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Autism Speaks Announces Yearlong Partnership with Thomas & Friends TM Live! On Stage: A Circus Comes to Town | Jan. 20, 2009 #AutisticHistory
Autism Speaks Announces Yearlong Partnership with Thomas & Friends TM Live! On Stage: A Circus Comes to Town New Thomas & Friends Stage Show Kicks-off This Month Helping To Increase Autism Awareness Across the Country and Raise Funds for Research NEW YORK, N.Y. (January 20, 2009) Autism Speaks, the nation’s leading autism advocacy organization, announced today a yearlong…
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#BoycottSpectrum10K | RoundUp: From Spectrum 10K Paused To Autistics Valid Protest To #StopSpectrum10K
Statement – 10th September Update from the Spectrum 10K Team (10th September 2021) An apology and an update I am writing on behalf of the Spectrum 10K research team, including the co-lead researchers, to provide a further update regarding the study. From the feedback we have received from autistic people, their families, and charities we…
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Archived | Autism Speaks UK: Home Page | Circa November 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
Autism Speaks is the only charity in the UK raising funds for research into the causes of autism, so that we can improve the quality of life for those living with this confusing and isolating condition LATEST NEWS New documentary about autism Parents Steve and Parool Jeppeson have an autistic son called Stian. They are…
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Archived | Autistic brains’ ‘genes differ’ | Circa May 25, 2011 #NotAnAutisticAlly
Autistic brains’ ‘genes differ’ The brains of people with autism are chemically different from those without autism, according to researchers. A study, published in the journal Nature, showed the unique characters of the frontal and temporal lobes had disappeared. Different genes should be active in each region, but autistic brains had the same pattern of gene…
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#StopSpectrum10K | Round-Up: From The Fallacy of Genetic Autism Studies to the Dangers Of Spectrum10K | Circa August 2021
| August 31, 2021 A round-up of social media, articles and posts about #StopSpectrum10K READ Spectrum 10k: The Fallacy of Genetic Autism Studies The waters surrounding autistic genetic studies are best described as murky. The MSSNG project from Autism Speaks and SPARK from the Simons Foundation are prime examples (as both organizations are partners). Aside from them being viewed as harmful…
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Archived | Wellcome: People with autism make more rational decisions | Circa October 16, 2008 #NotAnAutisticAlly
16 October 2008 People with autism make more rational decisions People with autism-related disorders are less likely to make irrational decisions and are less influenced by gut instincts, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. The study adds to the growing body of research implicating altered emotional processing in autism. Decision-making is a complex…
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Archived | Autism Speaks: Autism Genome Project (AGP) | Circa 2004 #NotAnAutisticAlly
Autism Genome Project Launched in 2004, the Autism Genome Project, or AGP, is the largest study ever conducted to find the genes associated with inherited risk for autism. Many of the world’s leading genetics researchers pooled their resources and used a promising new technology, the DNA microarray, to scan the human genome in the search for…
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