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Autism
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42 hours ago
Paediatric and autism researchers say that behaviours such as difficulty maintaining eye contact or 'toe-walking' does not always indicate that a child has the developmental disorder.
36 days ago
POLL OF THE DAY: Is autism being over-diagnosed, as top expert claims? ⊕
Autism has become 'glamourised' with a diagnosis seen by some as 'desirable', according to Uta Frith, a pioneer of much of the research that underpins the condition.
37 days ago
Autism has become 'glamorised' and diagnosis 'desirable' as definition now includes symptoms once considered social awkwardness, expert warns ⊖⊖
Dame Uta Frith, who pioneered research that underpins autism, warned the expansion of the label to include people who suffer from conditions such as anxiety has brought the framework to 'collapse'.
70 days ago
One in six autistic pupils in UK have not attended school at all since September ⊕
Data comes as government prepares to publish plans to overhaul Send system in England
One in six autistic pupils have not been to school at all since the start of this academic year, according to a ne…
3 months ago
Teenage life was an ordeal, until she found her calm with a camera ○
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Caitlyn McDonald has Autism and Auditory Processing Disorder - a condition that affects how the brain interprets sounds.
4 months ago
His research on autism was compassionate – how could Hans Asperger have collaborated with the Nazis? ⊕⊕
The Vienna-based ‘father of neurodiversity’ was ahead of his time in his work but was also implicated in the Third Reich’s crimes. My novel set out to explore these contradictions
In 2015, I decided t…
6 months ago
Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists ○
Those diagnosed as small children typically have distinct genetic profile from those diagnosed later, study finds
Autism should not be viewed as a single condition with a unified underlying cause, acc…
Autism has no easy answers ○
Donald Trump’s promotion of an unproven link between Tylenol and neurological disorders does not help pregnant women
Autism in children linked to common condition in pregnancy affecting nearly half a million US pregnancies a year ○
A health condition impacting hundreds of thousands of pregnant women each year may be associated with long-term cognitive risks for the mother and developmental conditions in her children.
8 months ago
Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news | Gina Rippon ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A ninefold increase is the result of huge advances in our understanding – and brings the hope of fulfilling lives to many more people
Gina Rippon is an emeritus professor of cognitive neuroimaging and…