Autism Research Benefits From Author Royalties Donated Following Publication Of Autism Book
Posted on 04. Nov, 2008 by admin.
Paul Offit, M.D., has announced that all author royalties earned from the sale of his new book, “Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure,” will be donated to the Center for Autism Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “We are very pleased to partner with Dr. Offit, and to accept the royalties of his book for the work done here at the Center for Autism Research (CAR) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,” said Dr.
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Populations of children who live in counties with higher levels of annual precipitation tend to have higher prevalence of autism, according to a report released on November 3, 2008 in Archives of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This association may indicate that autism may be influenced by an environmental trigger associated with precipitation. In the past several decades.
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A major initiative has been launched in the United Kingdom on Monday 3rd November in a bid to convince the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Chancellor Alistair Darling to reach out and help the vulnerable – families with autism in the Budget. Autism campaigners in the UK point out that the credit crunch and the recession is devatating the vulnerable and the marginalised.
