N.A.S. (Surrey Branch) News Archive
12th November - 31st December 2001
The following are all links to news stories between 12th November 2001 to 31st December 2001 that have some mention of Autism or Asperger Syndrome. The reference in some cases may be quite obscure - but unfortunately there is no easy way of automatically excluding these. In some cases the story may no longer be available or may be a duplicate of another story linked from this page. All links open up in a new window. The archive is in ascending date order.
Archived on Monday November 12 at 11.57pm:
| Making a 'quiet commitment' (English) (Yahoo Daily News) ...Lauren Yoder was a few months shy of 70 when he climbed to within 500 feet of the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, which rises mo... |
| Reshet offering viewers a civics class (English) (The Jerusalem Post) ...(November 11) - Renen Schorr likes a challenge, which is why the founder and director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television ... |
| Susan Clark, health journalist, answers your questions (English) (The Times) ...Q: What can I use to help reduce chickenpox scars? I've been told that vitamin E cream can help, but have not been able to fi... |
| 'My mum didn't look for me' (English) (The Observer) ...Skinny and haunted-looking, Kevin fidgets around his girlfriend's kitchen, scuffing his feet, swinging his legs. With his str... |
| Being a 'Big Mother' to 54 orphans (English) (The Age) ...When she was in her 30s, Geraldine Cox was so desperate to have a baby that she came close to kidnapping one. "I had a hand o... |
| Judge signs petition charging autistic boy with murder (English) (Michigan Live) ...Saturday, November 10, 2001 | AMALIE NASH | NEWS STAFF REPORTER | A Washtenaw County judge signed a petition Friday charging ... |
| Autistic boy, 12, who claims responsibility for drowning, charged with open murder (English) (Michigan Live) ...ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A petition charging a 12-year-old autistic boy with open murder has been signed by a Washtenaw Count... |
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| Research Notes The Link Between cAMP, CREB, and Depression... Autism Study to Use MRI on Children... |
| Autism: Detection, Evaluation and Interventions A recent review article discusses the definition and presentation of autism and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), and the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of this spectrum of disorders... |
| Managing the Rage We need to deepen our understanding of anti-American rage, however, not so much because it lay behind the September 11 terrorist plot as because it lies ahead of it... |
| Teachers Delay Dealing With Own Grief, Anxiety Teachers, principals, guidance counselors, and other school employees around the country are struggling to cope with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon four weeks ago... |
| Amygdala's Inner Workings Researchers gain new insights into this structure's emotional connections... |
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| Research Notes The Link Between cAMP, CREB, and Depression... Autism Study to Use MRI on Children... |
| Autism: Detection, Evaluation and Interventions A recent review article discusses the definition and presentation of autism and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), and the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of this spectrum of disorders... |
| Managing the Rage We need to deepen our understanding of anti-American rage, however, not so much because it lay behind the September 11 terrorist plot as because it lies ahead of it... |
| Teachers Delay Dealing With Own Grief, Anxiety Teachers, principals, guidance counselors, and other school employees around the country are struggling to cope with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon four weeks ago... |
| Amygdala's Inner Workings Researchers gain new insights into this structure's emotional connections... |
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Archived on Friday December 14 at 11.43pm:
| Griffiths jets off to Spain after PM’s backing (English) (Scotsman) ...NIGEL Griffiths, the small business minister, last night left the country on government business, fuelling speculation he had... |
| Autism and MMR link not proven, say experts (English) (The Daily Telegraph) ...AUTISM is far more common than was previously thought and affects at least one in 166 children under the age of eight, accord... |
| Reasons to doubt MMR (English) (The Daily Telegraph) ...TRY as they will, neither the Government nor the medical establishment can make the controversy over whether the combined mea... |
| Autism figures higher than thought (English) (London Evening Standard) ...by Geraint Smith Science Correspondent | Autism affects many more people than has previously been recognised, but not because... |
| Autism more common than thought (English) (Reuters) ...LONDON (Reuters) - Autism is more common than previously thought and affects up to six in every 1,000 children in Britain, re... |
