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How do autistic teens struggling to navigate their way through a world that is not designed for them cope with the additional burden of their changing biology? From a growing awareness of their difference to regressive catatonia, Darren…
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The dearth of suitable housing has seen successive governments fail to meet their transforming care targets for moving people out of assessment and treatment units (ATUs). Darren Devine hears from one housing association using a home…
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Autistic families: an autistic child who does not have a learning disability and a child living with both conditions. How do families respond to the widely differing challenges faced by their children?
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Autistic self-advocates claiming to speak for those with learning disabilities can cause “symbolic and substantive harms”, say parents of learning disabled children
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Football changed James Parker’s life. Part of his childhood in a mainstream school was spent friendless and bullied. Darren Devine reports. 
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School and college transport can mean the difference between autistic young people getting the education and training they need.
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Autistic adults and families are being pushed to crisis as they try to cope with the coronavirus lockdown that has closed schools, slashed respite and limited access to the outdoors to one trip a day.
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The use of drugs like stimulants, anti-depressants, and anti-psychotics has been increasing with children for several decades across the world. This article looks at chemical restraint in the school setting.
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Supporters say animal-assisted intervention for autism bolsters social skills and provides unconditional companionship. But what does scientific research reveal about the value of spending time with a support pet?
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Studies have revealed symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in around two thirds of autistic people. But are autism and ADHD symptoms of the same underlying condition? Academic Dr Simon Bignell has questioned whether…
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