Buncombe and Brunswick counties are the lucky sites for this targeted pilot program to study best practice methods in Early Intervention. The Autism Society of NC, along with Family Support Network of Brunswick County and Carolina Pediatric Therapy, is working with the two school systems to train teachers and parents to use a combination of…
Will they, or won’t they? Should they, or shouldn’t they?
Lots of opinions back and forth over the New York Times article on the proposed changes to the DSM-V. Ari Ne’eman, founder of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network thinks this could be helpful in terms of getting more services, parents of children with a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome fear the loss of identity for their children. …
LeFreak?
Article on multiplex autism in families and how no one is tracking the numbers.
Two Studies at the University of North Carolina
Autism Research – Early Signs Monitoring EARLY DEVELOPMENT STUDY Your child can be monitored from infancy for biological and behavioral characteristics associated with autism. This study is funded by the National Institutes of Health under the direction of Dr. Joseph Piven. We are searching for 100 participants in the South Eastern US who meet the…