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AUTISIM AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS
“Despite the controversies over the causes and treatments for autism, most experts and parents agree on one thing: Early diagnosis is vital.” May 2, 2005
Early diagnosis urged, but doesn't happen easily
ATTACKING AUTISIM
“Reading a newspaper usually is an easy, even mundane task. But for someone with autism, it can be a Herculean effort in concentration and comprehension.” May 1, 2005
Attacking autism
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHEMICAL EXPOSURES AND INCIDENCE OF LEARNING AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
“Groups Call for a Fully Funded National Children’s Study and Chemical Regulation Policies That Better Protect Children.” May 9, 2005
The Relationship Between Chemical Exposures and Incidence
Of Learning and Other Developmental Disabilities
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS URGE CALIFORNIA TO ELIMINATE TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM COSMETICS AND OTHER PRODUCTS
“Many common household products contain chemicals that may harm childhood development, according to a new report by Environment California Research & Policy Center, Growing Up Toxic: Chemical Exposures and Increases in Developmental Disease.” June 24, 2004
Report Shows Chemicals in Common Consumer Products
May Harm Early Childhood Development
THE OLMSTEAD DECISION AND LONG-TERM CARE IN CALIFORNIA
“Along with all other states, California is required to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1999 landmark Olmstead decision, which concluded that confining persons with disabilities in institutions without adequate medical reasons is a form of discrimination that violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. In Olmstead , the Supreme Court held that states couldn’t make institutionalization a condition for publicly funded health coverage unless it is clinically mandated. Instead, states must direct their health programs for persons with disabilities towards providing community-based care.” December, 2003
ABUSE OCCURRING IN A DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER IN FORTWAYNE, INDIANA
“The “culture of silence” at the Fort Wayne State Developmental Center must stop, Mitch Roob, Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, said today. He was commenting on a recent independent audit of the center and all state-operated centers.” June 2005
Audit shows staff silent about abusem
ABOUT CLOSING A DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER IN WISCONSIN
“For the last three decades, the state has mirrored a national trend: Care for the developmentally disabled has shifted from public and private institutional settings to community-based residential settings, such as group homes.” June 2005
Local Care Is The Thing
CLOSURE OF A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN CINCINNATI
“As is evident by letters published recently from parents and former staff, the decision that the Hamilton County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) recently had to make to close Breyer School was agonizing.” June 26, 2005
Closing Breyer an agonizing decision
SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, AROUND-THE-CLOCK PARENTING
“Strangers, friends and even her own husband thought — and told — Cathy Schneider that if she'd only be stricter, her son Charlie would stop misbehaving.” June 25, 2005
Special-needs children, around-the-clock parenting
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