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...
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following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to autism: Autism spectrum disorder – a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social...
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Autism therapies include a wide variety of therapies that help people with autism, or their families. Such methods of therapy seek to aid autistic people...
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The history of autism spans over a century; autism has been subject to varying treatments, being pathologized or being viewed as a beneficial part of...
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vaccines and autism has shown that there is no relationship between the two, causal or otherwise, and that vaccine ingredients do not cause autism. Vaccinologist...
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The autism rights movement, also known as the autistic acceptance movement, is a social movement allied with disability rights that emphasizes a neurodiversity...
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The heritability of autism is the proportion of differences in expression of autism that can be explained by genetic variation; if the heritability of...
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aspects of autism or sociology of autism come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects...
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of autism, including environmental and genetic factors, have been recognized or proposed, but understanding of the theory of causation of autism is incomplete...
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to invisible disability such as the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, and Autism Act 2009. Access to Work (ATW) and the Disabled Students Allowance...
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Devon Price (redirect from Unmasking Autism)
psychologist, blogger, and author focusing on autism. He is best known for his books, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity and...
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pathophysiology of autism is the study of the physiological processes that cause or are otherwise associated with autism spectrum disorders. Autism's symptoms result...
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differences in autism exist regarding prevalence, presentation, and diagnosis. Men and boys are more frequently diagnosed with autism than women and girls...
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Premiership of Gordon Brown (redirect from 2009 Pre-Budget Report)
private landlords was introduced. The Autism Act 2009 was passed to improve services and support for adults with autism. The Agency Workers Regulations 2010...
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Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Act 2009 Peter Ainsworth Conservative East Surrey Ballot 1 Autism Act 2009 Cheryl Gillan Conservative Chesham and...
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The relationship between autism and memory, specifically memory functions in relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is an ongoing topic of research...
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Claims of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism have been extensively investigated and found to be false. The link was first suggested in the early...
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The history of autism in France is marked by the strong influence of psychoanalysis, and by the persistence of institutionalization practices that violate...
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Cheryl Gillan (category Autism activists)
Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, and responsible for introducing the Autism Act 2009 through a Private Member's Bill. Gillan was promoted...
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The Lancet MMR autism fraud centered on the publication in February 1998 of a fraudulent research paper titled "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific...
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Chair was Cheryl Gillan, who was the MP responsible for taking the Autism Act 2009 through the Houses of Parliament. The APPGA was founded in 2000 by...
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on the autism spectrum. It is not intended to include speculation. Autistic people involved in the work may be mentioned in footnotes. Autism spectrum...
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Fern Brady (category Actors with autism)
Brady was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum in 2021, as an adult. She has been active within the field of autism education since learning of her diagnosis...
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Jenny McCarthy (category Autism activists)
and alternative medical treatments for autism. She has promoted the disproven idea that vaccines cause autism, and said that chelation therapy, a quack...
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Autism Sunday, also known as the International Day of Prayer for autism spectrum disorders, is an event observed annually on the second Sunday of February...
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Thiomersal and vaccines (redirect from Thimerosal and autism)
from those of autism. In addition, multiple population studies have found no association between thiomersal and autism, and rates of autism have continued...
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Double empathy problem (section Problems with earlier studies on theory of mind and empathy in autism)
sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic...
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Dave Plummer (category People on the autism spectrum)
experiences with autism and how it has impacted his life, titled Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire: Everything I know about Autism, ASD, and Asperger's...
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Asperger syndrome (category Autism)
interests. Asperger syndrome has been merged with other conditions into autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is no longer considered a stand-alone diagnosis...
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act. The claims that vaccines (or thimerosal in vaccines) caused autism eventually had to be filed in the vaccine court as part of the Omnibus Autism...
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