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Predicting Autism An important new study offers clues into how this disabling disease progresses July 28 issue — Of all the misfortunes a child can suffer, few provoke as much dread as autism. The condition—a neurological disorder that impedes language and derails social and emotional development—has become ever more common in recent decades, thanks partly to better diagnosis. EXPERTS NOW SUSPECT that one person in 160 lives with some degree of autism. That’s three to four times the rate in the 1970s. But while the outward manifestations are well known, science is just beginning to illuminate the underlying biology. What...

Foster Mother Arrested For Using Duct Tape On Kids Three Children Have Been Placed With Other Families POSTED: 11:58 a.m. EDT April 17, 2003 UPDATED: 2:04 p.m. EDT April 17, 2003 LEVITTOWN, Pa. -- A Levittown, Pa., woman, honored last year for her work as a foster mother by a local organization, is now under arrest for allegedly wrapping up her foster children with duct tape. Middletown Township police said Colleen Broe, 34, was charged Wednesday with felony counts of endangering the welfare of children and false imprisonment for restraining the children by using duct tape. Her husband, Neil Broe,...