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Turn the music down in shops for World Autism Day -2nd April 2012
An idea for World Autism Day – 2nd April 2012
This isn’t the blog I was going to post today but…
I was walking through my local shopping centre this morning and as it was 10am-ish all was reasonably quiet people-wise and I thought “this would be an ideal time to take D shopping – had she not been at school”.
Then I turned the corner into the next parade of shops, music blaring out from one shop, which always looks quite intimidating – no disabled access, you have to go up steps to get in, very dark atmosphere and very cramped, you almost need night vision goggles to go shopping in there – and the shop opposite was playing its music louder to drown out the other shop.
Welcome news for carers in Scotland
(UKPA) –
Almost £300,000 has been awarded to 16 organisations to develop new support services for people with autism and their families.
The package includes £84,463 for Richmond Fellowship Scotland to provide training opportunities for family carers.
A total of £10,590 is being given to Barnardo’s Intensive Behaviour Support Service (BIBSS), which will extend its remits to include families with autistic children, while Perth Autism Support is getting £11,000 for children and family support services.
Spotting autism earlier can help with treatment
Autism: Brainwaves ‘show risk from age of six months’
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News
It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers.
A study published in Current Biology identified differences in infants’ brainwaves from as early as six months.
Behavioural symptoms of autism typically develop between a child’s first and second birthdays.
Autism charities said identifying the disorder at an earlier stage could help with treatment.
It is thought that one in every 100 children has an autism spectrum disorder in the UK. It affects more boys than girls. While there is no “cure”, education and behavioural programmes can help.
