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Jake’s Mice: Searching for Answers to the Puzzle of Autism

Home - National, National, NewsBy APJanuary 3, 2022Leave a comment

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 16-year-old with autism recently got the chance to meet the first mice in the world engineered to have the same genetic abnormality he has. Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis bred the mice and grew stem cells derived from Jake Litvag’s blood. The goal is to study and find…

Four More Employees of Webster Groves Youth Center Arrested

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APMarch 4, 2021Leave a comment

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) — Four additional employees of Missouri’s largest behavioral health organization are now charged with abusing residents, including two children with autism. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that all four employees of Webster Groves-based Great Circle are charged with abuse of a health care recipient. Great Circle in recent weeks has announced…

Project in Missouri to study cats for children with autism

UncategorizedBy NewsSeptember 26, 2016Leave a comment

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri center for Human-Animal Interaction is raising money for a research project to study the possible benefits of placing adoptable cats in the homes of children with autism. The Columbia Missourian reports that the project is called Feline Friends and a goal of $29,000 has been set. Researchers…

No change in how common autism is in US kids: about 1 in 68

NationalBy NewsMarch 31, 2016Leave a comment

ATLANTA (AP) – A new government report shows no change in how common autism is among U.S. children. About 1 in 68 school-aged children have autism or related disorders. That’s the same as when health officials checked two years earlier. The lack of change is noteworthy because autism estimates had been steadily increasing. In 2007,…

Clinton unveils new autism initiative as part of Iowa tour

2016 Elections, NationalBy NewsJanuary 5, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is proposing a new initiative directed at boosting autism screening, treatment and research. Her plan, which will be unveiled Tuesday as part of her two-day campaign tour through Iowa, was previewed in a statement. According to the campaign, Clinton’s plan will push states to require private insurers…

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