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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2, 2010, Print Edition

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  • The death of Kim Peek, the 'real Rain Man' - a profile of this extraordinary man and a tribute from his close friend, Dr Darold Treffert, the world's leading expert on autistic savants and an adviser on the 1988 movie, Rain Man
  • The full story of why The Lancet decided to retract Andrew Wakefield's 1998 MMR paper
  • Is it possible to recover from autism?  Dr Deborah Fein's latest study suggests it is - and so does Raun Kaufman (see his comments to Looking Up in this issue)
  • Donna Williams:  'Why my feet were my eyes'
  • Gary McKinnon update:  Extradition to the US put on hold. Comments from the psychiatrist, Professor Jeremy Turk, whose medical report on McKinnon influenced the British government's decision
  • UK Autism Act is given Royal Assent
  • As latest study puts autism prevalence at 1 per cent, ten 'clusters' are identified in California
  • Autistic student stamps his mark on the postal service
  • The bizarre case of Molly, the 'autistic' dog in Italy.  Comments from Dr Lorna Wing
  • Running the toughest foot race on Earth - for autism
  • Why hundreds of butterflies were released in a park in El Salvador
  • New autism association for Algeria
  • Jenny McCarthy splits from Jim Carrey, her 'autism whisperer'
EDUCATION:  Autistic children 'are being unfairly excluded from schools' -  Comments from the study's lead author, Professor David Skuse

AUTISM IN ASIA:    Ridicule in the Philippines, Tales of tears and rewards in Indonesia and Merry Barua on why India's 'new' screening tool for autism is not new at all

AUTISM AND THE ARTS:   Hugh Dancy on how he prepared for the role of a man with Asperger's syndrome in the film, Adam

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