Here is a mixture of news items relating to Asperger Syndrome and autism over the past few years. If you find any links that are no longer working, then don't blame me. It is because the newspaper who owns the website decides to take the news story off the Internet because it's out of date. Haven't they heard of archiving it instead? One good source for autism related news stories is Autismconnect, but as news stories are sometimes moved around, it is a good idea to check the website frequently. The National Autistic Society may have some autism news stories on its website, and the BBC News website has lists of news stories for both Asperger Syndrome and autism, many of them are available on this page. If you have any Asperger Syndrome or autism related story, which you think deserves to be included on this page, please email me and I will try to include it. Most of the news stories are chosen because the words “Asperger Syndrome”, or “autism” have been used in the report, as they were included in the search for these stories, so some stories may not have made the list because these words have not been used.
Boy Wonder - From the Sunday Times - News Review section - Sunday 12 July 1998
A child is reborn - From the Sunday Times - News Review section - Sunday 28 May 2000
The Lost Boy - From the Guardian - Wednesday 14 July 1999
How I found myself at last - From the Guardian - Tuesday 4 January 2000
Childhood in a closed world - from the Observer - Sunday 28 November 1999
LEA Syndrome - from the Guardian - Friday 16 July 1999
Was autism the secret of Warhol's Art? - From the Observer - Sunday 14 March 1999
Don't fail these children - From the Observer - Sunday 14 May 2000
BBC HEALTH - Ask the doctor - Asperger Syndrome
BBC HEALTH - Ask the doctor - Autism Spotting
Cartoonist plays host to young fan - from Hold the Front Page - Saturday 26 August 2000
High exclusion rate for autistic pupils - From BBC News Online - Monday 15 May 2000
Autism misdiagnosis "ruined a life" - From BBC News Online - Tuesday 27 June 2000
Why autism can't find a face - From BBC News Online - Tuesday 18 April 2000
Autism - Learning to understand Tom - From BBC News Online - Monday 24 January 2000
Boy and carer swept out to sea – From BBC News Online – Monday 27 November 2000 - This story is all about an autistic boy and his carer who both sadly met their deaths when they were swept out to sea on a Brighton beach. Very sad news indeed.
Asperger Syndrome - from BBC News Online - Monday 12 February 2001
The high-flying obsessives - From The Guardian - Tuesday 12 December 2000
Signal Failure - from The Observer - Sunday 20 May 2001
The Human Face - Expressions - from BBC Online
Autistic boy saves dying father - from The Birmingham Post - Thursday 14 June 2001. Don't forget to have a look at this page based on the same news story.
Action Man or autistic? - from The Times - Tuesday 3 July 2001 - The National Autistic Society said that this article written by Professor David Canter of Liverpool University was both “irresponsible and speculative”. No wonder with the comments he made about people with Asperger Syndrome. It's a shame that as I have Asperger Syndrome myself, I was misled by the article. I cannot remember having violent mood swings - in fact I hate violence. I gave the professor a peice of my mind a couple of days afterwards. This news article has been copied onto a webpage on this website because of problems on The Times newspaper website.
The psychology: Six personality disorders - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 3 July 2001
Criminal Crackers - from The Observer - Sunday 8 July 2001
Stronger voice for autism suffers - from the Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 9 July 2001 - The newspaper's website has no record of this story online, so the news story has been copied onto one of these pages from a microfilm copy of the news article. Notice a very familar blue background!
Possible autism test for newborns - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 25 April 2001 - Wouldn't it be even better if babies had an autism test while still in the womb?
How pupils drive teachers away - from BBC News Online - Saturday 20 October 2001 - Another irresponsible news article claiming that pupils that have been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome misbehave in class. There were many pupils at school who misbehaved, but I was not one of them.
Disabled pupils 'inspire teachers' - from BBC News Online - Monday 3 December 2001 - Just the mention of Asperger Syndrome will be enough to be included on this page.
Sara Keays declares new war in court - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 6 January 2002 - It seems that if you want to know more about Asperger Syndrome - ask a Conservative MP. (Don't take that joke too literally - if you're a Labour supporter!)
