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Representation of autistic people in media has perpetuated myths about autism, including characterizing autism as shameful and burdensome for family members, advertising fake cures for autism, and publicizing the long-disproven arguments surrounding vaccines and autism. These myths are perpetuated in mass media as well as news media and social ...
The Autism Act 2009 (c 15) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes provision about the needs of adults who have autistic spectrum disorders including autism and Asperger syndrome .
The scientific consensus is that there is no relationship, causal or otherwise, between vaccines and incidence of autism, [17] [18] [16] and vaccine ingredients do not cause autism. [19] Nevertheless, the anti-vaccination movement continues to promote myths, conspiracy theories and misinformation linking the two. [20]
Children are waiting years for autism and cerebral palsy treatments as NHS leaders accuse the government of ignoring warnings of a crisis in community care.. The number of patients waiting for NHS ...
This book challenges several myths about autism. [18] [19] Love on the Spectrum (2019–2021) an Australian reality television show that follows people on the autism spectrum as they explore the dating world. Journal of Best Practices (2012) is a memoir written by autistic engineer David Finch about his marriage to his neurotypical wife.
Dr David Elliman, a consultant in community child health at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, said RFK Jr has perpetuated myths around vaccination with “an utter disregard for the evidence”.
Autism Sunday is now a massive worldwide event, celebrated in many countries. [citation needed] 2007 House of Commons autism debate and meeting with Prime Minister. The Autism Awareness Campaign helped raise "awareness" about the condition in 2007 in the House of Commons when Lee Scott, MP for Ilford North, brought a debate on autistic children ...
Autism diagnoses have increased in the past decade. But that has largely as a result of diagnostic criteria expanding throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 2013, numerous types of diagnoses were ...