| Scientists discount link between MMR vaccine and autism (English) (The Independent) ...Autism in children is far more common than previously recognised but there is no proven link with the combined MMR vaccine, a... |
| No link between MMR vaccine and autism - medical review (English) (Ananova) ...Experts say there is no evidence to link the measles mumps and rubella vaccine with autism. | Medical debate has raged over t... |
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Archived on Friday December 21 at 9.50pm:
| Classrooms used by autistic children closed (English) (Irish Times) ...Two classrooms for 12 autistic children attending the Lucan Educate Together School, a multi-denominational school in west Du... |
| Blair 'overawed' by school visit (English) (The Times) ...TONY BLAIR has hailed a new £4.5million school for children with severe learning difficulties as one of the best in the world... |
| Vaccine fears unfounded (English) (Hindustan Times) ...USA Today | (Chicago, December 20) Concerns that vaccines may occasionally trigger serious illnesses, including multiple scle... |
| Labour parents close ranks on MMR (English) (BBC News) ...Ministers in charge of the government's vaccination policy are resisting pressure to say whether their children have been giv... |
| Anger at ministers' silence on childhood vaccine (English) (Financial Times) ...UK Health officials are furious that the prime minister's office has forbidden all government members from disclosing if thei... |
| Tories ask Blair if his baby has had MMR vaccine (English) (Scotsman) ...DOWNING Street yesterday issued a stern reminder that the Prime Minister’s private life was "off limits" after Tony Blair ref... |
| HealthSouth to Pilot Interactive Metronome(R) Training forRehabilitation, Cognitive Disorders and Peak Performance (English) (Stockhouse) ...BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec 20, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In an agreement announced today, HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HRC... |
| Blair hails school for special needs children (English) (Ananova) ...Tony Blair has hailed a new £4.5 million school for children with severe learning difficulties as one of the best in the worl... |
| Economy, 9/11 alter holiday party plans (English) (Detroit news) ... Last year, for their annual Christmas party, McTevia & Associates, a management and financial consulting fi... |
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Archived on Monday December 24 at 5.56am:
| First lessons in integration (English) (The Boston Globe) ...Two months ago, Hannah Moran, a 4-year-old with a motor-skills impairment called sensory integration dysfunction, couldn't pe... |
| Anne Arundel Datebook (English) (Baltimore Sun) ...Today | Library closings: County public library branches and the library headquarters will be closed today through Tuesday an... |
| Blair furious at 'invasion of privacy' over MMR (English) (The Independent) ...| Internal links | MMR: Blair's statement in full | Leading article: Blair should say whether Leo has had the vaccine | Tony ... |
| MMR: Blair's statement in full (English) (The Independent) ...| Internal links | Blair furious at 'invasion of privacy' over MMR | Leading article: Blair should say whether Leo has had th... |
| Howard plans to test every four-year-old (English) (Courier Mail) ...PRIME Minister John Howard will embark on radical social welfare reform to help disadvantaged children as a major platform of... |
| Come clean, Mr Blair (English) (The Observer) ...For those wanting a more traditional fable than The Lord of the Rings, this Christmas features a Nativity story, complete wit... |
| Christmas can be bad for your health (English) (The Observer) ...Endless supplements on how to combat indigestion, the appearance of Del Boy in every other tabloid page lead and the instant ... |
| Blair baby 'has had' MMR jab (English) (The Observer) ...Leo Blair has been given the controversial triple vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella, The Observer can reveal. Source... |
| 'We never have commented on our children's health' (English) (The Observer) ...This is the full text of the statement issued by the Prime Minister from Chequers last night: | In the light of what is a hor... |
| No 10's fear of needles (English) (The Observer) ...Up a steep flight of stairs in a slightly shabby building near London's Victoria station is a GP's surgery. The only clue, am... |
| To jab or not to jab? (English) (The Observer) ...It is the name given to a single vaccine, administered to 15-month-old babies against measles, mumps and rubella (German meas... |
| Invasion of privacy? Or just hiding the truth (English) (The Observer) ...If I were to ask you if your child had received the MMR inoculation, would you react with astonishment and outrage, claiming ... |
| Out of the Shell and Into the Light (English) (The Philippine Star) ...In 1992, Shanti Kilduff was seven months pregnant with her daughter, but her thoughts inexorably drifted off to Joshua, her o... |
