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MPs back call to cut school exclusions

A cross-party group of MPs has backed a campaign to cut the high rate of school exclusions among children with autism. Charity Ambitious about Autism launched the campaign after their research revealed that up to 28,000 autistic children are thought...

Call for fathers to get more support

Education, social care and health services need to become more aware of the important role that fathers play in the lives of children with autism, according to new research. The finding is based on one of the largest studies to have...

Learning Disability Pride Day planned

Northern Ireland is to hold its first Learning Disability Pride Day. And the organisers hope it will inspire other learning disability pride days around the UK. The organisers plan to hold the event in Carrickfergus on 27 May next year. They expect it to...

Gene link found to autistic behaviours

Scientists have linked a faulty gene that causes rare tumours to autistic behaviours. Researchers led by a team at Washington University found mutations in the NF1 gene that caused neurofibromatosis type 1 also contributed to autistic behaviours in almost half...

Delays in diagnosis deny new therapy

Families could miss out on a ‘breakthrough’ treatment because of long waiting times for autism diagnosis. The treatment has been shown to reduce symptoms of the condition, even in severely impacted youngsters. A team of scientists at the University...

Drugs agency halts cannabis treatments

Families using a cannabis-based treatment for people with autism face an uncertain future after a government regulator ruled it must now be classed as a medicine. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has told firms making products containing cannabis...

Survey reveals acute school anxiety

Eight in 10 children with autism find going to school so stressful that they experience anxiety, according to a survey. And more than half (58 per cent) of those anxious children suffer from it so badly they miss days at school. The charity Ambitious...

Percy shunted out of £190k post

Complaints from families and campaigners have been cited as reasons for the departure of Katrina Percy from her advisory role at Southern Health, the under-fire hospital trust. Dr Sara Ryan, mother of 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk, who drowned in a bath at a Southern Health-run residential unit,...

Parents fight council’s respite cuts

Parents at the centre of a battle with West Berkshire Council over deep cuts to respite services have applied for legal aid to challenge the move. The authority plans to cut funding to local voluntary organisations providing respite care by...

Eye-tracking helps understand autism

Researchers at the University of Brighton are using state-of-the-art eye-tracking equipment in order to understand more about autism and other conditions. The university is using a £50,000 kit comprising eye-tracking glasses and a psychophysiology measuring system. It allows a person’s...

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