AUTISM NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2018 COMMENT

Spotting solutions "When Calum's in a meltdown, it's like a whirlwind going off in his head - you can't speak to him or reason with him". Read how plane spotting helps one Scottish youngster keep negative feelings off the radar. More

One to watch Films that focus on disability, autism, intelectual impairment etc are sadly few and far between. Excellent ones are even rarer! Watch Keep the Change - you won't be disappointed more

Demands explained The PDA Society has developed a new resource: Keys to Care for PDA. It provides a brief summary of top tips and key points about the demand avoidance profile of autism in an easy to digest format. More

Help with Tech help How can technology help with autism? Here's a nice overview of the kind of apps that ight help a person on the spectrum More

Autism explained A 12-year-old girl from Crawley has been inspired by her brother to write a book about autism. Sienna Manuel's nine-year-old brother Cruzie has autism, and she wants to protect him from being bullied. More

Forgotten females For many females, diagnosis doesn't come until they are well into adulthood. That can mean decades of social rejection, depression, anxiety, and unrelenting confusion. More

Connection! A Canadian firm gets tech contracts, then supplies its clients with workers, who happen to be people with autism. “They’re exceptionally good at what they do,” Meticulon’s Garth Johnson said. “Precise, diligent, accurate beyond anybody else.” More

Girl friends It's often said that girls with autism are harder to identify (and diagnose) because they 'fit -in' more easily than boys. However, researchers from Macquarie University have found that girls with autism  struggle with friendships to a greater extent than their male peers. More

Numbers right? One in every 40 children in the United States could have autism or an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a new article published in the journal Pediatrics. How does that compare to other research? More