Autism and disability news
Neurodivergent support dog training 'transformative'
Neurodivergent dog owners have spoken about the "life-changing" impact of being able to train their own pets.
Infinity Dogs CIC is a non-profit organisation helping people with complex disabilities to train their own assistance dogs.
Do gut microbes have a role in autism itself?
The Guardian has published an article talking about recent research into the gut microbiome and its relationship with autism.
It says that some autistic people are prone to gut problems and further research in this area may help to tackle this.
This article’s author, Science Editor Ian Sample, is careful to outline mistakes in autism-research in the past including the notion that cold parenting and the MMR vaccine caused autism.
SEND crisis must be ‘first order issue’ for new government
Experts have told Schools Week that sorting out the crisis in SEND provision and funding is a “first-order issue” for the new government.
My life as an autistic savant: I learnt Icelandic in a week but struggled to tie my own shoe laces
Daniel Tammet is an autistic writer who has recently published a new book.
“People talk about autism saying it can cause problems with empathy,” says Daniel . “But empathy should cut both ways. Neurotypical people also struggle to empathise with those who experience the world differently to them.”
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