| Blair slams "horrible intrusion" over jab (English) (Reuters) ...LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair has hit out at two Sunday newspapers for "horrible and unjustified" reporting on... |
| Griffiths facing criminal investigation over office allowances (English) (Scotsman) ...NIGEL Griffiths, the beleaguered minister for small business, is facing a criminal investigation following allegations about ... |
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Archived on Thursday December 27 at 10.34am:
| Mother abandons autistic son (English) (The Australian Daily Telegraph) ...A HANDWRITTEN note with the words "Timothy please care" is the only clue police have to finding a woman who abandoned her aut... |
| Ambulance run-around worsens (English) (Courier Mail) ...GRIDLOCKED hospital emergency departments this year were forced to turn ambulances away for twice as long as they did last ye... |
| Tears can't wash away the losses (English) (Courier Mail) ...THEY returned to what had been their homes, tears welling up in eyes that were red with the effects of crying and smoke. | "E... |
| Cool change but no rain (English) (Courier Mail) ...FIREFIGHTERS will welcome favourable winds and cooler temperatures today but conditions are set to worsen for the weekend. | ... |
| Mother abandons autistic son (English) (Courier Mail) ...A HANDWRITTEN note with the words "Timothy please care" is the only clue police have to finding a woman who abandoned her aut... |
| Secret fines silence noisy hoons (English) (Courier Mail) ...A SYDNEY council has hired a private investigator to secretly fine motorists for noisy stereo systems. | It is part of increa... |
| Alstonville's 'phantom police' (English) (Courier Mail) ...THE northern NSW town of Alstonville is famous for its macadamia nuts and avocado pears, but it's the lack of police that has... |
| Learning to cope with students' disabilities (English) (Ottowa Citizen) ...The Ottawa Citizen Cheryll Duquette, a professor at the University of Ottawa faculty of education, has written a book that de... |
| Despair of loving an Asperger's husband (English) (The Times) ...CHRISTMAS is a notorious flashpoint for marital arguments, when women complain that their men do not understand their feeling... |
| The Times Christmas Appeal: Contact details (English) (The Times) ...Head Office: The National Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London EC1V 1NG | Telephone: 020 7833 2299 | Fax: 020 7833 9... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (The Advertiser) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (The Australian Daily Telegraph) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (Courier Mail) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (Sunday Times Australia) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| Abnormalities Seen in Brains of People with Autism (English) (Yahoo Daily News) ...By Merritt McKinney | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A brain pathway that regulates neurons in the brain may be disturbed in peo... |
| Britain's Blair caught in son's vaccine spat (English) (The Miami Herald) ...LONDON -- (AP) -- Leo Blair doesn't know he's in the middle of a political tussle, but his father the prime minister is seeth... |
| Top Stories (English) (The Washington Times) ... BEIJING - An explosion ripped through the parking lot of a Carrefour retail outlet in China's eastern city of Qingda... |
| Blair bristles at questions on son's immunization (English) (SunSpot) ...LONDON -- Leo Blair doesn't know he's in the middle of a political tussle, but his dad, the prime minister, is seethi... |
Archived on Friday December 28 at 12.23pm:
| Hockey with a big Heart (English) (The Toronto Star) ...Alec Kennedy, Michael Doritty and Anthony Portocarrero are three gems on the Don Mills Diamonds hockey team. | They play in t... |
| Torchbearers bring hope, inspiration to Olympic flame (English) (Boston Herald) ...In the five months her daughter was alive, there was little Wendy Letourneau could do for her. | Shortly after Emily was born... |
| Out of the Shell and Into the Light (English) (The Philippine Star) ...In 1992, Shanti Kilduff was seven months pregnant with her daughter, but her thoughts inexorably drifted off to Joshua, her o... |
| Mother abandons autistic son (English) (The Australian Daily Telegraph) ...A HANDWRITTEN note with the words "Timothy please care" is the only clue police have to finding a woman who abandoned her aut... |
| Ambulance run-around worsens (English) (Courier Mail) ...GRIDLOCKED hospital emergency departments this year were forced to turn ambulances away for twice as long as they did last ye... |
| Tears can't wash away the losses (English) (Courier Mail) ...THEY returned to what had been their homes, tears welling up in eyes that were red with the effects of crying and smoke. | "E... |
| Cool change but no rain (English) (Courier Mail) ...FIREFIGHTERS will welcome favourable winds and cooler temperatures today but conditions are set to worsen for the weekend. | ... |
