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Critical chance to intervene early being missed By Fiach Kelly and Edel Kennedy MORE than one in three parents trying to find out if their child is suffering from autism are being forced to wait over a year for a diagnosis. Official HSE figures obtained…

Original Source Voices for America's Children in Washington, D.C., has announced a $3 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to strengthen the organization's advocacy efforts on behalf of children and families in the United States. The three-year grant will be used to improve coordination among the…

by STEVEN GREENHOUSE The Rockefeller Foundation's annual report is chock-full of photographs of exotic lands and details of its grants to fight disease in Cambodia and help African farmers improve their soil. It is part of the foundation's focus on what it calls smart globalization.…

Original Source WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Voices for America's Children today announced it has received a three-year, $3 million grant to strengthen its advocacy on behalf of children and families in the United States. The grant award is from The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic) and…

Original Source By DAN AVERY A few years ago, Frank Rogers found himself at a crossroads. The child of drug addicts, he spent most of his childhood in New York City's notorious foster-care system, bouncing between homes in Harlem, Brooklyn and the South Bronx. By…

Original Source by Victor Khupiso, Gabisile Ndebele and Philani Nombembe 'We don't want foreigners ... I don't regret taking part in these attacks' As safety camps housing 7000 people who fled May's xenophobic violence prepare to close in the next two weeks, foreigners are sceptical…

Original Source By Francis Hweshe The Western Cape government has acknowledged the fears expressed by some refugees over their reintegration, but says it willcontinue to work towards returning them to the communities from which they were displaced. During the xenophobic attacks in May, about 20,000…

Original Source By Janet Ong July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Terry Gou, Taiwan's third-wealthiest businessman and chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., has pledged to donate 90 percent of his wealth to charity, the billionaire's aide said. The tycoon, estimated by Forbes magazine with $6…

Original Source By Nick Madigan, Sun Reporter Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers, newly released…

FOMACS web site Launched in March 2007, The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) is a collaborative public media project, producing film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and…