Flora Keays wants to meet 'Daddy' - from BBC News Online - Friday 11 January 2002 - At least her "father" is still alive.
School of Thought – from Disability Now – September 1999
May in the Frame – from Disability Now – April 1998
Autism Exclusion – from Disability Now – June 2000
Autism Anger – from Disability Now – July 2001
'Telling his story has helped him a lot'. - from Disability Now – April 2001
MP fights for rights - from Disability Now - November 2001
Asperger Ignored - from Disability Now - March 2002
Boy with Asperger Syndrome kills baby brother - from Autismconnect - Thursday 13 February 2001
Left in the dark - from Disability Now - March 2003
Losing out on benefits - from Disability Now - June 2003
Autism Awareness Year gets underway in the UK - from Autismconnect - Tuesday 29 January 2002
Special "autism service" at St Paul's Cathedral - from Autismconnect - Wednesday 20 January 2002
Autistic boy survives on nine pints of milk a day - from Autismconnect - Saturday 29 September 2001
Asperger Syndrome sufferer must remain in prison - from Autismconnect - Wednesday 8 August 2001
Mum's despair at taxi fare - from Disability Now - October 2001
Different Class? - from Disability Now - September 2002
Targets don't tell all - from Disability Now - January 2003
Losing out on benefits - from Disability Now - June 2003
Suffering in silence no more - from The Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 15 May 2001
How Sammy joined our world - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 31 October 2001
Professor searches for Asperger Syndrome sufferers - from BBC News Online - Monday 6 January 2003 - Professor Digby Tanutm, for it is he, makes this special request.
Pension fraud father freed - from the Liverpool Echo - Thursday 17 April 2003
Freed - to a life of constant torment - from the Liverpool Echo - Thursday 17 April 2003
Einstein and Newton had autism - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 30 April 2003
Why we might abandon our autistic daughter - from the Liverpool Echo - Monday 12 May 2003
Autism centre of excellence opens - from BBC News Online - Friday 16 May 2003
MMR Research Timeline - from BBC News Online - Friday 13 June 2003
Mother's plea over autism - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 13 May 2003 - I think that the John Peters mentioned here, appeared in a documentary on autism that was first seen on BBC Four. I was amazed at his collections of different things he had in his garden shed! I must congratulate him on being a grandfather as most of us in Aspergerland have difficulty even becoming fathers.
Holiday home for autistic children - from BBC News Online - Monday 12 May 2003
Autism sufferers missing out - from BBC News Online - Sunday 11 May 2003
GPs unaware of autism needs - from BBC News Online - Friday 21 March 2003
Autistic miss out in benefit system - from BBC News Online - Sunday 11 May 2003
Rock concert for autistic society - from BBC News Online - Monday 17 February 2003
Autism centre appeal banks £1m boost - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 12 Feburary 2003
Parents win autism court battle - from BBC News Online - Thursday 30 January 2003
Coroner criticises autism services - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 15 January 2003
Fresh fears over child vaccines - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 14 January 2003
Green light for autistic boy's dream - from BBC News Online - Monday 13 January 2003 - It seems ironic that Benjamin comes from Melksham in Wiltshire as that is where one Andy Park lives who celebrates Christmas 365 days a year. No diagnosis has been made there, however...
Autistic boy needs 'better understanding' - from BBC News Online - Friday 10 January 2003
Not a Laurie Laff – from the Observer – Sunday 6 July 2003 - This is supposed to be a review of Channel Four’s documentary of the same week involving how the late comedy performer Rod Hull met his premature death by swapping his Emu for a television aerial. At least with his fake Rastafarian arm he could have easily have died in a show business sense and lived to tell the tale on Michael Parkinson’s chat show. If only he had just signed up to ntl just like myself, he would have still been alive today. Why is this listed on this page, you’re bound to be asking? I still do not know how Asperger Syndrome fits in to this literature, but read for yourself and you can see that it does…
Perv(ert) Posed as a Pilot to Abuse Girl of Seven – from the Daily Record (Scotland) – Friday 20 June 2003 - Thanks to Luke McDonnell for pointing this article out to me – he managed to send me a cut and paste of it on an email, but I also managed to find the online link on the actual website as well!
