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Autism management

Managing autism is often a challenge for parents. It often depends on the extent of the autism. This can sometimes range from mild, such as a an asperger's syndrome type to more severe types.

Managing autism relies heavily creating a suitable environment for the autistic person. It may be important to maintain a high level of consistency in their room or home, from physical placement of objects to routines. Though those routines should be set by things that a carer can control, eg meal times. It may be possible to set up complex routines but still have a pattern. Diet may also be helpful in aleviating possible secondary depressive symptoms in some autistic sufferers.

Univeristy of California Santa Barbara Autism Research and Training Center Home Page provides recent research, training, research manuals and workshops and number of books related to the field of autism management strategy.

References sources:

• http://www.nas.org.uk/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers

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Some latest news from autism research

Asian Autism Conference 2006 Held in Hong Kong on Aug. 12 and 13

Key Speakers included:

• Dr. Jacquelyn McCandless, member of the American Board of Psychiatry
  and Neurology. She is the noted author of "Children with Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders", and a specialist on the biomedical treatment of Autism.
  
• Dr. Tim Buie, a professor and gastroenterologist from Harvard
  Medical School, known for his expertise and research into gut issues faced by children with autism using endoscopy
  
• Dr Martha Herbert is a Pediatric Neurologist at Massachusetts General
  Hospital (Harvard Medical School) and is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. She specializes in children with learning and
  developmental disorders.
• Dr. James Neubrander is board-certified in Environmental Medicine with special interests in heavy metals and folate/B12 chemistry. He has pioneered the use of Vitamin Methyl B12 in the treatment of Autism and evaluated over 75,000 injections of Methyl B12.

Source: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-07-2006/0004410946&EDATE=