It's the end of the month and this means that it's time for an Autism News Round-up. We start with this piece from the Conversation titled "Why do some people with autism have restricted interests and repetitive movements?" This article takes a closer look at the cluster of behaviours that form part of an autism diagnosis:… Continue reading Autism news round up for June 2018
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Reporting on Autism in the Media
Recently two people who are well-known one within the fashion world and one in the cooking world both took their own lives. I won't name them out of respect for their families. Yesterday two programs on the ABC discussed the reporting of these people within the media. You can watch a clip from Media Watch… Continue reading Reporting on Autism in the Media
Autism News for May 2018 in Australia
Autism has been in the news a lot in May so here is my top 5 news related to Autism for May 2018 in Australia On Wednesday May the 30th Insight on SBS aired "Are we getting autism diagnosis right?" https://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/tvepisode/diagnosing-autism If you are unable to watch the video if you scroll down to the… Continue reading Autism News for May 2018 in Australia