6 posts and columns on autism

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Playing on a Tablet as Therapy

in News on July 26, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Griffin Wajda normally doesn’t answer questions. Often, the 10-year-old boy will mumble repeated phrases before being coaxed to talk. But at a once-a-week afterschool program run by University of Iowa researchers at an elementary school here, he has started opening up.

HP’s Twynergy App Gleans Patterns From a Stream of Tweets

in News on May 23, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Phil McKinney, the CTO of HP’s computer unit, showed off the Twitter analysis program during a speech at the Maker Faire event in Silicon Valley. Speaking to the crowd of do-it-yourselfers, McKinney also showed HP’s Palm tablet powering lights and a fan and kicked off an effort to aid those with autism.
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The Jewelry Prescription

in News on August 31, 2010 at 11:30 am PT

It’s a simple step, but one many doctors forget to remind patients to take: Wear a medical-alert bracelet. A growing number of American adults and children face complex medical conditions like heart disease and diabetes. They may have drug or food allergies, suffer from disorders like autism, or take medications like the blood thinner coumadin that medical staff should know about in an emergency.

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A Life Sentence for “Craigslist Killer”

in News on April 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm PT

A 20-year-old Minnesota man who killed a woman he lured to his home with a fake Craigslist ad was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole yesterday. According to news reports, in October 2007, the victim, Katherine Olson, 24 years old, responded to a help-wanted ad for a babysitter. She arrived to find Michael Anderson, who shot her in the back as she tried to leave. She was found in the trunk of her own car. The prosecutor said that Mr. Anderson called himself “the Craigslist murderer” in conversations with other inmates.