That’s right, folks, Jim Carrey funnyman extraordinaire will soon be called Grandpa according to recently published reports. News that the pratfalling star will be bouncing a grandchild on his knee soon is all over the web. This might make a few people feel old since they have been watching Carrey on film for years, and [...]
Tags: autism, celebrity grandparents, Jane Carrey, Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey grandfather, Louder Than Words
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Brittany Donovan is 13 years old and was born with fragile X syndrome, FXS. FXS is a genetic disorder causing mental impairment – Brittany has severe learning difficulties.
Brittany was conceived using sperm from a New York sperm bank, Idant Laboratories, and testing showed that her FXS was inherited from her biological father. A US judge [...]
Tags: autism, fragile x syndrome, infertility, lawsuits, sperm donors
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Amongst children diagnosed with autism, around a third of their parents notice signs of autism before the child’s first birthday. But the condition usually goes undiagnosed for many years: the average age of diagnosis is over three.
Autistic children are widely believed to be born with the condition. Although various factors have been proposed [...]
Tags: autism, child development, research studies
Posted in: Baby, Special Needs, Toddlers
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We’ve had several posts on autism and vaccination in this blog. Many of us parents have divergent points of view on this matter.
A special on autism has been featured on Good Morning America, presented by Dr. Timothy Johnson, medical editor at ABC News. These stories are also now available online as short, easy-to-digest video clips [...]
Tags: ABC, autism, News, program, videos
Posted in: Health, Parenting
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I just received a newsletter from The National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments(NAPVI), which we belong to because of my children’s disabilities. They have worked out a package with The Come Children Sing Institute for a free session of online music classes. The length of the classes is 10 weeks.
To [...]
Tags: autism, blind, deaf, free offer, handicapped, Special Needs
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