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Young people with learning disabilities must receive better information and education about sex and relationships, a three-year project has found.

Led by disability rights charity Change, research informed by the views of young people with learning disabilities, parents and teachers, found that young people needed to be better informed about same sex relationships, abuse and the difference between public and private spaces.
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Any parent of an autistic child will tell you that their life is forever changed by their child’s condition. A recent study in The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders quantifies exactly how different that life can be. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison followed a groups of mothers and their autistic children (adolescents and adults) for eight days. They were interviewed at the end of each day, and saliva samples were taken every four days.
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Consider the difference between being born blind and losing your vision after years of seeing. How would you cope differently?  More and more people are experiencing blindness later in life due to an increase in diseases like diabetes.  According to a recent study by Prevent Blindness America, the number of blind and visually impaired Americans will nearly double over the next twenty years.
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The issue of homeless veterans has been with us a long time, and while the numbers seem to be getting better, the challenges that face them are not.

Currently there are approximately 131,000 homeless veterans in the United States, that’s down from about 200,000 reported just a few years ago, and the government continues to spend money on the problem.  What’s clear from today’s Senate Banking Committee hearing is that money is not enough.  Coordination and conveniently located services may go a longer way to making those programs more effective in helping homeless veterans and preventing a generation of returning veterans from entering an endless cycle of hopelessness.
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The tale of a couple’s extraordinary journey across the plains of Mongolia in search of shamanic help for their 5-year-old autistic son, who is soothed by the proximity of horses. 93 minutes.

NR for mature audiences
Year: 2009
Run time: 93 minutes
Directed by: Michel Scott
http://www.horseboymovie.com/

The latest Autism-related controversy stems from a video, “I Am Autism,” created for Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism advocacy group, reports TIME. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón and songwriter Billy Mann, each of whom have a young child with autism, the video has drawn the ire of autistic self-advocates who feel that it portrays the autistic as “burdens and objects of fear and pity.”
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What is post-traumatic stress disorder?

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur after someone experiences a traumatic event that caused intense fear, helplessness, or horror. PTSD can result from personally experienced traumas (e.g., rape, war, natural disasters, abuse, serious accidents, and captivity) or from the witnessing or learning of a violent or tragic event.
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A video game company is donating $1 million on Tuesday to set up a foundation to help veterans find employment, organizers announced.

Activision Blizzard, which produces the popular Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk franchises, said its Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) will support other groups that assist veterans with their careers.
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This November, join the American Diabetes Association in a national movement to Stop Diabetes

November is American Diabetes Month®—a time to shine a spotlight on a serious disease that leads to potentially life-threatening complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and amputation.
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By harnessing the power of lifestyle, the following people are managing their Type 2 diabetes without insulin, and in some cases without any medication at all. Some made the commitment when they were first diagnosed, but others reversed a condition that had been spiraling downward for years. Here’s how they did it:

“I’m controlled, not cured, but I’m not going back.”
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