This event also
will be available via live Webcast on Children's Web site. She sits on its board and its Scientific and Clinical Advisory
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Study: Pediatricians Overlook Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism is a complex neurological disorder characterized by
profound delays in communication and social interaction and affects over
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investigator for the study on early diagnosis of ASD.

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World-renowned Fragile X Syndrome expert,
Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD, FAAP, will discuss the latest research,
treatment and advocacy efforts.

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Fragile X, which is largely misdiagnosed, is the most common known cause of
autism and of mental impairment.

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"It's just
trying to get the pediatrician to identify some type of developmental delay as
soon as possible," says Dr. Two of the books she has authored are a third
edition of Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research, and
Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, which covers a broad
array of disorders that impact cognitive development and behavior and
documents multidisciplinary interventions including medical,
psychopharmacological and educational treatments. Hagerman co-founded the National Fragile X Foundation in Denver in
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D.specialabilities. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, along
with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of
Pediatrics and Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, is
hosting this special continuing medical education event.

Medical professionals can be eligible to receive CME Credit.

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"This is an important issue," says Lawrence P.com/rams/cpi-1551-mkw-q .

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7% of pediatricians diagnosed any degree of autism and nearly 50%
of these children were diagnosed after the age of three.com

These groups, communities, or meeting places provide an opportunity for people with a common experience (such as a condition or disease, or a care-giving role) to share their concerns, and to seek and offer information and advice.

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Pediatricians are not recognizing the symptoms of Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) at an early age denying children benefits of early intervention
and therapy. She also is a scientific adviser to the Conquer Fragile X
Foundation and is on the Advisory Board of the Northern and Southern
California Fragile X Associations.

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The center
also has established the first national registry of Fragile X patients,
which will allow for treatment studies and a more thorough review of
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A VNR is available at http://www .

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In a response from over 500 parents whose children were diagnosed with
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that although pediatricians are given sufficient clinical diagnostic protocols
to identify developmental delays in infants, there is a significant delay of
the early diagnosis of ASD.chp.ram

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There is compelling evidence in medical literature that intensive
behavioral therapy , beginning before age three and targeted toward speech and
language development, is successful both in improving language capacity and
later social functioning.

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The research was funded by Special Abilities, Inc.

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send an alarming message to parents of young infants and
children.

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not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1995 and is dedicated to
improve outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by promoting
public awareness and providing educational programs for parents.

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PRESS RELEASE OR-Live.com Presents: Fragile X Syndrome: World-Renowned Expert to Discuss Latest Research Treatment and Advocacy Efforts for Most Common Known

Hagerman, who has more than 20 years of clinical work and research
experience, has focused on molecular clinical correlations and treatment
endeavors of this disorder.

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Another startling statistic indicates that 42% of the pediatricians did
not notice any developmental delay in those children who were eventually
diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
"It is imperative to recognize the symptoms of ASD in a timely manner,
preferably in the first two years of a child's life," says Dr.

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"Providing an appropriate early diagnosis, whether it be autism or even
developmental delay, means that an early treatment program can be started for
the child. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has a
center for the research and treatment of Fragile X Syndrome.

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As a parent of a child with ASD, and the author of "Diagnosis Autism: Now
What? 10 Steps to Improve Treatment Outcomes," Dr. Kaplan knows first hand
that early intervention is extremely effective before age two. Registration
for the live Webcast, and the post -event archived session, will be
available on Children's Web site at www.

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