Join other moms at Moms Morning Out in North Attleboro on Wednesday, September 8th at 6:30 p.m. for Autism 411, a presentation by Autism Speaks. Autism 411 hopes to educate area moms about Autism, the signs, symptoms and resources available.

One in 110 children was just diagnosed with Autism, 1 in 70 boys, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Currently, there is a new diagnosis every twenty minutes. Do you know the signs that you should be looking out for?

Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). The other pervasive developmental disorders are PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified), Asperger’s Syndrome, Rett Syndrome and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. Many parents and professionals refer to this group as Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Presently, there is not a medical test for autism; a diagnosis is based on observed behavior and educational and psychological testing. Treatment for autism is a very intensive, comprehensive undertaking that involves the child’s entire family and a team of professionals. Some programs may take place in the child’s home with professionals and trained therapists and may include Parent Training for the child under supervision of a professional. Some programs are delivered in a specialized center, classroom or preschool.

This is a free program. Space is limited, so please RSVP early to Theresa Mahoney at mamahoney2@gmail.com.

The 4th Annual Back-t0-School Shuffle will take place Wednesday, August 25th in downtown North Attleboro from 5:30-7 p.m. Students in Kindergarten through 6th grade participate in this event by purchasing a $2 ticket at the corner of Bank and South Washington Streets. The tickets go on sale at 5:15 p.m. that day. With these tickets, students visit participating merchants to collect school supplies for the coming school year!

Only 200 tickets are available.

For more information, call Louise Cote at 508-695-5965 or Pam Murphy at 508-643-7153.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing the recall of all Simplicity full-size cribs with tubular metal mattress-support frames. The recall includes fixed-side and drop-side cribs. These cribs pose a risk of serious injury or death to infants and toddlers from entrapment, strangulation, suffocation, and falling.

The crib’s tubular metal mattress-support frame can bend or detach and cause part of the mattress to collapse, creating a space into which a baby or toddler could roll and become wedged, become entrapped, or fall out of the crib.

The CPSC has received a report of a 1-year-old boy in North Attleboro, Massachusetts who suffocated when he became entrapped between the crib mattress and the crib frame in April 2008. The CPSC is aware of 13 additional incidents in which the recalled cribs collapsed when the metal mattress- support frame bent or detached. In one incident a child became stuck but wasn’t injured. One child suffered minor cuts to his head when his mattress collapsed and he fell out of the crib.

For more information, visit http://www.babycenter.com/204_recalled-all-full-size-simplicity-cribs-with-metal-mattress_10331075.bc#mce_temp_url#