VOLUME 4 NUMBER 10, 2007/2008 
 
Contents 
 
Contents: Volume 4, Number 10  
  RESEARCH - We take a look behind the stories 
    
      Antibodies in mothers of autistic children 'bind to foetal brain
cells' 
      Brain overgrowth 'may cause autism in adulthood' 
      Strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism 
      Parents of autistic children 'twice as likely to have had psychiatric
illness' 
      Human-frog hybrids 'could reveal neurological secrets of autism' 
      Children as young as 14 months 'can be reliably diagnosed with autism' 
      'Most autistic teenagers and adults see improvement over time'
       
     
   
  
FRAGILE X SPECIAL 
    
      Scientists make breakthrough 
      Mary DeBernardis on 'our ray of sunshine'
       
     
   
  
AUTISM IN AFRICA 
Kenyan families still face huge problems
   
  
AUTISTIC SAVANTS 
Meet Tony DeBlois:  he's blind, autistic and plays twenty instruments
   
  
SIBLINGS 
Paul Morris and his 'quad-mates'
   
  
AUTISM AND SPORT 
Top golfer Ernie Els talks about his autistic son, Ben
   
  
UNORTHODOX APPROACHES 
    
      Thais try 'elephant therapy' for autism  
      Florida father takes autistic son to Costa Rica for stem cell
treatment
       
     
   
  
ASPERGER'S SYNDROME SPECIAL 
    
      Heather Kuzmich on her experiences on America's Next Top Model 
      How hero Jonathan saved the day as mother blacks out at the wheel of
their car
       
     
   
  
BOOKS SPECIAL 
Adam Feinstein reviews six of the latest books on autism
   
 
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