' Ted Radio Hour': How to embrace the embarrassing
NPR's TED Radio Hour looks into the science of awkward psychological traits and the crossover between awkwardness and autism. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Leila Fadel Source Type: news
Autism symptoms in children: Early signs and when they start showing
Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behaviour. Here are some of the early signs of autism in children. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Accelerating Science to Improve Early Autism Screening
Persistent, collective efforts in the research community show how making early autism screening part of routine health care can support the well-being of children and families. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news
Improving Pediatric Care for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Improving Pediatric Care for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
A new consensus statement aims to correct inequitable access to appropriate care facing children with autism and related condition.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Culture of care standards for mental health inpatient services
NHS England - This co-produced guidance sets out the culture of care everyone, including people who use services, families, carers and staff, want to experience in mental health inpatient settings, and supports providers to realise this. The standards apply to all NHS-funded mental health inpatient service types, including those for people with a learning disability and autistic people, as well as specialised mental health inpatient services such as mother and baby units, secure services, and children and young people ’s mental health inpatient services.GuidanceMore detail (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Ma...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news
Autistic Children Exhibit Three Unique Language Comprehension Profiles
A large study of language comprehension acquisition in children with autism reveals a more complex development process and advocates for new therapy approaches (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 22, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Autism Information Source Type: news
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Reduces Suicidal Behavior in Adults With Autism
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 -- Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is safe and shows short-term efficacy in reducing suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in adults with suicidal behavior and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Special Education, Inc
Emily had a lot of fight in her. The petite 7-year-old had blonde hair and blue eyes. She was also diagnosed with autism, and she had been struggling ever since her mother, Sarah, moved her and her brother hours away from their dad during the pandemic. After the move, Emily became increasingly…#statecollege #pennsylvania #newstory #boston #audaxgroup #newstoryschools #audax #riverrockacademy #shanontaylor #universityofnevada (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kamloops, B.C., girl raises $1,500 selling lemonade to pay for brother's autism assessment
The English family was faced with the decision of waiting two to three years for an autism assessment through public health care, or paying up to $4,000 for a quicker private assessment. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
B.C. girl's lemonade sales raise $1,500 for brother's autism test
The English family was faced with the decision of waiting two to three years for an autism assessment through public health care, or paying up to $4,000 for a quicker private assessment. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Doctors Need to Get Better at Recognizing Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Whether fictional or fact-based, Munchausen syndrome by proxy grips the public. Media depictions in The Sixth Sense and Sharp Objects and real-life news coverage of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s December 2023 release from jail are hard to look away from. The most well-known cases—real or dramatized—are often the starkest ones, but Munchausen by proxy comes in subtler, harder-to-detect forms too.
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“The media are fascinated, but they tend to depict the most extreme cases,” says Dr. Marc D. Feldman, distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Ass...
Source: TIME: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Klein Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Self-perceived bullying victimization in pre-adolescents on the autism spectrum: EPINED study - Morales-Hidalgo P, Voltas N, Canals J.
Autistic individuals face a higher risk of various forms of victimization throughout their lives, with bullying being especially prevalent during their school years. Previous studies indicate that autistic children are 2.4 times more likely to be bullied t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Rogue doctor who offered 'miracle cure' for autism with brain injections is sought by police
A rogue doctor thought to be from Bangladesh and offering 'dangerous experimental procedures' involving brain injections as a way of 'curing' autism is being hunted by police in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Survey: Autism and ADHD widespread in media, but so is neurodiversity ignorance
Press Gazette research has found widespread examples of people with autism and ADHD working in news media, even if they often hide their diagnosis from colleagues. Some 136 of our newsletter subscribers filled out our survey on neurodiversity in the media and 64 said they had a neurodivergent…#equalityact2010 #nancydoyle #pressgazette #worldeconomicforum #timesradio #darrylmorris #adhd #australian #rainman #freelance (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Freelance journalist Lydia Wilkins says autism strengths led to ‘detail freak’ nickname
Award-winning freelance journalist and author Lydia Wilkins was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome (now simply known as autism or Autism Spectrum Condition) when she was 15. Now 25, she also has dyspraxia (another form of neurodiversity) and is a long Covid patient. She spoke to Press Gazette as…#lydiawilkins #asperger #pressgazette #wilkins #expectations #lydia #brighton #independentdailymail #metro #equalityact (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
