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Allison Foundation Event Calendar
Friday
September 18, 2009
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4th Annual Allison Foundation Golf Tournament
The biggest event of the year! A great day of first-class golf.
Tournament fee includes: Green/cart fees, practice facility, goodie bag, beer, sodas,
snacks, prizes, awards, and reception with dinner and live entertainment!
Details: Friday, September 18, 2009
Captain's Choice Format
Potomac Ridge Golf Course in Waldorf, MD
Events begin at 1:00 p.m., Registration at Noon
REGISTRATION DEADLINE is SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
Flyer/Registration Form - PDF Format
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Sunday
February 14, 2010 |
4th Annual Allison Foundation Bowling Tournament
An event the whole family can enjoy at the AMF Bowling Center in Waldorf, MD. Tournament
begins at 12:00 Noon. $25 per adult, $15 per child; price includes 3 games. Trophies awarded
for: Best Male Game (Adult), Best Female Game (Adult), Best
Junior Game, Best Tot Game (on bumper lanes).
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Pregnancy Complications May Increase Autism Risk -
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:00 PDT
Complications during pregnancy may increase the risk of having a child with autism, according to American researchers. The team reviewed 64 studies of prenatal risk factors for autism. It is the first time a meta-analysis of the relationship between pregnancy-related factors and risk of autism has been carried out. The analysis is published in the July issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. Over 50 prenatal factors were examined.
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HOPE Welcomes Autism Bill's Progress Following First Reading In The Lords, UK -
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00:00 PDT
HOPE, the charity for adults with autism and learning disabilities, welcomes the progress of the Autism Bill through Parliament. Its third and final reading in the House of Commons took place on 19th June and its first reading in the House of Lords was on 22nd June. Once law, the Autism Bill stands to be a landmark piece of legislation, as it will be the first time there will be statutory provision to meet the needs of adults with autism.
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UC Davis Researchers Develop New Test For Fragile X Syndrome -
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new test that will measure the protein deficit responsible for fragile X syndrome - the single-most common cause of intellectual impairment and the most-commonly inherited cause of autism. The test, described in a study appearing online in the July 2009 issue of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, is the first to measure an individual's level of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) protein.
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Engineering Autism: Mice With Extra Chromosome Region Show Many Autistic Signs -
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Mice who inherit a particular chromosomal duplication from their fathers show many behaviors associated with human autism, researchers report in the June 26th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press Publication. The duplicated chromosomal region in mice is the equivalent of human chromosome 15q11-13, the most frequent cytogenetic abnormality observed in autism, accounting for some five percent of all cases.
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Further Gene Mutations Linked To Autism Risk -
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:00:00 PDT
Pieces in the complex autism inheritance puzzle are emerging in the latest study from a research team including geneticists from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The study identified 27 different genetic regions where rare copy number variations - missing or extra copies of DNA segments - were found in the genes of children with autism spectrum disorders, but not in the healthy controls.
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