Scientists say gut problems that children with autism experience may not be linked to diet.
Instead, they say it’s more likely that stress is the cause of problems such as constipation and irrita ...
Children and adults self-harm while enduring lengthy waits for an autism diagnosis, says an expert.
Autism tutor Rachel Church says both research and clinical evidence point to a greater risk of self- ...
The US Army is paying a New York hospital to trial a cannabis extract as an autism treatment.
The United States Department of Defense is sponsoring the trial at Montefiore Medical Center in New York ...
Scientists say children treated for ADHD with Ritalin may suffer damage to the brain’s impulse control in adulthood.
Researchers found early exposure to methylphenidate, or Ritalin, lowers levels ...
Out-of-school clubs have excluded one in every two families who have a child with autism.
That’s according to a Facebook survey by autism campaigner Anna Kennedy.
James Robinson of Mencap: he say ...
As many as four in every five young people with autism (80 per cent) have experienced mental health problems, new research shows.
And more than two thirds, or 68 per cent, lack confidence to get supp ...
Scientists in the US say they are getting ready to publish the results of a trial on a food enzyme as an autism treatment.
Researchers at New York drug firm Curemark are still testing the enzyme in a ...
A charity says a secret recording of a teacher ranting at a young boy with autism must have been “deeply distressing” for the child and his family.
The National Autistic Society (NAS) voiced conce ...
Researchers say mounting evidence points to the role of gut abnormalities in autism.
Scientists in China and the US led a review of more than 150 papers on the gut.
Dr Randi Hagerman: she says there a ...
A mother’s secret recording of a teacher ranting at her six-year-old boy with autism has gone viral.
Lisa-Marie Quinn, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, posted a recording of her son Aodhan’s treatm ...