| Mother abandons autistic son (English) (Courier Mail) ...A HANDWRITTEN note with the words "Timothy please care" is the only clue police have to finding a woman who abandoned her aut... |
| Secret fines silence noisy hoons (English) (Courier Mail) ...A SYDNEY council has hired a private investigator to secretly fine motorists for noisy stereo systems. | It is part of increa... |
| Alstonville's 'phantom police' (English) (Courier Mail) ...THE northern NSW town of Alstonville is famous for its macadamia nuts and avocado pears, but it's the lack of police that has... |
| North Opinion/Letter to the Editor: A mother pleads for understanding (English) (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) ...On Dec. 2, my two sisters, our children and I attended a performance of the "Nutcracker" and "A Christmas Carol" given by the... |
| Learning to cope with students' disabilities (English) (Ottowa Citizen) ...The Ottawa Citizen Cheryll Duquette, a professor at the University of Ottawa faculty of education, has written a book that de... |
| Despair of loving an Asperger's husband (English) (The Times) ...CHRISTMAS is a notorious flashpoint for marital arguments, when women complain that their men do not understand their feeling... |
| The Times Christmas Appeal: Contact details (English) (The Times) ...Head Office: The National Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London EC1V 1NG | Telephone: 020 7833 2299 | Fax: 020 7833 9... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (The Advertiser) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (The Australian Daily Telegraph) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (Courier Mail) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (Sunday Times Australia) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
Archived on Saturday December 29 at 10.16am:
| Hockey with a big Heart (English) (The Toronto Star) ...Alec Kennedy, Michael Doritty and Anthony Portocarrero are three gems on the Don Mills Diamonds hockey team. | They play in t... |
| Torchbearers bring hope, inspiration to Olympic flame (English) (Boston Herald) ...In the five months her daughter was alive, there was little Wendy Letourneau could do for her. | Shortly after Emily was born... |
| Out of the Shell and Into the Light (English) (The Philippine Star) ...In 1992, Shanti Kilduff was seven months pregnant with her daughter, but her thoughts inexorably drifted off to Joshua, her o... |
| Mother abandons autistic son (English) (The Australian Daily Telegraph) ...A HANDWRITTEN note with the words "Timothy please care" is the only clue police have to finding a woman who abandoned her aut... |
| Ambulance run-around worsens (English) (Courier Mail) ...GRIDLOCKED hospital emergency departments this year were forced to turn ambulances away for twice as long as they did last ye... |
| Tears can't wash away the losses (English) (Courier Mail) ...THEY returned to what had been their homes, tears welling up in eyes that were red with the effects of crying and smoke. | "E... |
| Cool change but no rain (English) (Courier Mail) ...FIREFIGHTERS will welcome favourable winds and cooler temperatures today but conditions are set to worsen for the weekend. | ... |
| Mother abandons autistic son (English) (Courier Mail) ...A HANDWRITTEN note with the words "Timothy please care" is the only clue police have to finding a woman who abandoned her aut... |
| Secret fines silence noisy hoons (English) (Courier Mail) ...A SYDNEY council has hired a private investigator to secretly fine motorists for noisy stereo systems. | It is part of increa... |
| Alstonville's 'phantom police' (English) (Courier Mail) ...THE northern NSW town of Alstonville is famous for its macadamia nuts and avocado pears, but it's the lack of police that has... |
| North Opinion/Letter to the Editor: A mother pleads for understanding (English) (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) ...On Dec. 2, my two sisters, our children and I attended a performance of the "Nutcracker" and "A Christmas Carol" given by the... |
| Learning to cope with students' disabilities (English) (Ottowa Citizen) ...The Ottawa Citizen Cheryll Duquette, a professor at the University of Ottawa faculty of education, has written a book that de... |
| Despair of loving an Asperger's husband (English) (The Times) ...CHRISTMAS is a notorious flashpoint for marital arguments, when women complain that their men do not understand their feeling... |
| The Times Christmas Appeal: Contact details (English) (The Times) ...Head Office: The National Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London EC1V 1NG | Telephone: 020 7833 2299 | Fax: 020 7833 9... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (The Advertiser) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (The Australian Daily Telegraph) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (Courier Mail) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
| British PM takes a jab (English) (Sunday Times Australia) ...LEO Blair does not know he is in the middle of a political tussle but his father, the British Prime Minister, is seething at ... |
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