Young man with autism detained behind hatch for four years in mental health hospital’s old file room
"Every time I see him it breaks my heart. He has no quality of life, he just exists."
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Partially sighted disabled women with autism who can barely speak has had benefits cut after govt deemed her “fit to work”
Helen Boughen, 33, has neurofibromatosis, which causes tumours to grow including in her face and at the back of her head
MPs have ’no confidence’ government tackling ‘horrific’ detention and abuse of kids with autism and learning disabilities
One mother said her son, whose arm was snapped after being wrenched up behind his back, had to wait 24 hours before being taken to A&E.
Boys who develop autism ‘may have been exposed to higher levels of female hormones in the womb’
Cambridge University researchers found high levels of oestrogen had a bigger impact than the male hormone testosterone
Children with autism could be identified at birth
It would enable treatments to begin years before symptoms develop - when they are more likely to work.
Children with autism face bullying at school and at home, a British study finds.
The major new study involving 8,000 children shows that even when they get home from school, autistic kids often have no respite from bullying.
More than four dozen new gene mutations linked to autism discovered
Scientists say the breakthrough could lead to better treatments for a range of conditions, including ADHD
Regular exercise could alleviate the symptoms of autism in children
Exercise may somehow activate the brain's normal pruning processes dubbed "the brain's garbage collectors" by getting rid of inactive connections
Boy with autism gets dream tour of a rail depot after staff discovered he learned to talk reading train timetables
Doctors diagnosed David Elston with autism at the age of three and told his parents he would likely never speak.