Autism Care Provider Reacts to BBC TV Documentary ‘The Autistic Me’

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Brookdale Care, one of the UK's leading providers of residential support services for people living with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), has welcomed the publication of the NHS Information Centre's Report Autism Spectrum Disorders in adults living in households throughout England, which draws from data gathered in the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007. The Report, which is the first of its kind in the world, highlights the prevalence of ASD in the adult population.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Commenting on today's speech by Conservative Party Leader Rt Hon David Cameron MP at the Research Autism Conference in London, Lesa Walton - Care & Development Director of specialist Autism care provider Brookdale Care - said today: "Brookdale Care is delighted that David Cameron chose to draw special attention to the issues surrounding Autistic Spectrum Conditions today. We hope that Mr Cameron's speech represents a landmark day for Autism and its social importance.

July 9th, 2009 RUSHDEN, England - - Employees with Benefit Miss 70% Fewer Work Days Due to Child Care Issues A comprehensive study released today by The Consulting Practice at Bright Horizons Family Solutions confirms the importance of employer-supported child care for working families in the UK and Ireland. Among several compelling findings, the study reports that over a quarter of survey respondents said that they could not work without their workplace nursery and that employees with a child care benefit miss 70% fewer work days due to child care issues The Practice undertook a survey to measure the impact of employer-sponsored child care on employees and heard from parents who use a nursery supported by their employer at 33 organisations in the public and private sectors throughout the UK and Ireland.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - In a video interview Carrefour CEO Lars Olofsson explains how he's going to turn round the world's 2nd largest retailer. Also available, a guided video tour around three new store formats that Carrefour is introducing in France, its home market.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - The Department of Health's Specialist Advisor for Autism, Elaine Hill, has publicly urged practitioners, service users, their families and the general public to submit their views and case studies to the Government's consultation on a National Autism Strategy at a national conference on the mental health needs of people with ASC that took place in London on Wednesday 17th June 2009 sponsored by autism care services provider Brookdale Care. One in 100 of the population of the UK has an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), yet there still remains minimal awareness of the condition, poor access to diagnosis and gaps in service provision.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - Brookdale Care, the specialist provider of care services for people living with autism, has today welcomed the National Audit Office's Report on Supporting Adults with Autism and called on the Government to take direct action to implement its recommendations. The findings of the report - which scrutinises policy and practise across Government departments and local authorities - reveal that there is a lack of training and awareness to correctly diagnose and assist people living with autism and strongly recommends that resources are invested to improve planning and commissioning for specialist autistic services, including targeted support for those with high functioning autism or Asperger syndrome.

May 12th, 2009 PARIS - Chinese version: web.artprice.com/videozh.aspx German version: web.artprice.com/start.aspx?video=1&l=de Spanish version: web.artprice.com/start.aspx?video=1&l=es Already online: English version - French version All versions are downloadable (HD Quality) PARIS, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- This 23-minute documentary (E.Perrone) in HD format describes the extraordinary human adventure of the birth in France of the world leader in art market information, Artprice, which grew out of a twenty year search for perfection in a global quest to make an Alexandrian library available to the world on Internet. Today Artprice owns 360,000 books, documents and art manuscripts dating back to the 17th century.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Specialist provider of residential support services for people living with Autism and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Brookdale Care has announced that the 23-year-old Manager of its Eynesbury House care home, Andrew Fairman, has become the youngest ever person to achieve the NVQ Level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services Award. The NVQ Level 4 Award, formerly known as the Registered Managers Award, is designed to provide Home Managers with the vital skills and knowledge required to run a home and care for people with complex needs.

April 23rd, 2009 SAN MATEO, California - Message of Hope Considered 'Too Important Not To Be Heard' Horn Productions, Inc. announced today that "Light of Hope: Help for Children with Autism," the first-ever internet telecast focused on autism recovery, will debut internationally on Friday, April 24, Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26 at www.findingthewords.org during the final week of World Autism Awareness Month, and will be co-sponsored by the CEOs of two Silicon Valley software companies: NetSuite Inc.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Brookdale Care, the independent provider of residential care services for people living with Autism and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), is inviting MPs and care commissioners to spend a day with residents and staff at four of its residential locations in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and North London, as part of a campaign to raise understanding of Autism and ASD in conjunction with World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April, 2009. World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) was first instituted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007 with the aim of raising awareness about Autism and ASD in every member state.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - A new piece of research suggests that when it comes to learning new behaviours, autistic kids rely more on their own internal sense of body position rather than external cues, typically used by developing children. The study conducted by researchers from Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine showed that greater the kids relied on their internal sense of body position (proprioception), the greater was their impairment in social skills, motor skills, and imitation.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Watching how a tot reacts to cartoons could help spot autism, according to a new research. It is already known that individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - A documentary is being made on the life of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse. The 25-year-old singer and her family opened themselves to Israeli-American interviewer Daphne Barak for a documentary shot at Winehouse's retreat on the island of St.

April 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A documentary based on the life of the assassinated Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been awarded a Certificate of Merit at the Chicago Film Festival Hugo Television Awards. The documentary titled "Benazir and Democracy" was awarded in the History and Biography category for its contribution in depicting the future of democracy in Pakistan, The Daily Times reports.

March 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The members of the Brit comedy TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus are all set to reunite for an upcoming TV documentary tribute. The remaining members of the sitcom - John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam - have all given their nod to the 6-episode Monty Python documentary 'Almost the Truth' (The Lawyer's Cut), which will debut in America as part of cable network IFC's Python Week.

April 20th, 2009 'Idol' documentary to air on Gospel Music ChannelLOS ANGELES — The Gospel Music Channel will shine the spotlight on "American Idol." Filmmaker David Lewis' "From Idol to Inspiration" will premiere Thursday before the Gospel Music Association's 40th annual Dove Awards telecast. The one-hour documentary explores the effect of the Fox network singing competition on Christian music.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecom service providers, has been adjudged the best service provider in the Asia-Pacific region by telecom research and consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan. The company has bagged top honours for overall service quality and has been adjudged the service provider of the year in the "Best of the Best" category, Airtel said in a statement Tuesday.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon be announcing their engagement, according to the BBC. The corporation is so sure that wedding bells are on the cards that it has commissioned a new documentary of the couple to be broadcast on the night their engagement is officially announced.

March 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix's fight in a Miami nightclub on March 11 was reportedly staged for a documentary by his brother-in-law. A video showing Phoenix jumping into the crowd to attack a heckler at the gig is said to be a total fake, which has been staged for Casey Affleck's documentary on the actor's new career as a rapper.The fight took place during his performance at a Belvedere IX party at Liv nightclub.

April 3rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger has landed a television documentary. First came a two-book deal, now TLC has bought a biographic documentary on Sullenberger, the pilot who miraculously guided a powerless US Airways jet into the Hudson River, saving all 155 aboard.