AUTISM AND ASPERGER'S SYNDROME IN THE MEDIA
A BBC report taken two weeks before my diagnosis about the high exclusion rate of Autistic children from schools
How disabled pupils inspire Teachers - from December 2001
2003
A May 2003 report into respite care for people with Autism/AS in Stockton in England
A May 2003 BBC report stating how people with both Autism and Asperger's Syndrome often miss out on qualifying for Benefits
A June 2003 report into the same problem
A September 2003 report from the BBC illustrating how people with Asperger's syndrome don't at times get the support they need and deserve
2004
Autism week in Wales report from May 2004
Another report from the Daily Telegraph in May 2004 highlighting the support needed for people with ASC's
The story of how a woman with AS's parents committed suicide in November 2004 because they couldn't cope with her
Another BBC report into the same story
2006
The Story of Ryan Davies - a 12 year-old Autistic boy who was found dead in April 2006 (His mother, unable to cope, has gone missing and appears to have pushed him to his death in the River Humber)
A May 2006 BBC report stating there is no link between Asperger's Syndrome and crime (A point I have been repeatedly making since I was diagnosed).
2007
Burt Bacharach's AS daughter's suicide - in January 2007
2008
A September 2008 link saying that Autism 'may be missed in girls'
2009
A March 2009 article from the Daily Mail saying that one person in sixty is on the Autistic Spectrum
An April 2009 Daily Mail asking if the key to what causes Autism has been found.
The Autism Gender Trap - a Daily Express article from April 2009.
Why a firm wants staff with Autism
The Gary McKinnon case - BBC profile from July 2009
Keith Vaz urges that Gary McKinnon must be given a job not extradited
2010
What can I say? apart from it just shows what an arse the justice system is in the UK.
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