Lehigh University’s College of Education has been named a partner in a regional consortium that will help the state’s fast-growing autism community.
Lehigh joins the University of Pennsylvania, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Drexel University in the consortium. It is one of three such groups created through state grants from Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Autism Services to serve the eastern, central and western regions of the state.
Autistic disorders impede the ability to communicate and interact. In the past 15 years, the number of Pennsylvanians diagnosed along the autism spectrum, which includes five distinct disorders, has risen from two per 10,000 people to more than 40 per 10,000 people.
State officials say the ASERT (Autism Services, Education, Research and Training) regional centers will improve access to services, information and support to families, train professionals and help collaboration among providers.
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A special court’s Thursday ruling that no proven link exists between autism and certain early childhood vaccines seems to have done little to change the sometimes-passionate opinion fueling the debate.
Thousands of parents have sought compensation saying, early childhood vaccinations triggered their children’s autism.
Thousands of parents have sought compensation saying, early childhood vaccinations triggered their children’s autism.
Amanda Guyton, a mother of a 6-year-old boy with autism, was “incredibly happy” with the decision and said it reaffirmed her belief that her son’s autism has nothing to do with vaccines.
“We’re ready for them to get on real research like educational strategies and help for kids,” she said. “An awful lot of money and effort and time were spent on vaccines when three or four studies said no, there isn’t a link.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A special court has ruled against parents with autistic children, saying that vaccines are not to blame for their children’s neurological disorder.
The judges in the cases said the evidence was overwhelmingly contrary to the parent’s claims — and backed years of science that found no risk.
More than 5,000 claims were filed with the U.S. Court of Claims alleging that vaccines caused autism and other neurological problems in their children. To win, they had to show that it was more likely than not that the autism symptoms were directly related to the measles-mumps-rubella shots they received.
The court still has to rule on separate claims from other families that other vaccines played a role.
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