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Guidelines for GPs due in autumn

Parents in the UK will have to wait until the autumn to see the guidelines for GPs that will instruct them on how to treat children with autism. According to The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), a considerable...

Fight for autistic son goes public

In a landmark court case, a father has succeeded in getting secrecy laws lifted over his fight with his local council for the care of his autistic son. Mark Neary, 51, has fought to have his son Steven, 20, returned to...

Crackdown on fake ABA

Law-makers have sent a clear message to therapists working with children who have autism that they will not tolerate fake ABA qualifications. In a move that could be copied by legislators worldwide, law-makers in Connecticut, USA, have joined forces with autism...

Open day for school in Kent

Autism campaigner Anna Kennedy is throwing a lifeline to parents in search of a placement for their child with the opening of a 150-pupil school in Kent. Anna, recently voted ‘Inspirational Woman of the Year’ by The Daily Mail for her work...

Parents blamed for speech issues

More than half of all parents in Britain wrongly point a finger of blame at other parents when children have speech issues or other language and communication problems, a new survey indicates. Out of 3,000 parents polled by the Government-backed Communication Trust,...

Action on the Autism Act

Some of the autism community’s strongest advocates are getting ready to attend a conference to share views on how best to implement the UK’s first Autism Act. Entitled ‘Implementing the Autism Act (2009) – Putting strategy into practice’, the conference...

Mothers’ drug fight halted

Mothers who took anticonvulsants to control seizures during pregnancy, and whose children have developed health conditions including autism, are facing a fresh blow as legal aid to fight the manufacturer of their medication has been withdrawn. Parents of children involved...

School buses in the spotlight

The safety of autistic children travelling on school buses has again been brought into question after a three-year-old boy was left on a vehicle for five hours. Mason Davidson-James, who has autism and is unable to speak, was left strapped...

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