GAN Part 5: Give Your Family Hope for the Future This video, produced by the Grandparent Autism Network, is intended to support grandparents who have recently learned their grandchildren have autism. It is sponsored by the Dorene and Lee... By: GANInfoorg … Continue reading →

GAN Part 4: How to Increase Support for Your Family This video, produced by the Grandparent Autism Network, is intended to support grandparents who have recently learned their grandchildren have autism. It is sponsored by the Dorene and Lee... By: GANInfoorg … Continue reading →

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - After hitting some bumps during the setup of the Affordable Care Act, advocates say theyre regaining momentum in their effort to expand private insurance coverage for the treatment of autism. But while the movement to require insurance companies to offer the often-expensive coverage has brought relief to thousands, a state-by-state patchwork of regulations can create confusion for families, cut off coverage too early for some and leave affordable therapy out of reach for many, advocates say. Applied behavioral analysis, which often involves teaching children skills by breaking them down into smaller sets, is widely viewed as the most effective way to help autistic children succeed. But it can cost families without insurance tens of thousands of dollars a year. And insurance companies say providing coverage will force them to raise premiums. Colleen Jankovich of Omaha, Nebraska, was forced to stop her sons ABA treatment after weeks because insurance wouldnt pay for it. Her 11-year-old son, Matthew, is nonverbal and requires 24/7 care. But she believes things might have been different with early intervention. We shouldnt have to choose between treating our children and putting food on the table or bankrupting our family if we choose to … Continue reading →

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 25-May-2014 Contact: David March david.march@nyumc.org 212-404-3528 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine "Aha" moments are rare in medical research, scientists say. As rare, they add, as finding mice with Mohawk-like hairstyles. But both events happened in a lab at NYU Langone Medical Center, months after an international team of neuroscientists bred hundreds of mice with a suspect genetic mutation tied to autism spectrum disorders. Almost all the grown mice, the NYU Langone team observed, had sideways,"overgroomed" hair with a highly stylized center hairline between their ears and hardly a tuft elsewhere. Mice typically groom each other's hair. Researchers say they knew instantly they were on to something, as the telltale overgrooming a repetitive motor behavior had been linked in other experiments in mice to the brain condition that prevents children from developing normal social, behavioral, cognitive, and motor skills. People with autism, the researchers point out, exhibit noticeably dysfunctional behaviors, such as withdrawal, and stereotypical, repetitive movements, including constant hand-flapping, or rocking. Now and for what NYU Langone researchers believe to be the first time, an autistic motor behavior has been traced to specific biological pathways that are genetically determined. The findings, … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Note to media: Photos of autistic mice before and after grooming are available from the journal Nature, by e-mail request to press@nature.com. Newswise Aha moments are rare in medical research, scientists say. As rare, they add, as finding mice with Mohawk-like hairstyles. But both events happened in a lab at NYU Langone Medical Center, months after an international team of neuroscientists bred hundreds of mice with a suspect genetic mutation tied to autism spectrum disorders. Almost all the grown mice, the NYU Langone team observed, had sideways,overgroomed hair with a highly stylized center hairline between their ears and hardly a tuft elsewhere. Mice typically groom each others hair. Researchers say they knew instantly they were on to something, as the telltale overgrooming a repetitive motor behavior had been linked in other experiments in mice to the brain condition that prevents children from developing normal social, behavioral, cognitive, and motor skills. People with autism, the researchers point out, exhibit noticeably dysfunctional behaviors, such as withdrawal, and stereotypical, repetitive movements, including constant hand-flapping, or rocking. Now and for what NYU Langone researchers believe to be the first time, an autistic motor behavior has been traced … Continue reading →

Pictured are Emily Ryan, development director, Go Red For Women American Heart Association; Sheri Montgomery, CFO; Cristina Jimenez, COO; Rose Ordieres, CNO; Maria Garcia, director of emergency services and stroke coordinator; Jeffrey Walker, director of Quality & System Improvement American Heart Association; Maria Feliciano, DBD; Jeffrey Welch, CEO; and Jesssica Miller, director of quality. Coral Gables Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients. Coral Gables Hospitals primary stroke center is a part of Tenet Floridas Advanced Neuroscience Network. Get With The Guidelines Stroke helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Coral Gables Hospital earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include aggressive use of medications and risk-reduction therapies aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients. Coral Gables Hospital is honored to receive the American Heart Association/American Stroke Associations Get With The GuidelinesStroke … Continue reading →