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September 6, 2006
Older dads a risk factor in kids' autism?One phenomenon BoardBuzz has noted before is the strange increase in incidents of autism among America's children. It's not clear what's going on here, although suspicion in some quarters has focused on mercury in immunizations, a notion federal scientists have dismissed.
Now comes an intriguing study, published here in the Archives of General Psychiatry and front page news here in the Washington Post, suggesting a link between the age of many of today's fathers and the incidence of autism.
Whatever the causes, the costs of doing everything we can to enable each autistic child to reach his or her full potential have been increasing. And year after year Congress fails to make AYP toward its funding promises to families who depend on special education.
So what are our esteemed Representatives and Senators saying this election season? Ask 'em. For loads of laughs, see how many of the Congressional dodges listed here on pages 7 and 8 you can get your favorite "education candidate" to try out on you. Then call their bluff.
Posted September 6, 2006 2:49 PM | Special Education
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