Katie Price defends her rights to access tax payer funded taxi for disabled son
Katie Price – Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother has been a hot topic of conversation recently and the latest story is the argument between Katie Hopkins, the outspoken television personality and Katie Price, model, business woman and mother to 12-year-old Harvey, who has autism, is blind and has the medical condition septo-optic dysplasia. The row […]
Tragedy of schoolboy who hung himself after receiving bogus “police” email
Windsor, Berkshire – We were extremely saddened to read last week about the tragedy surrounding Joseph Edwards, a seventeen-year-old A Level student who hung himself in the family home after he had received a bogus “police” email, that claimed the young student had been looking at illegal websites and would either have to pay a […]
Career Advice with Magnus Hedemark
Patterns For Success – Eye Contact
One of the greater challenges of being an autistic professional in a neurotypical world is the expectation of making eye contact during conversations. For a neurotypical person, eye contact is a positive and reassuring behavior. But for the autist, it can be extremely uncomfortable, or even overwhelming. Some can manage to make eye contact, but it […]
Insights into Autism with Paddy-Joe Moran
Autism and the Transference of Skills
Some people believe that autism is a negative when it comes to working. Others think that some of the skills that come with having autism can be very positive for various parts of life, and work. Some benefits, and services are also provided on the basis of a person`s skill- levels. But is the concept […]
The Positive Traits of Autism – Part 5 – Honesty
Unfortunately very few people in the world are truly honest. This is not meant to sound cynical, but the majority of people will lie or deceive at some point in their life. Even though a lot of people claim to value honesty as a character trait, most people would add that it is not always […]
Celebrity Gossip
Holly Robinson Peete: We want autism to be on the lips of everyone in town
I don’t care what you think of Autism Speaks Holly Robinson Peete is a class act. She is consistent in her stance, gracious in her comments and a very public advocate for autism. She has be an outspoken person for autism issues for almost 15 years since her son, RH, was diagnosed. Robinson Peete is […]
Research Recap with Dr. Pradip Narsaria
Autism Research: January 23, 2015 Week in Review
Anti-parasitic drug reverses autism-like manifestations of Fragile X syndrome Researchers from the University of California – San Diego have uncovered a hitherto unthought-of use of a century-old drug that has been used to kill a parasite that causes sleeping sickness or trypanosomiasis. The study published in Molecular Autism by the team led by Robert Naviaux […]
New Discoveries
Special Font Helps People with Dyslexia Read
A Dutch man has developed a special font specifically designed to help individuals with dyslexia read. Christian Boer, 33, is a graphic designer who suffers from dyslexia. He developed the font, called … [Continue Reading]
Study Links Depakote Use During Pregnancy to Autism
A Danish study found that mothers who took the anti-seizure medication Depakote during pregnancy were five times as likely to give birth to a child diagnosed with autism as mothers who did not take the drug. … [Continue Reading]
New brain studies offer hope with social language
The human brain has been receiving a lot of interest lately in studies designed to help autistic children. This interest may lead to early identification as well as an app that helps autistic children with … [Continue Reading]
