Project Lifesaving training taking place in Cicero

Source: Syracuse.com

Cicero, NY -- A search and rescue workshop using the Project Lifesaving locating system is being held this morning at the Cicero Fire Department. Fire departments from northern parts of the county are taki ...
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Mallinder and Facer visit Puzzle Centre

Source: Northampton Saints

Based in Buckinghamshire inside a small former school building, staff at the Puzzle Centre work on a one-to-one basis with children who are on the autism spectrum, or who have other communication difficulties. The early interventi ...
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Immune cells "sculpt" circuits in the brain -- by eating away excess connections

Source: PR Newswire

Findings offer a fresh look at developmental and degenerative brain diseases BOSTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- We're born with our brains prewired, but as information comes in from our environment, this circuitry is updated. A s ...
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Local News: Brentford FC's disability club to be Mayor's charity

Source: Hounslow Chronicle

A DISABLED football club is celebrating after being named as the Mayor's chosen charity for 2012/13. Feltham Bees, Brentford Football Club's official disability side for everyone aged five to 50, was chosen by new Hounslow ma ...
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Cognition and behavior: High IQ linked to anxiety in autism

Source: Simons Foundation Autism Research

Social rules: Knowing that their behavior is not socially acceptable, but being unable to control it, could make children with autism anxious. A high intelligence quotient (IQ), a good understanding of so ...
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Being prepared for water makes summer safe, fun

Source: Journal Gazette & Times-Courier

Kids and adults of all ages enjoy a dip in the water, but being prepared when entering the water is essential for a safe summer of fun at the pool, lake or even the ocean. The Mattoon Area Family YMCA offers swim lessons year round but encourages all t ...
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New Training Better Prepares Salt Lake City, Utah Financial Services...

Source: PRWeb

Often families don’t understand the unique life care planning issues associated with raising a child with a disability or other special need. That's where I help. MassMutual, in conjunction with The American College, created the designa ...
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Turning point: Ricardo Dolmetsch

Source: Nature.com

Ricardo Dolmetsch is a neurobiologist at Stanford University, California. In March he announced his affiliation with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, Washington, where he will help to de ...
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Elephants help treat autism in Thailand

Source: Al Jazeera

Doctors in Thailand are getting some jumbo assistance to help children with autism and other disabilities. Therapists from a university in Chiang Mai, a northern city, have created a camp where young children with special needs spend days doing activi ...
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