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• Gerald R. Patterson, 1926-2016
  on Aug 31, 2016 in News Obituary Research The press Families intervention Parents therapy Treatment
  Gerald R. Patterson1926-2016 Gerald Roy Patterson, internationally renowned scientist and psychologist, died 22 August 2016 in Eugene, Oregon (US). Born in Lakota, North Dakota (US), on 26 July 1926, Patterson was considered by many to be among the f...
• Annual ASAT auction for autism ends son
  on Aug 30, 2016 in Advocacy Autism News The press advocacy effective treatment
  The annual fund-raising auction for the fabulous Association for Science in Autism Treatment ends soon. It’s a great way to support ASAT, the organization that brings “real science, real hope.”...
• Mr. Kinsey was not the target: Better or worse?
  on Jul 22, 2016 in Autism Families Mental health Musings News Policy Prevention The press advocacy community current issues law public policy
  According to John Rivera, the head of Police Benevolent Association of Dade County (FL, US), the bullet that struck Mr. Charles Kinsey on Monday 18 July 2016 (while Mr. Kinsey was working to return a young man with Autism to the young man’s nea...
• Police encounters with Individuals with Autism of the bad kind
  on Jul 21, 2016 in Advocacy Autism Musings News Policy The press advocacy community law public policy
  In South Florida (US) on 18 July 2016 a caregiver for a young man with Autism was shot by police while he was working to protect the young man from harm. Parts of the scene were recorded on bystander video. As faithful readers will recall, on EBD Blo...
• on Apr 29, 2016 in Autism The press Treatment effective treatment facilitated communication
  In “Syracuse, Apple, and Autism Pseudoscience” (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, 28 April 2016), Stuart Vyse (a) updated the long-standing concerns about facilitated communication (FC) with notes about events at Syracuse (the student news...
• More Syracuse U. and FC
  on Apr 29, 2016 in Autism The press Treatment effective treatment facilitated communication
  In “Syracuse, Apple, and Autism Pseudoscience” (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, 28 April 2016), Stuart Vyse (a) updated the long-standing concerns about facilitated communication (FC) with notes about events at Syracuse (the student news...
• A parent’s perspective on autism
  on Apr 27, 2016 in Autism Families News The press community Parents Treatment
  Katherine Osnos Sanford, who blogs at KatherineSanford.com, published an article in the Washington Post 26 April 2016 under the headline, “Want to know what it’s really like to have a child with autism?” that provides an insightful glim...
• Recommendations for ending discrimination
  on Apr 26, 2016 in Bookshelf Mental health News Policy The press advocacy community evidence-based practice Families mental illness public health public policy youth
  Book cover, courtesy NAP The U.S. National Academy Press published a book 20 April 2016 entitled Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change that assembles and summarizes recommendation...
• Depression, suicide, choice, and our kids
  on Mar 23, 2016 in Acting in Advocacy Depression Families Mental health News Obituary The press
  In a wrenching obituary and follow-up articles, Eleni Pinnow courageously recounts her sister’s suicide following bouts of depression. Ms. Pinnow wrote, “Aletha Meyer Pinnow, 31, of Duluth (formerly of Oswego and Chicago, IL) died from de...
• Summary of workshop on measuring SED in children
  on Feb 8, 2016 in Assessment Bookshelf Mental health News Policy The press public policy
  On 1 February 2016, the US National Academy of Sciences published a booklet that summarized the presentations and discussion at a workshop on measuring serious emotional disturbance in children. Some readers of EBD Blog probably will want to secure a...

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