Quoted: ""I'm here today really as a thank you," Mr. Carrie told a small gathering at the Whitby Library Celebration Square. "A thank you to Jonathan for his commitment, for not only these kids but their families. To raise awareness, there's so much to be done for these kids. My son is a wonderful musician, a wonderful magician and without having the correct

Quoted: From the Saskatoon StarPhoenix: Police are asking for the public's help after a teen with autism went missing Sunday. Albert Edward Smallchild, 17, was last seen at home on the 2900 block of 20th Street West at around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The aboriginal teen, who is six feet tall and weighs 190 pounds, was wearing grey shorts and a grey short-sleeved

Quoted: The Canberra Times reports that a 22 year old autistic man who ran away while walking with two other men to the tourist lookout inside the Goolman Conservation Park near Ipswich has been found safe and well with only a few bruises and scrapes. The man, who was missing for nearly 20 hours, suffered only minor cuts and grazes despite braving heavy

Quoted: More proof that Canada needs Medicare coverage for Autism NOW can be found in the CP/Globe & Mail article Agencies decry Ontario's funding of child autism treatment by Maria Babbage. From Northern Ontario to Toronto and London non-profit agencies are underfunded and forced to cut services. Autistic children are losing out. Children are continuing

Quoted: And still another missing autistic person, this time in British Columbia: MAPLE RIDGE (NEWS1130) reports that RCMP is asking for help finding Jimmy Fearon, a missing 14 year old, high functioning autistic boy, last seen at around 2 pm Saturday in Maple Ridge. Police say he's very friendly with strangers and is known to frequent bus stops and loves

Quoted: In WOODFORD GRN: Mother calls for inquiry into disappearance of Autistic son the Guardian reports that Lash Wilson, is calling for an inquiry into the disappearance from Goodmayes Hospital of her autistic son, James Wilson, who was left unsupervised while he went to a shop. Her son was found four days later in Colchester, Essex. Lash Wilson accuses

Quoted: We have to keep a close watch on Conor. He can not be left unattended or he could wander off as he did on a previous occasion. No one wants to be attended at all times though and while it is easy to give him some solitude in a room in the house it is more difficult outdoors and Conor loves to be outdoors. We let him go to the front and side

Quoted: I couldn't help noticing that Jonathan Howard's autism awareness raising Run the Dream will soon be heading to Burlington, Ontario. Conor and his older brother were both born at the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital when we lived in Burlington (and Dad did the 4-5 hours commuting to and from the Eaton Centre in Toronto each day). Jonathan has a positive

Quoted: In an August 2007 comment I had referred to llinois Governor Rod Blagojevich as an autism zero. Because of his recent actions I now have to retreat from that description. Perhaps I did not understand the complexities of Illinois politics in the first place, which I admit is probably the case, but regardless, Governor Blagojevich has gone from autism