Month: July 2023
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Policy Update: State Budget Delays, Tailored Plan Delays, 1915(i) Services Authorized – Autism Society of NC
Budget Process Halted; State Budget Delayed until at least August House and Senate Budget Conferees have been named to work out differences between the two versions of the state budget (H259, the Appropriations Act for 2023-2025); however, negotiations have been delayed. Legislative leaders have cited differences over both tax cuts/revenue changes and non-budget legislation, including…
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Autism Rocks and Rolls: The Story Behind a Local Podcast that is Raising Awareness for Autism
Sam Mitchell began his podcast Autism Rocks and Rolls in October of 2019 after falling in love with podcasting in his high school’s media club. From there, his podcast quickly grew, and with the support of his mom, he’s been able to create an entire non-profit business. Sam has welcomed numerous guests on his show.…
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Autism centers are leaving Colorado, landing kids on waitlists while therapists beg for better pay rates
Colorado has lost at least nine agencies that provide therapy for children with autism in the past year and a half, leaving hundreds of families without care and filling up waitlists across the state. Therapy providers say the reimbursement rates they receive from the Colorado Medicaid program are too low to keep their doors open,…
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Innovative Court Program For Youths With Autism Expanding – Disability Scoop
LAS VEGAS — Nevada is primed to become the first in the nation to establish a diversionary court program statewide for at-risk adolescent youths with autism, a move officials say will help children on the spectrum stay on a path of success. Gov. Joe Lombardo held a ceremonial signing recently in Las Vegas for Senate…
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‘Gain-of-function’ mutation spawns autism traits | Spectrum | Autism Research News
Neuron spike: Embryonic mice with a hyperactivating mutation in UBE3A show increased numbers of a specific subset of inhibitory interneurons (green) in the brain’s outer layer. Mice with a mutation that boosts the activity of the autism-linked protein UBE3A show an array of behaviors reminiscent of the condition, a new study finds. The behaviors differ…
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Why former convent in Eastchester will become apartments for adults with autism
Former Tuckahoe convent being converted to apartments for adults with autism The former convent of the Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe is being converted into independent-living apartments for people with autism, July 14, 2023. Tania Savayan, Rockland/Westchester Journal News In a former convent in Eastchester where Franciscan sisters lived for decades, workers are building apartments…
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False Claim About Cause of Autism Highlighted on Pennsylvania Senate Panel
SciCheck Digest Studies have found the rate of autism is the same in vaccinated and unvaccinated children. But the false claim that vaccines are associated with the disorder persists. A prominent spreader of COVID-19 misinformation wrongly told legislators in Pennsylvania that autism is virtually nonexistent among the unvaccinated, citing the Amish population. Full Story Evidence has shown that the…
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Friendship Counts with Kids with Autism | SensoryEdge
Friendship Counts with Kids with Autism In the new television series Parenthood, we meet a boy named Max and his parents, who are coming to grips with Max’s diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome. His parents are frustrated and overwhelmed with Max’s behavior. Finally, they hire a behavioral therapist who has a special way of not only…
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Firm to provide free autism consultations, raise awareness
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, through its 2023 GTCO Autism conference will be educating Nigerians on autism and providing free consultations. A statement by the organisation on Sunday explained that the conference, titled, ‘Empowering voices for autism,’ will hold in Lagos, on July 24 and 25, 2023. It added that the conference, an offshoot of…
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Change of heart and mind: Autism’s ties to cardiac defects | Spectrum | Autism Research News
Congenital heart malformations used to be a death sentence for many newborns. But as medical care and surgeries have improved, most infants born with heart defects — nearly 1 in 100 babies in the United States — live to adulthood. As they do, another matter has come to light: As many as half of people…