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Local Mom Is Heading To The Inauguration
Hartford mother, Carmen Veal, recently featured in this Mommy Minute article, has been chosen to travel to Washington DC to help out with the Inaugural Ball. As a volunteer for the Obama campaign - making calls, canvassing neighborhoods and entering data...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Veal
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Mother of Autistic Sons Joins Mommy Minute Blog
Special to the CourantWhen I first learned my son Cash’an had autism six years ago, I didn’t want to talk about it. As a trained print and broadcast journalist, professional in communications, and even as an actress who has taken center stage to express my...Tags: Behavioral Conditions
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What Are GMO's, And What Health Risks Do They Pose?
They’re in 80% of the food we eat: genetically modified organisms. Some say they pose serious health risks. Some believe those risks to be so serious, they’re willing to break the law in order to notify their fellow consumers that products...Tags: Biotechnology, Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Food and Drug Administration
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Yale Makes Discovery That Will Dramatically Impact Autism Research
FoxCTResearchers at Yale University say they’ve made a discovery that will dramatically impact autism research. Dr. Stephan Sanders- the first author of the study- says scientists found genetic mutations are linked to the condition. This finding will...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Yale University, Genes and Chromosomes
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Graduates thank teachers, other school personnel, bosses, and families
julieg@herald-mail.comTeachers and graduates exchanged hugs, high-fives and smiles on-stage Wednesday morning as more than 200 people celebrated the graduation of students from the Washington County Job Development Program and Marshall Street School. As each graduate was...Tags: Graduation, Students, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Learning Disability
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From foster parent to full-on mom
When the two young brothers came to live with Cedra Watson in 2007, all three of them had been through a lot. Joshua was about a year old and had already been placed in three foster homes. So had Jeremiah, who was just three months old. The brothers had...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Politics, Breast Cancer, Lobbying
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SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems. SAP has asked start-up...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Vodafone Group Plc, Nokia Corp., Asperger Syndrome, Germany
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Boca, West Boca Memorial Day events salute vets
Add three concerts, a ballet performance and a new party for an autism group to the traditional Memorial Day salutes to veterans in the city and county. Organizers are counting on families sticking around for the long weekend instead of getting out of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Rentals, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), American Legion
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The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate
The Hartford CourantBinge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...Tags: Depression, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Asperger Syndrome, Separation of Church and State
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Hook, line and sinker
Deliver the Dream, a South Florida-based nonprofit that organizes retreats for families experiencing a serious illness or crisis, will be hosting its third annual "Fishing for the Dream" family fishing tournament. The event is set for May 31 and June 1...Tags: Lighthouse Point, Parkinson's Disease, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Multiple Sclerosis
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Group serving disabled raises $550,000
An Orange County organization serving children with disabilities netted more than half a million dollars at its annual fundraiser in Newport Beach this month. United Cerebral Palsy of Orange County celebrated its 60th anniversary and the raising of $550,...Tags: Apple iPad, Cerebral Palsy
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Family, Mental Illness, Ellicott City
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