School tells autistic child to leave - from BBC News Online - Friday 18 July 2003 - And there was me thing that schools accepted pupils whatever their background happens to be...
Why my autism is a g1ft - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 30 July 2003 - Luke Jackson talks about the positive aspects of having Asperger Syndrome, in preparation for a special BBC 2 documentary, My Family and Autism to be transmitted later the same evening. Don't forget the review of his excellent book, Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome.
Medics slam 'distorted' MMR drama - from BBC News Online - Monday 15 December 2003
Autistic school given go-ahead - from BBC News Online - Thursday 6 November 2003 - For those of you who take phrases and things too literally (and let's face it, many people who use this website actually do), the school itself is not autistic. It is the pupils who attend the school who are. I'd just thought that I would clear up that one straight away!
Pioneering autism school plan - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 4 November 2003
MMR 'does not increase autism risk' - from BBC News Online - Sunday 2 November 2003
MMR row expert urges jab take-up - from BBC News Online - Friday 31 October 2003
Q&A: Fears over MMR - from BBC Online - Friday 31 October 2003
Parents urged to opt for MMR - from BBC News Online - Friday 31 October 2003
Autistic school plan prompts objections - from BBC News Online - Thursday 30 October 2003 - I said that the school doesn't have autism!
Tests for double MMR dose boy - from BBC News Online - Friday 17 October 2003 - Incidentally I spent a week in Cumbria in August in 2003. It's a nice place although if you visit the Penrith branch of Woolworth's, be sure to wear a hard safety helmet if you go in there as it's a fairly accident prone place. I have been there to prove it!
Teen's tale wins children's prize - from BBC News Online - Monday 6 October 2003
Woman addicted to spending is safe - from the Liverpool Daily Post - Friday 17 October 2003
Curious incident of writer's literary hat trick - from the Grauniad - Thursday 13 November 2003 - Excuse me for sounding a bit of a Neophiliac, but I think that Mark Haddon could be the the new JK Rowling. (Go on, Private Eye - publish that, if you dare!)
Doctors 'fail Asperger patients' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 10 September 2003 - Good old Angela Browning, a good old common sense Conservative MP!
Letter to the editor - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 16 May 2004
The crime of being - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 17 November 2003 - Barbara Wilson writes ironically from Angela Browning's patch in Honition, Devon.
The drugs do work - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 23 November 2003
Great physicists 'had Asperger Syndrome' - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 1 May 2003
Teenage hacker 'closed US port' - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 7 October 2003
Child of the forest - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 21 September 2003
The boy who could not tell a lie - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 18 May 2003
The gender's not for bending - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 4 May 2003
How to choose when choice is even harder!! - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 17 February 2003
Autism in the blood - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 21 January 2003
Autism clue from Taylor and Burton - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 10 September 2002
Help! is at hand - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 12 June 2002
Boy's fear of falling prices – from BBC News Online – Thursday 20 March 2003 - We have here a prime example of literal interpretation where one little boy is frightened of the “falling prices” in the Asda stores as interpreted in television commercials in the UK.
Brilliant minds linked to autism - from BBC News Online - Thursday 8 January 2004
Haddon takes Whitbread book prize - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 28 January 2004
Girl, 6, expelled twice - from BBC News Online - Monday 2 February 2004 - A little girl is being badly let down by her local education system. Mine let me down badly as well, as I can recall...
Banned from two schools - aged 6 - from the Birmingham Sunday Mercury - Sunday 1 Feburary 2004
A journey to shock and enlighten - from the Grauniad - Thursday 29 January 2004 - Ironic coming from a newspaper that is only read by so-called "normal" people who don't give a hoot about people like myself.
'I'm flattered, amazed, deeply moved and sometimes a little dizzy' - from the Grauniad - Monday 2 February 2004 - Mark Haddon doesn't have Asperger Syndrome himself of course.
Ministers told child harm theory was flawed - from the Observer - Sunday 25 January 2004
Story of autistic boy's life wins over judges - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 7 January 2004
Teenager guilty in torture and dismemberment case - from the Grauniad - Thursday 4 December 2003 - Another criminal is "named and shamed" as having Asperger Syndrome, making decent people like myself look more out of place in society.
