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Guide to treat severe behaviour problems

A US autism charity has produced a guide for treating severe problems with behaviour. Charity Autism Speaks says a team of experts developed the guide to improve care. The Clinician Guide: Program Development and Best Practices for Treating Severe Behaviors...

Special diets cost 67 per cent more

Families with children on special diets pay up to 67 per cent more for their shopping. Research by The Allergy Team monitored the average prices of common family foods. The items included bread, pasta, milk and cheese, and their alternatives....

Researchers link autism to hearing loss

Researchers have linked autism to hearing loss. Scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) say they have discovered hearing loss in a mouse model of autism. The researchers said they found mild hearing loss and defects in the...

Call for community care in draft law

Care boards and councils must be pressed to provide community services so people with autism and learning disabilities avoid long-term hospital detentions. That’s the view of the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill. It has been...

Autism parents less likely to have a job

Parents of children on the autism spectrum are much less likely to have a job, new research shows. The US study looked at parents of children with autism, asthma or neither condition. Over a year, parents completed three online surveys...

Medics working on blood test for autism

Scientists are working on a blood test for autism. Researcher Professor Naila Rabbani says early results are “promising”. Rabbani, of Qatar University, says she is now validating the blood test and should be able to publish her findings in March...

Stool treatment ‘helps gut issues’

Gastrointestinal and behavioural symptoms in autism improved after stool transplants that can alter bacteria in the gut, according to a new study. In their review study, Chinese researchers Youran Li, Yizhong Wang and Ting Zhang say children with autism “often...

Enlarged brains linked to cell issue

Autistic people with enlarged brains over-express a cell that leads to the overgrowth, new research has found. Children with autism and megalencephaly (an enlarged brain) have more severe behavioural and cognitive problems and are less responsive to therapy. Up to...

Lords report slams ‘unfair’ care

Families should no longer be expected to provide unpaid care for loved ones. That’s the view of the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee. ‘Unfair’ assumption The committee’s new report, A Gloriously Ordinary Life, says the assumption that families...

Special needs reform may harm, not help

Planned reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system could make it still harder for families to get support for their autistic children. That’s the view of charity Ambitious about Autism (AAA). The charity runs schools, a college...

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