Posts Tagged
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April 20, 2022

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Tags: answer, Autism, Guide, PERSONS, questions, thinking

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Categories: autism

We’re honoring Autism Acceptance by publishing April Accommodations—meaning adjustments that other people can do for the autistic people in their lives. (For the flipside, as in things that make life harder for autistics, please see our Autism Checklist of Doom.) Today, we’re hearing from Ava Gurba, who wants other people to please just answer her […]

February 15, 2022

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Tags: Answered, Autism, commission, Lancet, profound, questions, Spectrum

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Categories: autism

Tony Charman Chair of clinical child psychologyKing’s College London Catherine Lord Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles last month, Spectrum hosted a webinar with autism researchers Tony Charman other Catherine Lordwho co-chaired the lancet Commission’s set of recommendations for the autism field. Conversations around the commission continue; yesterday, the European Council […]

December 7, 2021

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Tags: Holiday, Omicron, Pressing, questions, Travel

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Categories: Parenting

Vacation travel suddenly feels tense as the world waits for new information on the portability and virulence of the new variant of the coronavirus. Scientists are trying to determine if current vaccines offer protection against Omicron, but many families and other travelers now may need to consider a variety of factors before heading out to […]

September 9, 2021

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Tags: Answered, COVID, kids, questions

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Categories: Parenting

6 questions about children and Covid answered Tara Parker-PopeCoronavirus reporting What do you find most comforting about children and school? It’s pretty comforting that at the onset of the pandemic, when teachers weren’t vaccinated, schools that took a layered approach – masking, capsules, ventilation, regular testing – could stay open. We will have disruptions, and […]

August 29, 2021

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Tags: Autism, Community, Dinah, Ethical, Murray, Newsletter, questions, Researchers, Spectrum, tribute

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Categories: autism

Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to this week’s community newsletter! I am your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, the engagement editor of Spectrum. Autism Twitter this week addressed some tough ethical issues surrounding biomarkers and early intervention. The discussion started when Arianna Manzini, a research fellow in autonomous systems ethics at the University of […]

That meant the Prince Edward County public schools did not have to provide Jackson’s teaching for the Faison Center. “In the case of this story, it seemed like you had a place that seemed to say, ‘No, no, no, we’re not going to pay for this private day school. You can have that extra year […]

July 19, 2021

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Tags: Autism, Baskin, Boston, Crucial, Families, Future, Globes, Misses, questions

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Categories: autism

By Anne Dachel In 2007 I wrote a piece calledAutism: An epidemic of relatively recent origin It was all about the explosion of autism from a relatively rare condition to one in 150 (2007). One of my sources for this story was a 2007 piece from the Boston Globe, with Rise in Autism, Programs Tense. […]

July 17, 2021

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Tags: Autism, Baskin, Boston, Crucial, Families, Future, Globes, Misses, questions

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Categories: autism

By Anne Dachel In 2007 I wrote a piece calledAutism: An epidemic of relatively recent origin It was all about the explosion of autism from a relatively rare condition to one in 150 (2007). One of my sources for this story was a 2007 piece from the Boston Globe, with Rise in Autism, Programs Tense. […]

July 7, 2021

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Tags: Alzheimers, Answers, Drug, Offers, questions

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Categories: Parenting

“That puts us in a bad position,” agreed Dr. Karina Bishop, a geriatrician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, added. From an ethical point of view, she added, “If this drug were available now, I would not be able to prescribe it.” As individual doctors grapple with advising patients, hospitals and health systems are […]