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Calls for action on health and bullying

Autism Awareness Day is being marked by calls from campaigners for politicians, medical officials, schools and the media to pay more attention to the issues of health and bullying that affect people with autism. The initiatives come as the incidence...

Study points to role of air pollution

Air pollution has come under the spotlight again as a possible factor in the increasing number of children being diagnosed with autism. In what is billed as the largest study of its kind, researchers at University of California Los Angeles...

Call for tight rules on calm rooms

Parents of children with autism are calling for tougher rules governing the use of calm rooms in special schools in the UK and Ireland after a whistle-blowing teacher reported their abuse. The calls follow the publication of an article in the...

ASD hope from cancer gene study

Understanding and normalizing the function of brain neurons in autism has moved a step closer. Scientists conducting a gene study reversed behaviours associated with the condition in adult mice using compounds previously developed to treat cancer. Researchers in Canada at...

Awards recognise excellence

Parents are invited to put forward the names of professionals who they rank highly for helping children with autism. The professionals could receive a prestigious national award. The National Autistic Society has launched a set of accolades to recognise cross-discipline...

One in three children see regression

A staggering one in three children with autism has suffered a sudden regression in their second year of life. The new finding comes from comparing 85 studies published between 1980 and 2010, representing almost 30,000 participants with an ASD diagnosis....

Gene defect points to possible treatment

The likelihood of drugs being developed to treat autism has moved closer. It follows the discovery of a gene defect that causes changes in the brain that lead to atypical social behaviour similar to that found in autism. Cecilia Giulivi...

Concern over chemical restraint

There is mounting concern about the number of children with autism being given drugs, dubbed by some autism advocates as chemical restraint, as research shows that more than half are being given one or more psychotropic medications. Statistics released by...

Study finds a point in pointing

Researchers have given the thumbs-up to early intervention therapy involving pointing and gesturing to toys. A study by the University of California found that when adults engaged the attention of pre-school children with autism by pointing and gesturing to toys...

Welcome return of The Autism Show

Around 4,000 visitors are expected with the return of The Autism Show, which will feature exhibitors offering advice about schools, support services, therapies, teaching aids, sensory equipment and furniture. The event takes place on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 June at...

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