MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'donna williams'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367966&cid=t_129020_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2F5E7o-scKBDg%2Fwomen-with-autism-4-reasons.html Women with autism are real women. They live, they give birth to babies, they study, they laugh, they go to the movies, museum, café. They travel, explore, read, talk, think, feed this world just as other women do. Women with autism need the world to show ourselves. The world needs them, with their special talents and gifts. The time has come for women with autism to step into the spotlights. The need, is growing for understanding about autistic women. Here are 4 Reasons Life is not always easy for women with autism. Actually, for women with autism life is more difficult then for men with autism. 1.NOT DIAGNOSED AS AUTISM MAKES WOMEN FEEL ISOLATEDThe difficulties woman deal with are simply not diagnosed as being autism. Many women feel they are different then other women, but have no clue ... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367966 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0100 2367966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365334&cid=t_129020_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2F5E7o-scKBDg%2Fwomen-with-autism-4-reasons.html Women with autism are real women. They live, they give birth to babies, they study, they laugh, they go to the movies, museum, café. They travel, explore, read, talk, think, feed this world just as other women do. We need the world to show ourselves. The world needs us, with our capablities of being probalble more verbaleThe time has come for women with autism to step into the spotlights. The need, is growing for understanding about autistic women. Here are 4 Reasons Life is not always easy for women with autism. Actually, for women with autism life is more difficult then for men with autism. 1.NOT DIAGNOSED AS AUTISM MAKES WOMEN FEEL ISOLATEDThe difficulties woman deal with are simply not diagnosed as being autism. Many women feel they are different then other women, but have no clue wha... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365334 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0100 2365334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=915374&cid=t_129020_133_f&fid=35081&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmikestanton.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F30%2Fautism-parents-and-celebrity-endorsements%2F Now that the Jenny McCarthy bandwagon appears to be slowing down it is as well to remember that lots of parents are writing intelligent, heart warming and thought provoking accounts of their experience in raising a child with autism. Lacking McCarthy’s dubious claims to fame and fortune, not many of them get the chance to publish a book or [...] (Source: Action For Autism) Action For Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=915374 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:57:58 +0100 915374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=710488&cid=t_129020_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F129956983%2F A July 2nd USA Today story reports on a study conducted by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore on the early detection of autism. While some children can be identified as having autism at the age of 14 months, others seems to develop normally and only present with symptoms of autism when they are older. When I read this, my first thought is, Charlie could have been diagnosed at 14 months, if not younger. Scientists know that “we can reliably diagnose autism at age 2, but only by real experts,” [lead author Rebecca] Landa says. “What’s different about this is we can show that we can stretch that down close to the first birthday, but the caveat is we can’t do it for all children.” The study involved 107 children who were considered at... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=710488 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:26:17 +0100 710488