*Todays Headlines*

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links to the following stories added today at <A

HREF= " http://trainland.tripod.com/newslink.htm " >Autism news,disability

news,special education news</A>

or http://trainland.tripod.com/newslink.htm

<A HREF= " http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030505-030841-4711r " >Equine

therap</A>y

<A

HREF= " http://www.femail.co.uk/pages/standard/article.html?in_article_id=179088 & a\

mp;in_%0Dpage_id=169 " >Doctors' Children Avoid MMR in UK</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.leesburg2day.com/current.cfm?catid=5 & amp;newsid=7065 " >School

Sued Over Special Education</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.msnbc.com/news/909205.asp?0cv=HB10 & amp;cp1=1 " >Mozart as good

medicine? How a special music and sound therapy has become a

turning point for an autistic child</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.towncrieronline.ca/main/main.php?direction=viewstory & amp;storyi\

d=2119 & amp;rootcatid= & amp;rootsubcatid= " >Autistic kids need extra help</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030505-123913-6672r " >Autism,

vaccine link considered By Mark </A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-05/chop-chc043003.php " >Child

health costs similar for behavioral compared to physical disorders</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2002-03/02-126.html%0D " >Us\

e of medication to treat pediatric insomnia is common, study finds</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Art\

icle_Type1 & amp;c=Article & amp;cid=1051643367084 & amp;call_pageid=968256290204 & amp;\

col=968350116795 " >Farewell to teaching After 30 years, Lee Bell is retiring,

leaving behind the

children she loves and a system badly mauled by cutbacks and politics</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-disabled5may05.story " >Taking

the next step As the developmentally disabled live longer, their aging

parents face a new dilemma.</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/124/learning/Behavior_analysts_give_auti\

stic_pupils_needed_direction%2B.shtml " >Behavior analysts give autistic pupils

needed direction</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/124/west/Formal_recognition_eases_path_o\

f_those_with_syndrome%2B.shtml%0D " >Formal recognition eases path of those with

syndrome Incidence of those with

Asperger's appears on the rise</A>

<A

HREF= " http://cbsnewyork.com/nynews/NY--AutismCenter-on/resources_news_html " >Ston\

y Brook University is opening The Cody Center for Autism and

Developmental Disabilities</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/may03/137853.asp%0D " >State's autism

program revived Compromise, however, would reduce funding and

limit treatment</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-05/uonc-psi050103.php " >Placebo

study indicates lower doses may effectively treat ADHD</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.buffalo.edu/news/fast-execute.cgi/article-page.html?article=621\

60009 " >Anti-Psychotic Drugs May Reduce -- Not Increase -- Risk of Diabetes in

Mentally Ill Patients, UB Studies Show</A>

<A HREF= " http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7396/986 " >Autism spectrum disorder

is not as certain as implied</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=86178 " >Insight:

Helping to treat autistic child</A>

<A

HREF= " http://trainland.tripod.com/%0Dhttp://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/abstr\

act/111/5/1010?maxtoshow= & amp;HITS=10 & amp;hits=10 & amp;RESULTFORMAT= & amp;fulltext\

=autism & amp;searchid=1051809013181_3833 & amp;stored_search= & amp;FIRSTINDEX=0 & amp;\

volume=111 & amp;issue=5 & amp;journalcode=pediatrics%0D " >Growth Deficits and

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Revisited:

Impact of Gender, Development, and Treatment</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/5/e628?maxtoshow= & amp;H\

ITS=10 & amp;hits=10 & amp;RESULTFORMAT= & amp;fulltext=autism & amp;searchid=1051809013\

181_3833 & amp;stored_search= & amp;FIRSTINDEX=0 & amp;volume=111 & amp;issue=5 & amp;jour\

nalcode=pediatrics " >Medication Use in the Treatment of Pediatric Insomnia:

Results of a Survey of

Community-Based Pediatricians</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.psycport.com/showArticle.cfm?xmlFile=krt%5F2003%5F05%5F01%5Fkni\

gt%5F2654%2D0149%2DDISABLEDSTUDENTS%2ETB%2Eew%2Exml & amp;provider=Chicago%20Tribu\

ne " >Debate Ensues Over Laws Crafted to Help Students with Disabilities</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/121/living/Raising_%2B.shtml%0D " >R\

aising For the parents of an autistic child, coping is an

ever-changing challenge</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-04-30-vouchers-usat_x.htm%0D " \

>Congress wrestles with funds for disabled students</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993676 " >Einstein and

Newton showed signs of autism</A>

<A HREF= " http://www-east.elsevier.com/bps/abstracts/27109abs.htm%0D " >Auditory

Sensory Processing in Autism: A MEG Study</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/100/9/5567 " >Speech-sound-selectiv\

e auditory impairment in children with autism: They can

perceive but do not attend</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.hhmi.org/news/mackinnon7.html " >Researchers Discover

Structure of Nature’s " Circuit Breaker " </A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.psycport.com/showArticle.cfm?xmlFile=comtex%5F2003%5F04%5F29%5F\

pr%5F0000%2D2417%2Dny%2Dharris%2Dstudy%2Dadhd%2Exml & amp;provider=PR%20Newswire%0\

D " >National Study Shows Barriers to the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD Among

African American and Hispanic Children</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/453185%0D " >US Government Warns

Drugmakers on Illegal Kickbacks</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.newswise.com/articles/2003/4/BPA.UMC.html " >Vom Saal To

Address EPA on Dangers of Bispenol A</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0430executive30.html " >Getting

down to business</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/ap_cape04302003.htm " >Scho\

ol rules eyed after alleged assaults</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.newswire.ca/releases/April2003/29/c5454.html " >Eves

government launches Newborn Literacy Kit to help parents give their

children the best start in life</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=ontario_home & amp;articleID=1\

319097 " >Lawsuit seeks education subsidy for autistic children</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.newswise.com/articles/2003/4/OCD.AAS.html " >Deep Brain

Stimulation Promising New Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive

Disorder</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.newswise.com/articles/2003/4/PARKINSO.AAS.html " >Potential

Treatment for Parkinson's Disease</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=129533 " >Special

students making the grade</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,3605,945399,00.html " >Measles -

the comeback Alison Holt on the price of our fear of MMR</A>

<A

HREF= " http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Art\

icle_Type1 & amp;c=Article & amp;cid=1051125573946 & amp;call_pageid=968256289824 & amp;\

col=968342212737 " >Lack of autism funding called discriminatory Parents hope

civil suit leads to

full funding for intensive therapy</A>