotics       tinyurl.com/yc94wnde      Gut environment anomalies have been linked in research to some autism disorders. -ed.      Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Probiotics seem to be everywhere these days -- in yogurt, pickles, bread, even dog food. But there's one place that may surprise you: There are probiotics in dirty diapers.       Yes, that's right -- baby poop.       Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine have developed a probiotic "cocktail" derived from gut bacteria strains found in infant feces that may help increase the body's ability to produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs).       Why is that important?       "Short-chain fatty acids are a key component of good gut health," said the study's lead investigator, Hariom Yadav, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. "People with diabetes, obesity, autoimmune disorders and cancers frequently have fewer short-chain fatty acids. Increasing them may be helpful in maintaining or even restoring a normal gut environment, and hopefully, improving health."       The study findings are reported in the Aug. 23 online edition of Scientific Reports, a Nature publication.       Over the past decade, research has shown that specific probiotic strains can effectively prevent or treat certain diseases in both animal models and humans. These reports have led to an extensive demand for probiotic supplements over the last decade, thereby prompting a massive increase in the development of new probiotic products for the consumer market. +Read more: tinyurl.com/yc94wnde DO SOMETHING ABOUT AUTISM NOW . . . Read, then Forward the Schafer Autism Report. $45 for 1 year - or free! www.sarnet.org

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