Kenyan teacher sparks online debate after teaching both boys and girls how to pu...

A Kenyan teacher’s demonstration on how to put on a sanitary towel has sparked mixed reactions online In the viral video, the teacher was captured on a table to ensure all students could see her as she demonstrated the process The students including both …

GP Andrew Leech calls for more support for autistic girls falling through the cracks

Portuguese criminal jailed twice in UK avoids deportation as his two-year-old might be autistic

A criminal from Portugal who has been jailed twice in the UK has been spared deportation as his child might have autism. Mauro Rodrigues, 20, was handed a deportation order from the Home Office following a series of convictions for driving offences. In one …

Twice-jailed Portuguese criminal, 20, with catalogue of dangerous driving offences in the UK cannot be deported because ...

A Portuguese criminal whose 'breathtakingly' dangerous driving has already seen him locked up twice has won his appeal against deportation because his child has developmental issues. The Home Office handed a deportation order to Mauro Rodrigues …

Autism in Women: An Under-Diagnosed Reality

A recent study, "Exploring the Lived Experiences of Autistic Women: A Thematic Synthesis" (Gosling, Hartley, & Purrington, 2024), brings much-needed attention to the unique challenges faced by autistic women. By analysing the experiences of …

How my late autism diagnosis freed me from being the ‘good girl’

“Please be good,” my mother would plead when I was little. I tried. I really did. But no matter how hard I worked to follow the rules, to fit in, to be the ‘good girl’ everyone wanted, something always felt off – like trying to read a book in a language I …

Advocate using their voice to help young adults with autism

Katherine Jeremiah-Génier recently joined the National Youth Advocacy Council with the Child-Bright Network TIMMINS - Following a recent autism diagnosis, an Indigenous youth is speaking out to advocate for others with similar experiences. Katherine …

No love lost: The complicated relationship between Elon Musk and his father, Errol

The world's richest and arguably most politically influential man, Elon Musk — who has a direct line to US President Donald Trump —has a complicated relationship with his father, Errol Musk. This is according to Musk Senior, who currently resides in …

With 700,000 cases in Britain alone, we MUST find the real reason so many people have autism - like my son David: CHRIS ...

When Elaine C. was seven years old, her parents became so worried about her speech that they approached a psychiatrist. The little girl could talk. She just couldn't say anything meaningful. Instead of asking questions or chattering to her parents, …

I was diagnosed with autism at 29 after my mum read an article

Growing up with autism is not an easy experience and for one Essex woman it took nearly three decades to be diagnosed. After reading an article, raising the profile of a new condition, then called aspergers, Sue Burden's mum began to realise that there …