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Illinois temporarily halts transfers of disabled

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:13:09 -0400

CHICAGO - Illinois officials agreed Thursday to temporarily halt the movement of residents out of an institution for the developmentally disabled in the southern Illinois city of Centralia.

Hospital in south Georgia to close by end of year

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:43:08 -0400

THOMASVILLE, Georgia - State officials have announced the Southwestern State Hospital in Thomasville will close at the end of the year.

Burt Bacharach opens up on daughter's suicide

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:39 -0400

NEW YORK - Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional - not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter.

Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:31:37 -0400

BERLIN - German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information.

Measles surges in UK years after flawed research

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44:00 -0400

LONDON - More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease.

Body of autistic boy vacationing in Fla. is found

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:22:56 -0400

PERDIDO KEY, Florida - Authorities say they have found the body of an 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle.

NC House OKs insurance mandate to cover autism

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:21:06 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The state House wants to require North Carolina health insurance providers - including the plan for state employees and teachers - to cover the diagnosis and treatment of autism for children of their members.

Purdue seeks infants for child autism study

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:02:05 -0400

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana - Purdue University scientists studying how autism develops in young children are seeking the infant siblings of autistic youngsters for a new study of the mysterious disorder.

Focus of search for Calif. 9-year-old changes

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:56 -0400

CLEARLAKE, California - Surveillance video has changed the focus of the search for a 9-year-old autistic girl who went missing from her family's vacation home in Northern California.

Nonprofit group official accused of embezzlement

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:49:17 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Prosecutors say a high-ranking official at a central New Jersey facility for developmentally disabled persons has been accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the nonprofit organization.

Temecula district rejects school drug sting claim

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:07:11 -0400

TEMECULA, California - A Riverside County school district has rejected a claim that an autistic boy arrested for selling marijuana at school was a victim of discrimination.

Advocates backing Kan. gov.'s plan for disabled

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:09:19 -0400

TOPEKA, Kansas - Advocates for the disabled Monday praised Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to use projected savings from the state's Medicaid program to pay for in-home services and said they also will push for a long-term plan to end waiting lists for such assistance.

Senate OKs measure for developmentally disabled

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:45:27 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Any money saved by closing two state facilities for Oklahoma's most severely developmentally disabled residents would have to go toward providing services for the disabled under a measure approved by the state Senate.

For developmentally disabled, a tough job market

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:31:53 -0400

LAWRENCE, Kansas - Lawrence man Ryan Banning is in every sense of the word an entrepreneur. For more than a decade, Banning, 36, has operated his own business, Ryan's Vending Service, managing a dozen or so vending machines in Lawrence.

Autism scientists seek more brains to aid research

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:23:44 -0400

CHICAGO - Autism scientists are seeking more brain samples for research.

Lack of reporting hinders W.Va. autism efforts

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:58:15 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Many doctors aren't complying with a requirement to report diagnoses of children on the autism spectrum to West Virginia's autism directory, the directory's coordinator said.

Bill eliminates 'mental retardation' in state law

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:16 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - The Florida Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would remove the term "mental retardation" from state law and replace it with "intellectual disability."