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Obama’s Autism Czar Missing in Action

Posted on July 26th, 2009 by admin

6 months into the Obama administration, no “Autism Czar”.  To add insult to injury, it appears that autism has been excluded from the president’s spend-a-thon, AKA: Health Care Reform.  Given the trillions already dropped into the laps of greedy bankers with no strings or oversight attached, autism coverage is the equivalent of the federal government buying a Happy Meal.

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Filed under: Autism Awareness, Autism NOT in the News, Autism in the news, Politics

Autism and Anti-Seizure Meds: Catch 22

Posted on July 15th, 2009 by admin

We are in the same old Catch 22 with the seizure meds.  We removed one of the two anticonvulsants, Topamax; because of the low dose, the fact that we still have seizures occassionally, and the side effects.

Less seizure meds = more verbal and fewer autism-ism symptoms.  However, we’ve had 4 seizures in a week.  The dilema is do we give it some more time or add the new drug suggested by the doctor; Zonegran.  Topamax for sure seems to have some side effects that impact being more verbal.

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Filed under: Autism and Seizures, Epilepsy, Seizures