Topic: autism

Report Series examines public services for infants, children & youth with Autism in Tennessee

October 27, 2009 |

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The first in a series of reports examining public services for infants, children and youth with autism in Tennessee was released Thursday by the Comptroller of the Treasury’s Offices of Research and Education Accountability (OREA).

The report, “Autism in Tennessee: Part 1 – An Introduction to Issues and Data Collection Methods,” provides an overview of autism as a disability, a review of associated laws and includes autism data collection and prevalence estimates. Subsequent reports to be released in the series will review public education and health care services as they relate to autism in Tennessee.

According to the report, the number of children and youth receiving autism-related special education services in Tennessee more than tripled from approximately 1,293 to 4,019 between 2001 and 2007. However, it is not known whether those numbers have risen because of an increased prevalence of autism or because autism is being identified and diagnosed more frequently. «Read the rest of this article»

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H.O.P.E to hold autism family support group

By Terry McMoore | June 11, 2009 |

The Hispanic Organization for Progress & Education (H.O.P.E.) Presents their first educational meeting for Parents with Kids with Autism on June 12th at 5:00p.m. The meeting will be held at the Hope Offices (120-A Strawberry Alley). The topic is “Behavior” featuring  Juliet Flynn and Deanna Niemiec from “Scarab Behavioral Health Services“.

*Please call to reserve your space. The meeting is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring your children, we have our “Kids Room” we will have fun movies and popcorn for the kids.

For more information contact Belinda Martinez at  (931)-302-9065, or Elizabeth Valdes- Adamski at (931)-249-5330.

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Debate: Obama, McCain spar over “reality check” versus “blank check” for America

By Christine Anne Piesyk | October 16, 2008 |

Having watched all three presidential debates (and the Palin/Biden VP debate), I just can’t imagine what the GOP was thinking when they nominated John McCain, and followed that up with Alaska’s Governor, Sarah Palin.

Okay, when McCain first popped on the Election 2008 radar back in that early New Hampshire primary, I was next door in Vermont, wondering with a bit of perverse pleasure how McCain managed to dislodge the likes of Romney, Giuliani, and others in a presidential nomination bid. It just got interesting, I thought. Little did I know…

I know now, though, that his nomination has been a boon to the Democratic Party, a boon magnified orders of magnitude by his choice of Palin as VP. Thank you, John for handing over so many states to the Dems. Three times in a row, I watched the debates, and watched the post debate charts fade from red to pink to yellow to light blue…you get the idea. «Read the rest of this article»

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Concert to benefit “Walk Now For Autism”

By Beth Robinson | August 22, 2008 |

A “Rock for Autism” benefit concert will be held Saturday, August 23, at The Warehouse, 20 McClure Street, in downtown Clarksville. The Clarksvegas’ Inaugural Autism Awareness Benefit begins at 8 p.m. and features music by Hometown, The Anythings, The Southern Smoke Band, and Lloyd Nicely. For more einformation on this event, contact http://www.walknowforautism.org

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