Posts tagged autism

• Chelation Quackery: FDA Warns Eight Companies Against Promoting Product As Autism Cure

  David Mittleman | October 17, 2010 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Some parents, desperate to help their Autistic children, have turned to Chelation therapy. However, the Food and Drug Administration is quickly putting an end to that practice over worries for the...

• Family of Autistic Child Wins $1.5 Million Award for Vaccinations That Resulted in Daughter's Autism

  David Mittleman | September 13, 2010 5:00 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The Omnibus Autism Proceeding began in 2002 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after parents of Autistic children began filing petitions for compensation with the Secretary of Health and Human...

• Finicky Eating in Children Could Reveal Autism Spectrum Disorder

  David Mittleman | July 19, 2010 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Many of us have dealt with finicky eating: perhaps we were finicky eaters as children, had our own picky eaters, or have experienced both of those scenarios. Like me, you probably just blamed it on...

• Autistic Boy Delivers Inspiring Speech at High School Graduation

  David Mittleman | June 18, 2010 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Eric Duqette was born with autism and couldn’t speak until he was five-years-old. His parents were told that their son would probably end up in an institution because of his inability to...

• Potential Change in Michigan Law Could Help Families Affected by Autism

  David Mittleman | June 14, 2010 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For parents of children with autism, daily life can be a labor of love. Take, for example, Rita Douglas, who, like so many other Michigan parents, would do anything to get treatment to help her...

• South Florida Psychiatrist's License Suspended After Medication Overdose of Autistic Boy

  David Mittleman | May 14, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Florida state regulators recently suspended the license of a South Florida psychiatrist who has been linked to the death of a 12-year-old autistic boy who allegedly died of a medication overdose....

• Parents of Autistic Children Lose Second Round of Test Cases in Autism-Vaccination Debate

  David Mittleman | March 15, 2010 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Three federal judges delivered a fatal blow last Friday to parents involved in the anti-vaccine movement. Specifically, the three judges ruled in three separate cases that thimerosal, an...

• Autistic Teen Dies from Fatal Overdose on Fentanyl Patch

  David Mittleman | September 30, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to the Food and Drug Administration’s website, abuse of the fentanyl patch has risen in recent years. However, the blame does not lie with drug-abusing patients. Instead, the...

• Special Needs Children Pay When Insurance Companies Don’t

  David Mittleman | June 30, 2009 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last week I posted an article about Blue Cross Blue Shield and its agreement to pay families of autistic children a total of $1 million for behavioral therapy coverage. Although this settlement is a...

• Blue Cross Blue Shield to Pay $1 Million to Families of Autistic Children

  David Mittleman | June 26, 2009 11:32 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $1 million dollars total to families that sought coverage for behavioral therapy for their young autistic children and were denied. The settlement money will...