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Finally, some good news about autism

It seems that there’s a new horror story about autism coming out every day. Autistic kids are more likely to be bullied, 1 in about 88 kids are diagnosed with autism, and on and on.  So the results of a just-released study that appeared in the journal Pediatrics are likely to raise some hopes. Although most who are diagnosed with autism as children remain autistic for life, researchers discovered that almost 10 percent of autistic children “bloom” from having severe symptoms to being “high functioning.” In an interview with HealthDay, study author Christine Fountain, a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University said, “We were really pleased that there is this group, which is relatively small but significant, who are able to improve so quickly…  It’s going to provide a hopeful message for parents [of autistic children]. We need more research to find exactly what’s going on to make these children bloom.” You

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Houdini Part IV – A Fathers’ Love

In part III I talked about my Uncle. Let’s step back a bit and talk about some friends. Growing up, I had a myriad group of friends.  Some that let me practically live with them. I ate meals with them, went on fishing trips with them. Called their parents mom and dad. Why? Because in my mind, they treated me better than my own parents.  Looking back, this isn’t entirely true, but it is how I felt as a kid. I can remember when I graduated from high school.  My best friend’s family through my graduation party for me.  They video taped graduation, they made cakes for both their son and myself.  If I needed to talk to an adult, I went to their house.  My mom didn’t like my being friends with their son, because she thought he was a devil worshiper. On the other hand, she was okay

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For the skeptics: The research on dads’ influence on girls’ puberty

Several people took issue (some in an unfortunately hostile way) with my post that mentioned research showing that girls with involved biological fathers start puberty later than those with a non-biological father or no father at all. So to satisfy the critics, here are several citations that should satisfy your inner (and not-so-inner) skeptic. Fathers Influence on Daughters Puberty,  by Karen Davis-Johnson. Posted April 5, 2011. Davis-Johnson is the editor of the Journal of Father-Daughter Communication. “Quality of Early Family Relationships and Individual Differences in the Timing of Pubertal Maturation in Girls: A Longitudinal Test of an Evolutionary Model. ” Bruce J. Ellis, Steven McFadyen-Ketchum, Kenneth A. Dodge, Gregory S. Pettit, and John E. Bates. Journal of  Personal and Social Psychology. 1999 August; 77(2): 387–401.Abstract: In an 8-year prospective study of 173 girls and their families, the authors tested predictions from J. Belsky, L., and P. Draper’s (1991) evolutionary model of individual differences in pubertal

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