Entries from October 2009

October 29, 2009

if I had a voice…

email from TASH
I am writing to tell you about an AAC advocacy song/video on YouTube and
to invite you to watch and share it:
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJi_Si_jTHk_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJi_Si_jTHk)
In celebration of October’s International AAC Month, the TASH
Communications Committee and Snoopi Botten and friends have just released on YouTube an
advocacy song for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): “If I
Had a VOCA”. The [...]

October 24, 2009

who’s really autistic?

Stats show autism rising, but who’s really autistic?
Earlier this week the federal government released new data indicating that autism is diagnosed in 1 percent of American children, far more than the 1 in 150 children previously thought to be affected.
But a new documentary suggests that the rising number of autism diagnoses does not actually [...]

October 23, 2009

ASF Funds $1 million in grants in 2009

Angelman Syndrome Foundation Funds More Than $1 Million in Research Grants for 2009
AURORA, Ill. (October 1, 2009) – The Angelman Syndrome Foundation further solidified its dedication to
research by increasing its grant award total to more than $1 million for 2009. Most recently, more than
$988,000 in grants was awarded to six principle investigators, focusing on Angelman [...]