Youth cleared of crashing American port's computer - from the Grauniad - Saturday 18 October 2003 - Did I read the G-word in that report? (and I don't mean the name of the newspaper) Once upon a time, those who were diagnosed had problems forming relationships...
Hacker attack left port in chaos - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 7 October 2003 - Lovesick???!!! If you are a so-called "lovesick" person with Asperger Syndrome, please let me know...
Plots, puzzles and a punctured poodle - from the Grauniad - Saturday 4 October 2003
Disabled Minister - from Disability Now - July 2003
Is billionaire a ruthless killer or just a misfit out of luck? - from the Observer - Sunday 28 September 2003 - One that not even Morse, Ironside or even Columbo would make up!
Give me the child... - from the Observer - Sunday 21 September 2003
Asperger Syndrome - from the Tony Martin Support Group forum - Monday 3 November 2003 - A first for this page: This one is not a news article, but a thread from a forum, so this link may be gone before any of the others on this page. This thread came from the Tony Martin Support Group forum, set up in support of Tony Martin, the Norfolk farmer who shot dead a burglar on his farm in 1999. I have debated this on this website as early as a few years ago, (see three quarters down the page). A week later this thread was made. But here is a poignant observation whether not Mr Martin may have been diagnosed or not...
Firm slated for "Retard" advertisement - from BBC News Oniine - Tuesday 23 March 2004 - Absolutely no excuse to do that just to sell a few mobile phones, is there?
Gene 'increases risk of autism' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 31 March 2004
City hosts autism conference - from BBC News Online - Friday 26 March 2004
New autism support scheme set up - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 9 March 2004
MMR researchers issue retraction - from BBC News Online - Thursday 4 March 2004
Mother sheds light on autism - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 3 March 2004
Autism projects given £2m boost - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 3 March 2004
'I had to become an autism expert' - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 2 March 2004
UK autism research 'is lacking' - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 2 March 2004
Go-ahead for autism centre - from BBC News Online - Friday 5 March 2004
Jail threat for care protestor - from Disability Now - January 2004
'I don't see an autistic child: I see Brett' - from Disability Now - February 2004
Youth sex programme launched - from Disability Now - March 2004
Michelangelo 'linked' with autism – from BBC News Online – Tuesday 1 June 2004 - This news story was also strangely listed on the entertainment news page on BBC Ceefax on that day. (Isn’t 500 years a bit too late for a diagnosis?)
Experts challenge autism 'myths' – from BBC News Online – Monday 17 May 2004
Call for autism training – from BBC News Online – Thursday 20 May 2004
Empathy finding offers autism hope – from BBC News Online – Wednesday 12 May 2004
Autism link to male sex hormones – from BBC News Online – Monday 19 April 2004
Autism centre trust folds – from BBC News Online – Thursday 15 April 2004
Mother wants school place for son – from BBC News Online – Tuesday 13 April 2004
Call of the Wild - from Disability Now - April 2004
'The truth is, I'm exhausting to live with' - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 26 May 2004
Talking of Michelangelo - from the Grauniad - Thursday 27 May 2004
What Asperger Syndrome has done for us - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 2 June 2004 - This article also has a poignant observation of (slightly controversially) Undiagnosed Celebrities. Cliff from Cheers? Lisa from The Simpsons? I suppose that as I hardly watched the series that they both appeared in, I would have never associated them with any kind of diagnosis and wouldn't have known them from Adam.
