RUTH CHRIST SULLIVAN, Ph.D., age 97, died in Huntington, W.Va., on Sept. 16, 2021. Ruth Sullivan was a parent, expert and pioneer in the field of autism who is recognized
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Autism Fast Facts
Here is a look at autism.
ASD can be found among all races, ethnicities and socioeconomic groups.
Diagnosis
There is no definitive medical test to diagnose autism. Instead, the disorder is diagnosed by observing a child’s development.
According to the CDC, signs of autism may include deficits in social communication and interaction in a variety of contexts, difficulty engaging in back-and-forth conversation and an absence of interest in forming friendships with peers.
Vaccines and Autism
The debate over whether autism spectrum disorders are caused by vaccines started in 1998 when the medical journal The Lancet published a now-retracted study by researcher Andrew Wakefield linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
Autism Fast Facts
Here is a look at autism.
ASD can be found among all races, ethnicities and socioeconomic groups.
Diagnosis
There is no definitive medical test to diagnose autism. Instead, the disorder is diagnosed by observing a child’s development.
According to the CDC, signs of autism may include deficits in social communication and interaction in a variety of contexts, difficulty engaging in back-and-forth conversation and an absence of interest in forming friendships with peers.
Vaccines and Autism
The debate over whether autism spectrum disorders are caused by vaccines started in 1998 when the medical journal The Lancet published a now-retracted study by researcher Andrew Wakefield linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
Charlie Dalton at Rules Restaurant in Covent Garden on his 101st birthday
LaurelFarrington
Thu 6 May 2021 12.54 EDT
Last modified on Thu 6 May 2021 12.55 EDT
My father, Charlie Dalton, who has died aged 103, was a war veteran, a general practitioner and a founder member of the National Society for Autistic Children (later the National Autistic Society).
He was born Israel Rosenbloom in London to Jewish immigrants Maurice (Moishe/Moses) Rosenbloom, who ran a sewing machine business, and his wife, Rebecca (nee Cohen), a seamstress. He later adopted the name Charlie Dalton, inspired by Dalton’s Weekly.
He gained a scholarship to Davenant foundation school, where he encountered Darwin’s theories and lost religious belief. Despite prejudices of the times, he was recommended for a place at St Bartholomew’s Medical School and qualified in 1941.