<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : autism : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Autism saves boy from drowning]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/75682/1/" /><id>75682</id><summary><![CDATA[Autism saves boy from drowning]]></summary><issued>2008-09-10T14:43:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-10T14:43:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Walter Marino and his 12-year-old autistic son were swept to sea by a rip current and left floating for 12 hours - 8 of those hours spent separated after currents drove them apart.<br/><br/>&quot;With many kids with autism, the thing that is so dangerous is that they have no concept of fear or fear of death,&quot; Marino said. &quot;In this case, though, it perhaps saved him...&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[California schools lack cohesive plan for autism]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68631/1/" /><id>68631</id><summary><![CDATA[California schools lack cohesive plan for autism]]></summary><issued>2008-07-13T22:21:48+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-13T22:21:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Or, how the change in diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder has effected public education.  Though much of the info is CA or Bay Area based, I would imagine the same effects can be seen country-wide.<br/><br/>(As a weird aside, the article's author is one Nanette Asimov.)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Autism Explosion]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43906/1/" /><id>43906</id><summary><![CDATA[The Autism Explosion]]></summary><issued>2007-12-11T19:33:08+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-11T19:33:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[According to the latest figures just released by the California Department of Developmental Services, in 2002 California experienced an astounding 31% one year increase in the number of new children professionally diagnosed with the most severe cases of autism entering it's developmental services system. <br/><br/>another link: <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.autism.com/triggers/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.autism.com/triggers/index.htm</a></div>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Autism an advantage, not mental retardation]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/128053/1/" /><id>128053</id><summary><![CDATA[Autism an advantage, not mental retardation]]></summary><issued>2009-07-16T16:43:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-16T16:43:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Tyler Cowen argues that society in general and academia in particular is prejudiced with respect to people with autism and that autism in the academy can be an advantage.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Swedish Scientists Find Link Between Autism, Vinyl Flooring]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/103731/1/" /><id>103731</id><summary><![CDATA[Swedish Scientists Find Link Between Autism, Vinyl Flooring]]></summary><issued>2009-04-01T11:59:33+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-01T11:59:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Bernard Weiss, a professor of environmental medicine at University of Rochester and a co-author of the study, said the connection between vinyl flooring and autism &quot;turned up virtually by accident.&quot; He called it &quot;intriguing and baffling at the same time.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Robots Battle Autism]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/69726/1/" /><id>69726</id><summary><![CDATA[Robots Battle Autism]]></summary><issued>2008-07-23T12:27:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-23T12:27:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It may not be lasers and explosions like Transformers or Terminator, but Robots are doing battle against autism using bubbles!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Autism vs. Lead Poisoning]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43961/1/" /><id>43961</id><summary><![CDATA[Autism vs. Lead Poisoning]]></summary><issued>2007-12-12T10:53:27+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-12T10:53:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I remember reading studies of how instances of Autism have increased over the years.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23424/1/" /><id>23424</id><summary><![CDATA[Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court]]></summary><issued>2007-06-11T11:06:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-11T11:06:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The first of nine cases filed by parents who claim a mercury-based preservative in vaccines caused their child's autism will soon go to court. There has been no link proven between vaccines and autism, but if the court decides in their favor, affected children could benefit from a trust fund.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Autism linked with rainfall in study]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81073/1/" /><id>81073</id><summary><![CDATA[Autism linked with rainfall in study]]></summary><issued>2008-11-05T07:38:00+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-05T07:38:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Children who live in the U.S. Northwest's wettest counties are more likely to have autism, but it is unclear why, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Autism Breakthrough: Girl's Writings Explain Her Behavior and Feelings]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/51290/1/" /><id>51290</id><summary><![CDATA[Autism Breakthrough: Girl's Writings Explain Her Behavior and Feelings]]></summary><issued>2008-02-19T18:09:31+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-19T18:09:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Carly Fleischman has severe autism and is unable to speak a word. But thanks to years of expensive and intensive therapy, this 13-year-old has made a remarkable breakthrough.