Asperger artist opens first show – from BBC News Online – Thursday 17 June 2004
Row over autism link to vaccines – from BBC News Online – Tuesday 8 June 2004
'Fidelity gene' found in voles – from BBC News Online – Wednesday 16 June 2004
Row over autistic boy's education – from BBC News Online – Friday 18 June 2004
Special school gets autism award – from BBC News Online – Thursday 24 June 2004
Gene "lets infants bond with Mum" – from BBC News Online – Friday 25 June 2004
Gearing up for change - from Disability Now - June 2004
"Quick autism cures must end" - from BBC News Online - Sunday 27 June 2004
Boy’s “voice” stolen by thieves – from BBC News Online – Friday 2 July 2004
What Janet and John did when they grew up - from the Observer - Sunday 4 July 2004
Study to probe causes of autism – from BBC News Online – Wednesday 7 July 2004
Autistic boy to get “voice” back – from BBC News Online – Wednesday 7 July 2004
Scientists investigate MMR jab – from BBC News Online – Thursday 8 July 2004
Court hear “exorcism” death case – from BBC News Online – Thursday 8 July 2004
Medical Notes: Autism – from BBC News Online – Thursday 8 July 2004
Ask the Expert: My Childcare Woe – from BBC News Online - Thursday 8 July 2004
Can we be sure that Lenin died of syphilis? - from the Grauniad - Thursday 22 July 2004
Tilt test spots early Asperger Syndrome - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 27 July 2004
Project to research autism gene - from BBC News Online - Monday 19 July 2004
Computer "voice" delight for boy - from BBC News Online - Thursday 22 July 2004
Swing test could spot Asperger Syndrome in babies - Tuesday 27 July 2004
Judge a book by its cover - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 28 July 2004
School kicks out slap boy - from the Birmingham Evening Mail - Wednesday 28 July 2004
Picture of a rising star - from the Birmingham Evening Mail - Monday 16 February 2004
Vaccine scrapped over autism fear - from BBC News Online - Saturday 7 August 2004
Scrapping of mercury jab welcomed - from BBC News Online - Saturday 7 August 2004
America has got Asperger Syndrome - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 25 May 2004 - Offensive, I hear you say? Well, here was Simon Baron Cohen's reply to the newspaper article, while this was the the National Autistic Society's reply.
Asperger Syndrome man is released from Broadmoor - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 8 August 2004
'Teachers suggested I was exaggerating'- from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 10 August 2004 - Ms Becky Logan's interesting insight into what it is like to be diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
A home without hugs or family meals - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 10 August 2004
School Worries - from Dsability Now - August 2004
'Now Becky is excited about life' - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 10 August 2004
Leading Lady - from Disability Now - September 2004
Can't move on - from Disability Now - September 2004
Too few social activities for kids - from Disability Now - September 2004
Study backs safety of MMR vaccine - from BBC News Online - Thursday 9 September 2004
Q&A: The MMR Debate - from BBC News Online - Friday 10 September 2004
'I'm a pretty good actor' - from the Grauniad - Friday 10 September 2004
Autistic teenager “denied grant” – from BBC News Online – Wednesday 15 September 2004
Asperger Syndrome abuse inquiry pledged - from BBC News Online - Saturday 25 September 2004
Hospital autism detention "wrong" - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 5 October 2004
Family's landmark autism victory - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 6 October 2004
Sentence reduced for autistic man - from BBC News Online - Thursday 7 October 2004 - Before any of you ask: Yes, I have been diagnosed, but no, I do not have a criminal record, nor do I intend to commit crimes in order to obtain one. Asperger Syndrome is not the criminal record syndrome or the anti social behaviour syndrome that some people make out, so let's get our facts right here and now.
Coronation Street star donates libel money - from BBC News Online - Friday 8 October 2004 - Who says that soap operas have nothing to do with autism? I take that back!
MMR report 'not denial of autism link' - from the Observer - Sunday 10 October 2004
Ban for man who left dog - from the Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 11 October 2004
Our lives have been ruined - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 12 October 2004
Happier in a special school - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 12 October 2004
Council payment to autistic youth - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 13 October 2004
Girl was smothered in play fight - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 13 October 2004
Young witness found girl on bed - from BBC News Online - Thursday 14 October 2004
Party chase 'ended in murder of girl, 10' - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 14 October 2004
Young man accused of killing girl 'had struck before' - from the Grauniad - Thursday 14 October 2004
Boy tells how he found Rosie May dead on bed - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 15 October 2004
Boy witness confused over Rosie - from the Grauniad - Friday 15 October 2004
'It's getting worse for vulnerable parents' - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 19 October 2004
Accused 'tied girl up on a bed' - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 19 October 2004
Brothers deny fishing trip murder - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 19 October 2004 - This time the person with Asperger Syndrome is sadly the victim.
