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In case you didn’t have time to jump on a plane and fly to the Netherlands last week for the International Society of Autism Research meeting, this week’s podcast is a short summary of just a few of the presentations. There was more of an emphasis on what has been called “real life” research questions like employment, quality of life, and relationships. As a result, some of the more basic science questions around autism are now being presented at other meetings. This is a shame. This podcast follows some of those basic science questions to the now translational opportunities that were presented at the meeting. It also highlights some newer findings that will provide help to people at all ages who need supports and services.
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I am the mother of a moderately ID, autistic man of 36. He currently resides in a group home. Over the fifteen years that he has lived there, his medications have been changed and raised to a point that he is much lower functioning than he was when he lived at home, and his appearance is much less attractive. Because of the lithium and clozaril he is taking, he is bent over, and he drools. (He is also taking many other medications.) He does not appear to be feeling very well.
It’s hard to explain the entire situation in one e-mail. Do you know anyone who can help? The group home is fighting us on anything and everything we try to do.
Thank you for reading this, and thinking about what my husband and I can do.
Vicki Horowitz
Can you email me at ahalladay@autismsciencefoundation.org?