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The IAN Project]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15794/1/" /><id>15794</id><summary><![CDATA[The IAN Project]]></summary><issued>2007-04-10T17:54:52+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-10T17:54:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Interactive Austism Network is an excellent new website designed to connect families impacted by autism spectrum disorders with researchers studying the condition to hopefully aid in new discoveries and treatments.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in mice]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44889/1/" /><id>44889</id><summary><![CDATA[MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in mice]]></summary><issued>2007-12-20T17:03:50+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-20T17:03:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a disorder of excess-excess synaptic connectivity, protein synthesis, memory extinction, body growth, excitability-and remarkably, affects 100,000 Americans and is the most common inherited cause of mental retardation and autism. The MIT researchers corrected FXS in mice.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Researchers find first common autism gene]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/110389/1/" /><id>110389</id><summary><![CDATA[Researchers find first common autism gene]]></summary><issued>2009-04-28T22:25:58+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-28T22:25:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers have found the first common genetic link to autism and said on Tuesday it could potentially account for 15 percent of the disease's cases.<br/><i>Findings that are surprising, concerning, and... curious.  </i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Genes from Middle East families yield autism clues]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/68333/1/" /><id>68333</id><summary><![CDATA[Genes from Middle East families yield autism clues]]></summary><issued>2008-07-10T15:34:29+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-10T15:34:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Harvard researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that can't properly form new connections.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Enlarged Amygdala: The Cause of Autism?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/112343/1/" /><id>112343</id><summary><![CDATA[Enlarged Amygdala: The Cause of Autism?]]></summary><issued>2009-05-06T23:41:22+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-06T23:41:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists are one step closer to finding the cause for autism. In a new study, Joseph Piven of University of North Carolina and colleagues found that children with autism have enlarged area of the brain called the amygdala:<br/><i>&quot;We believe that children with autism have normal-sized brains at birth but in the first year of life, it [amygdala] begins to grow in kids with autism.&quot;</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Detecting Autism Early]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20432/1/" /><id>20432</id><summary><![CDATA[Detecting Autism Early]]></summary><issued>2007-05-15T18:23:45+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-15T18:23:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There is no cure for autism, but the earlier a child gets help, the better quality of life they will have as adults. A new study's findings may help detect autism in babies only a few weeks old.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Savant skills may be widespread in people with autism ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/108511/1/" /><id>108511</id><summary><![CDATA[Savant skills may be widespread in people with autism ]]></summary><issued>2009-04-20T23:21:08+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-20T23:21:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Savant-like skills, such as astounding memory, perfect pitch or the ability to multiply very high numbers together, may be much more common among people with autism than previously thought.<br/>A new study of about 100 adults with autism shows that one third have skills that stand out, both in comparison with their other abilities and with the skills of the general population.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[possible key to autism]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11215/1/" /><id>11215</id><summary><![CDATA[possible key to autism]]></summary><issued>2007-02-20T21:42:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-20T21:42:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A team of New Jersey scientists believes it has found ways to detect biological risk factors for autism through simple urine and blood tests, a discovery that could lead to groundbreaking medical treatment for the neurological disorder.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Autism Linked to TV Viewing]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/3997/1/" /><id>3997</id><summary><![CDATA[Autism Linked to TV Viewing]]></summary><issued>2006-10-22T14:43:21+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-22T14:43:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Everyone complains about television in a general way. But here's another evil to associate with too much TV: it may cause autism. Whether this study proves true or not, limit your toddler's TV viewing anyway. There's plenty of other damage it can cause...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[NJ Plans For Looming Autism Crisis]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21005/1/" /><id>21005</id><summary><![CDATA[NJ Plans For Looming Autism Crisis]]></summary><issued>2007-05-21T20:46:57+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-21T20:46:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[As children with autism approach adulthood, when specialized services cease to be provided, NJ senators propose laws to promote research and offer lifetime care.]]></content></entry></items></xml>