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Research helps autism center provide services at no cost

A 10-hour detailed autism as-

sessment typically costs $2,400 but more than 90 percent of the patients at the University of Mich- igan Autism and Communication Disorders Center receive it for free, thanks to federal research and stimulus support. Center director Catherine Lord

has expanded her staff from 30 to 45 people over the past year thanks to the added government support, as well as private dona- tions, allowing her to hire new people to conduct research and evaluate a record 700 patients last year. “We have six intervention stud-

ies going on, five assessment stud- ies and three interview studies, so fewer than 10 percent of our fami- lies actually paid for their care,” Lord said. Patients receive a report with

recommendations on the best course to follow in determining what communication issues their child has and exactly what the best approaches are for helping their child grow to their highest potential. Lord, a nationally recognized

autism researcher who pioneered techniques for early detection, is a leader in several national research studies, including an 11-universi- ty consortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patients across North America. When she came to U-M in

2001, she started the center with a small staff of five. It has contin- ued to grow, adding staff from en- try-level interviewers to master’s- level speech graduates to highly trained Ph.D.s. Lord played a key role in learn-

ing how to properly diagnose two-year-olds a decade ago and is making new gains diagnosing young children at the U-M center. While medications have helped

with related conditions such as depression and hyperactivity, the best way to deal with autism is to intervene as early as possible to treat the condition, she said. Chil- dren who developed even some very simple speech skills prior to the first time they were evaluated at age 2 were more independent, more successful in school and more socially developed than oth- er autistic children who had only slightly fewer skills. Autism, now found in one of

every 200 children, is a complex developmental disability that typi- cally appears during the first three years of life. Autistic spectrum disorders impact the normal de- velopment of the brain processes related to social interaction and communication skills. Children and adults with au-

tism typically have difficulties with verbal and nonverbal communica- tion, social interaction and leisure or play activities. “It’s going to be a long haul to-

ward finding a cure, but if I didn’t think it was going to happen at some point, we wouldn’t be work- ing so hard behind the scenes to help the neurobiological studies,” Lord said.

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sion is seeking competitive Requests for Proposal for professional services to per- form audits for the Burton Endowment Fund and for the Detroit Public Library; each would be for the entities fiscal year ending June 30th, 2010. These are to be considered two separate responses to each request.

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The CAYMC is a 745,000 square foot office building lo- cated in the heart of downtown Detroit.

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Detailed Request for Proposal may be obtained by ap- pearing in person at:

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Major stationary sources of air pollutants are required to

obtain and operate in compliance with an ROP pursuant to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act of 1990 and Section 5506(1) of Part 55, Air Pollution Control, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protec- tion Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended. The ROP is intended to simplify and clarify a facility’s applicable requirements and compliance with them by consolidating all state and federal air quality requirements into one document. The proposed ROP will result in no emissions change at the facility.

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