This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Center on Human Development and Disability. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=245&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57:46 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Wendy Stone, a researcher and clinician who has focused on the early identification and early intervention for children with autism, has been named the new director of the University of Washington's Autism Center. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50919 Social Science Health and Medicine Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50919 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:27:21 GMT Families throughout Washington and parts of Oregon and Idaho have two opportunities to help University of Washington researchers unlock some of the secrets of autism, a spectrum of developmental disorders that now affects about one out of every 150 children born in the United States. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50295 Health and Medicine Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=50295 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:16:30 GMT Repeatedly stimulating the mouse brain with methamphetamine depresses important areas of the brain, and those changes can only be undone by re-introducing the drug, according to research at the University of Washington and other institutions. The study, which appears in the April 10 issue of the journal Neuron, provides one of the most in-depth views of the mechanisms of methamphetamine addiction, and suggests that withdrawal from the drug may not undo the changes the stimulant can cause in the brain. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40881 Science Health and Medicine Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40881 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:05:22 GMT A leading scientist trying to understand and treat autism suspects that a failure to engage in such normal social activities as looking at a parent's face or listening to speech sounds early in life may help explain the profound impairments in social and language development shown by most children with the disorder. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10053 Social Science Health and Medicine Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10053 Thu, 05 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT