USC Questionaire Helps Diagnose Autism

     

                              Dr Karen Pierce, a neuroscientist at the University of California at San Diego, has developed a questionnaire that may help doctors diagnose autism at earlier ages.  This could possibly lead to early intervention programs.









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Using My Voice & Helping You Use Your Voice

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Although this post might just as easily belong to my other blogspot blog, CCol4him's Claymania ; there are clear ties to this blog.



1. Programs for Children With Special Needs Make
Local Newspaper







The Chattanooga News Free Press

recently featured 2 programs for children with special needs in an issue. One was an article about a karate class for children with special needs. Special karate - timesfreepress.com
The second was an event announcement for the inaugural meeting of a group play date for kids with autism and their parents . It is held by The Parents Advisory Group of the Chattanooga Autism Center.
It is sponsored by the Team Centers & Lifeline, INC. The play group will be held @ the Lifeline office; 1609 McCallie Avenue in Chattanooga, TN. It is open to children with autism from preschool age to first grade and will begin meeting on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 from 10 AM to Noon. The goal is for the parents to bring their kids with autism to gather and interact with each other on a regular basis.


2. Using My Voice and Inviting You to Use Yours

This blog is my way to "use my voice"(a phrase often used by singerClay Aiken) to create awareness for different charities and causes and you can use your voice here, as well. For more info, check out the following blog entries; Welcome to Applause For A Cause-UPDATED
& Help Your Favorite Charity With Your Own PSA .


You can participate by posting a guest blog post on here or making your own video that mentions your favorite charity, information about it and why you chose it. The blog entries above will provide the information about what I'm looking for in the videos, and if you want to write a guest blog post, you can email me at ccol4himc@gmail.com

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