Autism Support Network today announced the launch of its free online support community available at www.AutismSupportNetwork.com. The online service – rapidly growing with already thousands of members around the world – connects families and individuals touched by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with each other, provides support and insight, and acts as a resource guide for treatments, strategies and therapies.

Visit the Autism Support Network online.

This is a new site for people to consider for autism support online. So far it’s hard to tell if this is going to be a helpful community for those who want to try it. Seems to be a mix of ASD plus Fragile X.

This is a summary of the Autism related internet news this week:

2nd International Conference, Signs of Autism in Infants: Changing …
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
This conference brings together a roster of visionary and accomplished leaders in autism research and clinical practice who are dedicated to the earliest …

Join walk for autism in Nashua
Nashua Telegraph – Nashua,NH,USA
The Walk Now for Autism will be Sunday at Greeley Park. Registration is at 10 am and the walk begins at 11 am Enjoy entertainment, crafts and snacks, …

Autism report critical of council
BBC News – UK
Denbighshire Council has been criticised for the way it handled the opening and closure of a residential centre for autistic children. …

Pop Tarts: Jenny McCarthy Slams Amanda Peet Over Vaccines
FOXNews – USA
“I look at (Peet) now and say to myself, ‘That was me before I had autism in my life,’ and until she walks in our shoes, she really has no idea,” McCarthy …

How to Lower the Costs of Autism Therapy
About – News & Issues – New York,NY,USA
As I watched the value of our economy sink, I thought about some of the price tags I’ve seen for autism therapy – $70000 per year… $100000 per year… and …

Free autism seminar
Crewe Chronicle – Crewe,Cheshire,UK
THE National Autistic Society (NAS) is holding two free help! 2 parent seminars in Crewe to offer advice and information for parents or carers whose …

New program at Barkley Center to reach children with autism, educators
Media Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
Lincoln, Neb., September 29th, 2008 – The new Barkley Memorial Center Autism Spectrum Disorders Project has begun. It has a three-part mission that will …

Autism charity features images of bullying
Third Sector (registration) – London,UK
By Rosie Walker, Third Sector Online, 29 September 2008 The National Autistic Society has launched its first campaign featuring images of people with autism …

Deciding Autism Omnibus
Spectrum Magazine – Hicksville,New York,USA
In June of 2007, hearings for the first three Autism Omnibus test cases began. For the first time in US Federal Court history, evidence would be heard that …

Adults with autism beat odds
Salt Lake Tribune – United States
And he has autism. He’s part of a U. study following up with adults who were diagnosed with autism as children. MURRAY – Matthew Pond memorized Dr. Seuss’ …

Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to “boldly awaken” parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed.

See the Article on MSNBC news.

Absolutely disgusting. Obviously the man has no experience with autistic kids. Heck, I feel that ADD / ADHD was overdiagnosed, but that’s because many kids with that disorder had so few other symptoms that stood out. Autistics have verbal issues, some have seizures, many have digestive disorders, many repetitive flapping behaviors or other very very noticeable things that can make it quite obvious there’s a problem. I think the only way he could mix the two together is by not having a clue what autism really is.

While I have no doubt that your discussion of vaccines’ benefits and concerns is extremely important to the overall understanding of the immunization program, and would be enlightening to all, it is simply a discussion not consistent with the Court’s Conference but is better suited to another forum.

See story at Huffington Post news.

Gee. What a surprise.

It was during this time that he found out about the Son-Rise program. He read about Raun Kaufman, a man who was fully recovered from autism, and who promotes the program to this day. Barry and Samantha Kaufman developed the program working with their son Raun in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

See story from Sentinel news.

A decent brief on at-home based therapy for parents to do with their autistic kids. There’s no web link in the article (which there should be) but you can go here to learn more about it.

Kassay will donate all the proceeds from her artwork to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center for autism research.

See story on DigTriad news.

CARING for Scotland’s autistic children could cost as much as £19billion.

See story from SundayMail news.

Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently struggle to fit into a world that does not understand them, and aid is often more difficult find for …

See story from PRWeb.

There have been some radiological studies that have shown that some children with autism have lower flow of blood and oxygen to the brain, so by increasing …

Read article from WQAD News.

Not exactly new information for some autism parents – but it seems to be getting more recognition.

Market America announced today that it is in the development and testing stages of a new line of nutraceutical products that will support the health of children with autism and related neurodevelopmental challenges. Specialized laboratory testing often demonstrates sub-optimal levels of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and fatty acids in people with autism, which can be addressed with nutritional supplements.

See story at RedOrbit.com.