The Latest Breaking News from Autism

New research suggests cannabis can improve quality of life for autistic, but it's far from a miracle drug

The pastor claimed that autism could be treated if you ‘just cast the demon out’

Mike Petryshyn, whose festival returns this week for its 17th edition, connects the condition to his early love of punk music and his tendency to think of solutions but have trouble executing them.

Health passports were developed to help patients better communicate their needs with medical staff by allowing people to record details about their disability or health condition. They are sometimes known as a communication passport, healthcare passport or a hospital passport and can be digital or on paper.

Between June 2000 and May 2020, there were at least 30 occasions where the concerns about the bothers were raised with Queensland authorities.

Disability royal commission finds state should have done more to protect pair, who were found malnourished in house with dead father

In 2002, 1 in every 150 eight-year-old children received an ASD diagnosis. In 2020, the figure was 1 in every 36, according to the CDC.

Committee hears every family Austism Partnerships Australia worked with who challenged their NDIS funding rejection was eventually approved for intensive support

From the arts to the law, employers are seeing conditions such as autism and ADHD can have more benefits than drawbacks

This is the tenth and final episode of the first season of Mind ki Baat, a Newslaundry podcast with a neurodivergent host with a focus on the invisible epidemic of mental health issues in society today.

The boy is believed to have drowned in the Red Hook Channel after wandering away from his parents