LAFAYETTE — That ain’t heavy, that’s my blanket. In a state where the temperature rarely dips low enough to warrant a heavy blanket, a weighted blanket is the must-have item for children — notably those diagnosed as autistic — with sensory input issues. “The blanket works because the whole surface of your body is...
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Aug 3 2009 WalesOnlineIn rom-com land, a man who can’t say ’I love you’ never gets the girl. Yet romantic indie film Adam breaks all the rules, featuring a leading man who has no idea what love is. Living with a form of autism known as Asperger syndrome, Adam (played by Hugh Dancy) is a charming, kind and humblingly...
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By Debra Lau Whelan — School Library Journal, 8/1/2009 Illustration by Vivienne Flesher. Marco Robertiello arrived on schedule in October 2000, weighing in at five pounds, seven ounces. Apart from being a little underweight, he had a near-perfect Apgar score, and by the looks of things, the...
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Henderson, NV (PRWEB) August 3, 2009 — Creators of Zac Browser (Zone for Autistic Children), the first software designed for the needs of people living with autism, People CD Inc. now offers the first software browser for preteens: Tweens Browser. Zac Browser has recently introduced version 1.5 of its software, the first step...
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