http://autismparents.net An Autism Blog for Parents. All things autism spectrum disorder can be found here and at our sister site, The Autism Retort. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:05:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new one for the "might cause Autism" list ... Winter Conception. A new study has revealed that those conceived in winter have up to a 16 per cent greater risk of autism than those conceived in July. The Big List of S*%# Linked to Autism Abortions - (Prior abortions increase risk of ... http://autismparents.net/the-big-list-of-s-linked-to-autism-winter-conception/ Can't an autism dad get a break even when unconscious enjoying some rapid eye movements?  The dreams I remember when I woke up this morning ... Being at a relatives house who in the dream had huge collection of ceramic figurines on shelves that covered the whole house.  Some were of my daughter's ... http://autismparents.net/autism-haunts-dreams/ We are attending a Halloween costume party / sensory friendly movie (Monster's Inc) tonight at a local special needs organization. I have mixed feelings about the sensory friendly movie. We spent a lot of effort getting our daughter to act appropriately at the real movies and the last ... http://autismparents.net/sensory-friendly-movies-good-bad-or-both/ Preview: Apps for autism - 60 Minutes - CBS News http://autismparents.net/apps-for-autism-segment-on-cbs-60-minutes-tonight-preview/ It looks like the bottleneck in the Senate was broken and the funding for the Combating Autism Act will flow. WASHINGTON — The Senate sent President Barack Obama a bill Monday night to extend federal autism programs after Sen. Bob Menendez reached an agreement with a Republican senator who had been ... http://autismparents.net/funding-extended-for-combating-autism-act/ Critical provisions of The Combating Autism Act expire September 30.  The current bill is a continuation of the Combating Autism Act that President George W. Bush signed into law in 2006 and was passed unanimously last week by the GOP controlled US House of Representative.  Think about that. There was not ... http://autismparents.net/combating-autism-what-the-hell-is-from-with-senators-demint-and-coburn-edition/ We went to see The Lion King 3D yesterday and it was an all around great family outing.  Going to the movies with a kid with autism is often a crap shoot.  Fine more times that not, but the occasional issue (like throwing Shrek action figure ten rows in front ... http://autismparents.net/autism-highs-and-lows-lion-king-and-seizures/ A new study out this week links having autism spectrum disorder to being an atheist. This seems to be the latest in a long line of similar autism studies. In this case, when they say "autism", they mean Asperger's Syndrome. A few other notable "autism linked to" ... http://autismparents.net/new-study-shows-linked-to-autism/ We're making a trip to Florida in the near future for a doctor visit and a quick trip to Walt Disney World.  We have always traveled with a stroller.  It makes getting through airport security MUCH easier.  However, she is getting a tad too big for the standard umbrella stroller. ... http://autismparents.net/big-kid-stroller-for-autism/ As most of you know, leaving your kid with autism alone in another room, often leads to bad things, very bad things.  In our case, we have the standard behavior related reasons that supervision is needed plus worry over seizures. We have been using laptops, iPads, and Skype to monitor our ... http://autismparents.net/using-skype-to-monitor-your-child-with-autism/