Girl tells murder trial of party attack - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 20 October 2004
Teen denies killing girl at party - from BBC News Online - Friday 22 October 2004
Death of Rosie had nothing to do with me - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 23 October 2004
Teenager denies killing girl, 10 - from the Grauniad - Saturday 23 October 2004
"I would not smother her" - from the Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 23 October 2004
Parents deny son went "missing" - from BBC News Online - Monday 25 October 2004
Jury out to decide murder charge - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 26 October 2004
I tried to save Rosie May's life - from the Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 26 October 2004
The gap years - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 27 October 2004
Young man guilty of girl's murder - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 October 2004
Rosie killer had attacked before - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 October 2004
Family torn apart by murder - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 October 2004
Terrible end to a happy event - from the Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 28 October 2004
Rosie's killer gets life - from the Grauniad - Thursday 28 October 2004
Family party that ended in murder - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 29 October 2004
The dream that can never be fulfilled - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 29 October 2004
'Our innocent son was an easy target' - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 29 October 2004
Repeat attacker, 18, is jailed for Rosie murder - from the Grauniad - Friday 29 October 2004
Secrets that led to tragedy - from the Nottingham Evening Post - Friday 29 October 2004
Mumps v MMR - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 2 November 2004
Mumps hit Universities - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 2 November 2004
Corrections and Clarifications - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 2 November 2004 - Look at the third paragraph on the page. The so-called "woolly liberal" rag tries to correct a mistake they made about the recent Paul Smith case.
I Think it's all Over - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 2 November 2004 - And I thought that not many people diagnosed liked football...
Parents "driven to suicide pact" - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 5 November 2004
Suicide pact theory in sea death - from BBC News Online - Friday 5 November 2004
Father dies in couple's Tenerife suicide pact - from the Liverpool Echo - Friday 5 November 2004
Life in jail for murder brothers - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 9 November 2004 - A vulnerable gentleman is killed just because he wanted to relate to the girls a bit more. I think that the Whitehead's crime is absolutely disgusting.
Stars strip for charity calendar - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 10 November 2004 - Warning! The news report contains nudity.
Parents say killer is "innocent" - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 9 November 2004
Dad could be buried as pauper - from the Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 9 November 2004
Parents say killer is "still innocent" - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 10 November 2004
'Suicide pact' couple left note - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 10 November 2004
Only way out for us is to end our lives - from the Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 10 November 2004
Suicide pair's girl 'heartbroken' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 11 November 2004
Couple's daughter refused suicide - from BBC News Online - Thursday 11 November 2004
Calls for Tenerife tragedy inquiry - from the Liverpool Echo - Thursday 11 November 2004
My heart is broken - from the Liverpool Echo - Thursday 11 November 2004
Vickers relishing short trip to Orient - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 12 November 2004
Wife in suicide pact returns home alone - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 14 November 2004
Ministers press public on health - from the Grauniad - Monday 15 November 2004
Brain inflammation link to autism - from BBC News Online - Monday 15 November 2004
I wish I was dead too - from the Liverpool Echo - Monday 15 November 2004
"We'll fight to bring Paul home" - from the Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 16 Novemebr 2004
Course helps hatter myths - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 16 November 2004
Suicide pact wife back in Merseyside - from the Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 17 November 2004
Suicide pact widow returns home - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 17 November 2004
Suicide pact mother talks of pain - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 17 November 2004
I can't go to his funeral - from the Liverpool Echo - Thursday 18 November 2004
I asked my Lisa to kill herself - from the Liverpool Echo - Thursday 18 November 2004
Mother tells of despair that led to suicide pact - from the Grauniad - Friday 19 November 2004
The tales of Hoffman - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 19 November 2004
Strain of caring for frail relatives makes people ill - from the Observer - Sunday 21 November 2004
Police to quiz suicide pact widow - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 24 November 2004
Police question suicide pact wife - from BBC News Online - Friday 26 November 2004
Police to question suicide widow - from the Liverpool Daily Post - Thursday 25 November 2004
I'm innocent, says wife in Tenerife suicide pact - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 27 November 2004 - To bring people back on track in case you think that this news report is off-topic, it is Mrs Ainscow's daughter who has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
The African anarch v the anoraks of cricket - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 28 November 2004
Transport rethink call - from Disability Now - December 2004
News for rock critics: no one is listening to you - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 1 December 2004 - The report contains very strong language in irrelevant parts of the page. However look at the final paragraph where it mentions a diagnosis of Craig Nicholls of "The Vines", a rock band that I have never heard of before.
