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e-Speaks || January 25, 2008
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Quilts Highlight Walk Awards Ceremonies
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Volunteers at this week's Long Island Walk Now for Autism awards reception came face-to-face with a remarkable symbol of community and hope -- a giant autism quilt. The quilt is composed of 172 squares individually designed by walk teams and measures four feet wide and more than forty-three feet long. Most feature photos of the children who are the teams' inspiration. In New Jersey, three of the state's six walks were brought together to celebrate, and to see New Jersey's own "Faces of Autism" quilt.
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ITA Initiative Announces New Research Grants
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Autism Speaks' Innovative Technology for Autism (ITA) Initiative has awarded more than $400,000 in new research grants to develop innovative assistive, educational, therapeutic, and diagnostic technologies for persons with autism. The ITA was created to enhance and accelerate the pace of autism research and treatment by promoting collaboration among designers, engineers, researchers, clinicians, educators, individuals with autism, and their families.
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ATN Meeting Kicks Off Newly Expanded Network
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The Autism Treatment Network held its kick-off meeting for the newly expanded treatment network January 12-13 in Santa Monica, Calif. The meeting was an unprecedented gathering of medical autism experts, with 112 attendees, including six representatives from each of the participating ATN sites. The major objectives of the meeting were to develop standards of medical care for children with autism, and to determine how to make this care available across various sites in the United States and Canada.
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In Their Own Words: The Power of Music
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In our latest "In Their Own Words" essay, a mother writes that she never realized the power of music until she saw its power in helping her son with autism spectrum disorder connect to the world. Read more.
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