VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3, 2010, 40-page Print Edition

Contents of Volume 5 Number 3, 40-page Print Edition

• The loss of three autism pioneers:  Ivar Lovaas, Clara Claiborne Park and Stanley Greenspan.  Another great pioneer, Lorna Wing, recalls her meetings with Lovaas and Park
• Temple Grandin on how wonderful it feels to see the biopic of her life win five Emmys
• THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS:  how children with autism were affected by the earthquakes in  Haiti and Italy 

RESEARCH NEWS: 

• The truth behind the 'brain scan breakthrough' 
• Why autism is being under-diagnosed in women and teenaged girls 
• Two new genes could be implicated in autism 
• Oxford University researchers say blood test 'could revolutionise diagnosis of autism' 
• New study says cognitive skills in children with autism 'vary and improve' - we talk to the lead study author 
• Two sides of Asperger's syndrome:  The deeply disturbing John Odgren case resurfaces - but we also highlight the inspiring case of a woman with Asperger's who has defied bullying and psychiatrists' predictions to make a huge success out of her pet portrait business. 
  

OTHER NEWS: 

• Autistic girl survives four days in alligator-infested swamp 
• Tragedy strikes as mother kills her two autistic children 
• Miami psychiatrist prescribed drug cocktail to autistic boy 

AUTISM IN SPAIN:    

• Police free autistic teenager living naked and locked up
• The award-winning Spanish illustrator, Miguel Gallardo, on the challenges faced by his daughter with autism 

AUTISM IN TURKEY:  how a physical education programme is producing encouraging results