People with autism who are diagnosed earlier as opposed to later in life have distinct genetic profiles, according to a study published last month in Nature. Many factors may influence when someone receives their diagnosis, and several theories explain how genetics contributes. By one line of thinking, people who have subtle autism-related traits during early […]
๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ Kirinyaga County Assembly has approved a resolution compelling all County-run Early Childhood Development Education Centres (ECDEs) and Vocational Training facebook.com
Navigating Early Puberty: A Momโs Honest Thoughts & Gentle Guidance As moms, we know our little ones will grow up one day. But nothing quite prepares us for the moment childhood meets adolescence much sooner than expected. Early puberty is one of those topics that catches many parents โ especially moms โ by surprise. I […]
A temporary increase in neuronal activity in the cortex of newborn mice leads to social deficits in adulthood, according to a new preprint. Those adult rodents also show changes in brain electrical activity, gene expression and connectivity that are reminiscent of autism. The analysis lends support to a prominent hypothesis of autismโs origins, which holds […]
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara County โ The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara recognized teacher Jill Egar for her care and devotion to the special education preschool students she serves in the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD). At the Rotary Club’s luncheon on April 15, 2022, […]
Program will estimate costs needed for Common Start legislation (H. 605 / P. 362) A UMass Boston-based interdisciplinary team of researchers has launched a new research project that will build a cost simulator to inform policy recommendations around universal child care. The simulator will model the amount of funding required by the Common Start legislation […]
By Laura Miller, Senior Director of Family Engagement at United Way of Greater Atlanta At United Way of Greater Atlanta, we are focused on the well-being of children, families and communities across Greater Atlanta. When you are able to say that children are doing well in the community, it’s a great indicator that those communities […]
Little lag: Autistic children with language regression begin speaking in phrases at about the same age as those without regression. Pixel Effect / iStock Autistic children who show language regression โ a loss of language skills in early childhood โ do not necessarily have communication problems later on, a new study finds. In fact, in […]
By Cathy Jameson I’ve stayed active watching vaccine bills locally and across the country for many years now, voicing my concerns when I can. I’m borrowing my own words that I shared 2 years ago: I never used to pay attention to politics when I was younger. I knew the basics and recognized who sat […]
Katrina Chen, provincial minister of state for child care, speaks with a Vancouver Island University early education student at a funding announcement. (Black Press Media file photo) More spots for early childhood education students coming to Camosun College Provincial funding allowing for 24 additional spaces Camosun College will be able to prepare more students to […]
Between 2018 and 2021, 13 public post-secondary institutions in BC added 1,003 early childhood student places. More than two-thirds of the additional places were earmarked for rural and remote communities to ensure early childhood education (ECE) students across the province had access to ECE training places. North: Northern Lights College: 74 additional ECE student placesCollege […]
Back in 2007, Shafali Jeste met with the mother of a boy she had seen when she was a pediatric neurologist at Boston Childrenโs Hospital in Massachusetts. The boy had autism, along with atypical facial features and severe learning and movement problems. Testing had revealed a rare genetic variant, Jeste explained to the woman, but […]
