Autistic Children

Asperger's Syndrome To Be Reclassified

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK

Aspergers Syndrome is to be reclassified in the next edition of one of the world's most influential psychiatric reference manuals. The Diagnostic a...

Could These Antioxidants Help Treat Autism?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 01.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle

An antioxidant supplement called N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) may help to reduce the impact of autism symptoms, suggests a new study. Researchers from S...

Could The ‘Love Hormone’ Improve Classic Autism Symptoms?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Scientists claim a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain (dubbed the ‘love hormone’) improves the brain function in autistic childre...

Can Autistic Children ‘Outgrow’ Symptoms?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 04.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A recent medical report has claimed that 10% of autistic children ‘outgrow’ the disorder’s symptoms by the time they are eight. According to...

Autistic Boy Died Waiting For Ambulance

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.03.2012 | UK

A Liverpol couple are demanding to know the truth after their autistic son died choked to death on a sweet while an ambulance failed to find his house...

A Gluten-Free Diet ‘Helps Autistic Children’

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 01.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A gluten and casein-free diet may lead to improvements in behaviour and physiological symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), recent...

Can A Child 'Grow Out Of' Autism?

The Huffington Post UK | Georgia James | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Many children diagnosed with autism at a young age no longer display symptoms when they are older, new research has found. The study found one thir...

Gut Bacteria Is Different In Autistic Children

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Scientists have found that the bacteria in the gut of autistic children is different from that of non-autistic children. Researchers from the Mail...