Suicide pact husband laid to rest - from BBC News Online - Monday 6 December 2004
Man driven to suicide buried - from IC Birmingham - Tuesday 7 December 2004
Don't judge victim of sea suicide pact - from IC Cheshire Online - Tuesday 7 December 2004
Tragic husband is laid to rest - from the Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 7 December 2004
Council 'failed autistic patient' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 8 December 2004
Revealed: how Britain put the spin on Neptune – from the Observer – Sunday 12 December 2004 - Another scientist seems to have the diagnosis treatment.
The modern Hogarths - from the Grauniad - Saturday 18 December 2004 - A look at the first 25 years of the adult comic Viz. Asperger Syndrome does get a mention of course, and some of the language mentioned seems to be a bit "top-shelf" as well. If you are offended by the bad language in this news story, then please complain to the Grauniad and not me!
Just time to snap up one of this year's favourites for bird-watchers, time-wasters and television retuners - from the Observer - Sunday 19 December 2004 - One of the longest titles of the year, this one is about a book review of a satirical and political novel about a Prime Minister dagnosed with Asperger Syndrome! Are they trying to say something about Mr Major, methinks?
Autism group paedophile 'disgust' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 22 December 2004 - Just as we were about to celebrate Christmas lo and behold, there just happened to be a negative news story about someone taking advantage of Asperger Syndrome and also an autism social group as well. Anthony Peter Luckwill as he was known, was jailed for just two years for various offences including paedophilia and claming to have Asperger Syndrome. I think that many people believe that the sentence should have been a lot longer. Our “Mister” Luckwill has been busy prior to his sentence, mostly with his own website, where I doubt that he will be unable to update it for a very long time to come. Meanwhile those opposed to his actions have produced their own website. If Luckwill had been diagnosed, then why was he writing offensive emails like this? It’s probably the most offensive thing said about Asperger Syndrome since Hans Asperger gave his name to the condition in the 1940s. A mention should also go to Lampeter Today, for being crowned “the newspaper that cannot spell”. They seem to have a very nasty habit of having a number of alternative spellings of the word Asperger Syndrome. In this newspaper article of the Luckwill case they give their mention of Asberger’s [sic] Syndrome, whereas here, they refer to the condition as Spurger’s [sic] Syndrome. All I can say to the staff at the Lampeter Today newspaper is buy a spell checker!
Forged jab results doctor jailed - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 22 December 2004
Doctor jailed for faking children's jabs blood tests - from the Grauniad - Thursday 23 December 2004
MMR parents win legal victory - from the Observer - Boxing Day 2004 - I actually thought that the Grauniad and the Observer were not published on Boxing Day (well, not both on the same day of course! The Grauniad wasn't published anyway because December 26th in 2004 fell on a Sunday!)
Albert's great loves: women and physic - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 29 December 2004 - The final news story of 2004.
Prayers for missing quake teacher - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 4 January 2005
Officials fear parent revolt over new baby vaccine - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 5 January 2005
Autistic boy inspires poetry book - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 5 January 2005
Even a GP can miss her son's autism - Wednesday 5 January 2005
Faith v fact - from the Grauniad - Friday 7 January 2005
Travelling with an autistic child - from the Grauniad - Saturday 8 January 2005
Portraits of a serial killer? - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 12 January 2005
Dodgy mobiles? Don't hit the panic button - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 13 January 2005
Autism nursery opens its doors - from BBC News Online - Thursday 13 January 2005
Why autistics need our help - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 16 January 2005 - The newspaper's letters page. Have a look a third of the way down the page for contributions from Lady Astor of Hever (not to be confused with Britain’s very first female Member of Parliament) and Clare Sainsbury (as in the supermarket chain that Jamie Oliver advertises on television). Of course, “being left alone” has two different conceptions: the first one is a positive one; to be left alone away from someone you cannot get on with or someone who hates you for who you are. The second one is a negative one; where one cannot get on with general society even if one wants to and so people leave you alone as a result. Apologies for the literal interpretation, but you cannot have you cake and eat it with Asperger Syndrome.
