Autistic spectrum disorders, including Asperger's syndrome, are thought to affect about 1% of the population worldwide.
That's because until recently, very little information on autistic children has been widely available.
The Charlotte Blackman Memorial Fund raises money for charities supporting autistic and vulnerable children.
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The centre will feature specialised teaching staff working with up to 15 autistic pupils aged 11-16.
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Autistic people also live in Yemen, where a lack of awareness can seriously affect outcomes.
Horvath K, Collins RM, Rabsztyn R et al. Secretin improves intestinal permeability in autistic children.
Terms like "bipolar", "autistic" and "schizophrenic" are often used in jest to describe character traits.
Because no one else seems to have bothered to ask autistic people these questions, I did.
Data on autistic intelligence was often gathered during childhood, at about four or five years of age.
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He once took his autistic son, now 30, to an alternative doctor who gave infusions of chelators.
However, he said, the report shows that schools are doing a better job of recognizing autistic behavior.
Mark Lever, chief executive of the National Autistic Society, said the closure would be "devastating" for employees.
This situation exists even though varied and useful skill sets often go hand-in-hand with being autistic.
Would more support be a boon to autistic people and their families, especially if it targeted existing needs?
Emma Packham, a full-time carer to her autistic son, was hoping for respite care one night a month.
Lisa Goring, vice president of Autism Speaks, said tablets have been a boon to families with autistic children.
By getting a picture of the brain, it gives doctors an insight into how the autistic brain works.
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Instead, Dr Mottron believes that exposing autistic people to more advanced information can bring out their innate skills.
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In 2003 a study found that chelating agents caused 221 autistic children to expel mercury in their urine.
The latter might not qualify as autistic under a traditional diagnosis, but slip into the broader autistic spectrum.
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But it is telling that many autistic people have a genetic defect which interferes with their sulphur metabolism.
Even the unaffected siblings and parents of the autistic children had ratios that differed significantly from the normal controls.
Dr Manning and Dr Baron-Cohen found that autistic children had extremely long ring fingers compared with their index fingers.
What the roster of purported invitees does not seem to include is autistic people themselves or their advocacy organizations.
An autistic child whose stress levels are already elevated might have a breakdown in response to stimulation like that.
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They "put two and two together" and contacted the West Midlands Autistic Society in Birmingham who recommended a specialist.
When he was thirteen, he appeared in The Foolish Wise Ones, a 1987 documentary about three autistic savants.
Balzola F, et al. Autistic enterocolitis: confirmation of a new inflammatory bowel disease in an Italian cohort of patients.
According to the NAS, lack of support for autistic adults can lead to serious depression and even suicidal feelings.
Three years ago the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, appeared to suggest Prime Minister Gordon Brown could be "faintly autistic".
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