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CDCActEarly

  1. Congratulations to @NatlHeadStart for another exciting conference!
  2. Going to @NatlHeadStart conference? Stop by Booth 429 to say hi & come to one of our sessions Wed. @ 8:30 or 2:00 in room 2503a.
  3. Congrads to Society for Research in Child Development for a great conference!
  4. In honor of World Autism Awareness Day (today), learn more about autism! http://1.usa.gov/dYXLQk Please RT
  5. Today is World Autism Awareness Day! Learn more here: http://bit.ly/h7QHQn
  6. Today kicks off Autism Awareness Month (no joke!). Don’t be an April fool, learn more about autism: http://1.usa.gov/dYXLQk
  7. http://1.usa.gov/dYXLQk
  8. We're at @SRCD. Check out the CDC Poster in the Federal Posters Area.
  9. Congrads to @NAPNAP2011 for a great conference!
  10. Activities to help kids and families prepare for a disaster. http://1.usa.gov/fCobTT
  11. 3 yrs: talks clear enough for strangers to understand, 4 yrs: tells stories, 5 yrs: uses future tense. For more http://www.bit.ly/3AzKg
  12. 1 yr: says mama/dada, 18 mos:says & shakes head "no", 2 yrs:uses 2-4 word sentences For more: http://www.bit.ly/3AzKg
  13. 2 months: turns head toward sounds 4 mos: babbles with expression 9 mos: copies sounds of others For more: http://bit.ly/3AzKg
  14. We have a newly designed e-newsletter. View it at http://bit.ly/hONWjF To subscribe, email actearly@cdc.gov. Please RT.
  15. See Feb 3 posting about last week's meeting on evaluating change in autism prevalence http://blog.autismspeaks.org/.