News Round-Up Features Articles About Autism, Whooping Cough, Special Needs, and More

The September issue of the Kidsdata News Round-Up now is available — read it here.

A few highlights:

Autism
Mother of Autistic Child Shares Back to School Stories and Struggles
(SF Chronicle, 8/26/10, by Shumaker and Winegardner)

Immunizations (Whooping Cough)

San Francisco Public Health Department Plans to Order Unvaccinated Kids to Stay Home if Classmates Get Whooping Cough
(Bay Citizen, 8/17/10, by Mieszkowski)

Vaccination Rates Remain Steady, but Cases of Whooping Cough Are Surging Nationwide
(NY Times, 8/16/10, by Parker-Pope)

Special Health Care Needs

Schwarzenegger Announces Launch of Nation’s Largest ‘Telehealth’ System; Will Make Specialty Care More Accessible for Children with Special Needs in Medically Under-Served Areas
(LA Times, 8/18/10, by Hennessy-Fiske)

Young Adults with Special Needs Find it Hard to Part with Their Pediatrician
(WSJ, 8/10/10, by Beck)

Tags: Child Health Issues

Posted by Jordan Handcox

This entry was posted on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 12:19 pm. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.