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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT READY FOR CLOSER LOOK AT POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN AUTISM AND ENVIRONMENT

November 13, 2001 -- The U.S. government appeared to formally recognize this week a question many parents and researchers of autistic children have been asking for years: "Is it something in the water?" Under a new program announced this week, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Environmental Protection Agency will fund four new children's environmental health research centers charged with exploring the environmental contributors to the dramatic increase in autism cases in the United States in the last decade. The centers will also examine the origins of behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder.click to turn to next page
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Autism & Asperger's Syndrome News Archive:

NEWS BRIEFAUTISM RALLY, WITH PHOTO COLLAGE, IN THE WORKS
November 30, 2000
NEWS BRIEFH.E.A.R.T. CD RAISES AUTISM FUNDS
November 9, 2000
NEWS BRIEFAUTISM GETS "60 MINUTES" ON CBS
November 9, 2000
NEWS BRIEFABC EXAMINES ASPERGER'S SYNDROME
October 26, 2000
NEWS BRIEFCRITICS SPLIT ON TWO AUTISM MOVIES
October 15, 2000
NEWS BRIEFCONGRESS CONSIDERS STAMP FOR AUTISM AWARENESS
May 23, 2000
NEWS BRIEFHBO FILM TACKLES AUTISM
July 10, 2000
button to outside web pagePHOTOS, QUILT IN THE WORKS FOR RALLY TO SHOW AUTISM'S REACH
January 28, 2000
button to outside web pageDISABILITY SUPPORTERS CAN WEAR IT ON THEIR SLEEVES... ER, LAPELS
January 8, 2000
button to outside web pageJOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS VARIED APPROACHES TO TEACHING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
December 18, 1999
button to outside web pageLONDON-BASED WEB SITE BRINGS AUTISM CONFERENCE TO VISITORS
November 1, 1999

 

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