Tribute to BERNARD
RIMLAND: DONNA WILLIAMS, the celebrated Australian
author, herself autistic, pays tribute to the man largely responsible
for debunking the terribly damaging 'refrigerator mother' theory, who
died on November 21, 2006.
AUTISM IN ASIA
India: Interview with MERRY BARUA, director of the
Delhi-based Action for Autism, after the opening of
the National Centre for Autism and a film star's autistic son is
prevented from boarding a plane
China: An expert there says treatment for autism is
'inadequate'
Employment for adults with autism
Sensory issues in autism
French scientists identify genetic mutations in autistic
children - we talk to the study’s lead author
President Bush signs Combatting Autism Act - what it might
mean for autistic individuals in the United States
'No benefit from vitamin B12 injections' - new study
US Food and Drug Administration approves use of Risperdal
(risperidone) for the treatment of irritability in autism -
we talk to Dr ROBERTO CANITANO, an expert on pharmacological treatments
for autism
Oxytocin 'may have positive effect on adults with autism'
Amygdala 'becomes abnormally small in the most severe forms
of autism'
Surprising new water finding suggests delay in neuronal
development in children with autism - a study which
challenges a previously held theory that brain abnormalities
characteristic of autism were due to faster development
Expert challenges notion that children with autism are
often mentally
retarded
Autistic man dies after being restrained by police
– we talk to DENNIS DEBBAUDT
‘We were forced to shower school staff with
jewellery to get care for our autistic son’
Disciplinary charges filed over chelation death of autistic
boy
Five-year-old boy with autism escapes to catch train
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