What they said about Prince Harry - from the Grauniad - Monday 17 January 2005
Civil rights fears over mental health reforms - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 19 January 2005 - Our Conservative hero Angela Browning speaks out for us again. I knew that Rosie Winterton was a health minister, but I didn't know that she was mental!
Autism centre 'shows way forward' - from BBC News Online - Monday 24 January 2005
No Laughing Matter - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 26 January 2005 - The Grauniad is a newspaper famous for its spelling mistakes (or should I say anagrams) of words. Was it any wonder, when I saw the initial “NSA”, I thought that it was a spelling mistake for “NAS”, the National Autistic Society’s initials, but I was obviously wrong. If any town, city or county beginning with the letter N wishes to set up a local autism branch, then they have to be careful with initials. That is why, presumably the Northamptonshire Society for Autism chose the initials NSA. To avoid confusion with their national counterparts, they put the words “autism” and “society” the other way round. If you think that’s interesting, then here in Nottingham (yes, that also begins with the letter N as well), we have NoRSACA, an acronym for “The Nottingham Regional Society for Autistic Children and Adults”, which is a bit of a mouthful, but it is unique and cannot be confused with anything else.
'More than four in 10 teenage girls have now considered cosmetic surgery' - from the Observer - Sunday 30 January 2005 - Rather plausible title for an autism news story, don't you think?
This much I know - from the Observer Magazine - Sunday 30 January 2005 - What exactly does he enjoy about being diagnosed Asperger Syndrome, I wonder? I can say here and now that I don't enjoy being diagnosed with it at all.
Tired, totally beaten, and frightened... now I've quit' - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 2 February 2005 - Thank goodness that there are not too many Aspergerphobic headteachers out there. Look three-quarters down the page - it seems that this headteacher doesn't know much about Asperger Syndrome herself, otherwise she wouldn't have treated one of her pupils the way she did...
In the forest of the soul - from the Grauniad - Saturday 5 February 2005
Dr Spock advises new generation - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 5 February 2005
John Sutherland's column - from the Grauniad - Monday 7 February 2005
Why left-handers may not see the wood for the trees - from the Grauniad - Monday 7 February 2005 - Just for the record, I am right handed.
A Family Destroyed - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 9 February 2005
Letters page - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 9 February 2005 - An interesting point made by Julie Cutts of Iver, Buckinghamshire. (See the second letter down).
Autism link to allergies and asthma - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 9 February 2005
A Genius Explains - from the Grauniad - Saturday 12 February 2005
On the Edge - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 16 February 2005 - Contains strong language.
Family's bid for autism tuition - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 15 February 2005
Blair challenged on special needs - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 16 February 2005
Mother tackles Blair over autism - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 16 February 2005
Minister defends special needs school policy - from the Grauniad - Thursday 17 February 2005
A roaring mouse - from the Observer - Sunday 20 February 2005
Bird-watcher rescued from Marshland mud - from The Journal News.com - Sunday 20 February 2005 - Nothing to do with Asperger Syndrome or autism, but here is one of the ASFTHM regulars Andrea Alterman, who has had a little bit of bother, while doing a spot of bird-watching near her home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Her younger brother Jeff, who has Asperger Syndrome, has called her stupid for getting into the mess in the first place!
Reckless abandon - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 1 March 2005
Mainstream successes - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 1 March 2005
'No link between MMR and autism' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 2 March 2005
Lingering fears of MMR-autism link dispelled - from the Grauniad - Thursday 3 March 2005
MMR is not linked to autism, say Japanese - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 3 March 2005
MMR study prompts research demand - from BBC News Online - Thursday 3 March 2005
Professionals, or parrots? - from the Grauinad - Tuesday 8 March 2005
Mother's stand for a school and a life - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 8 March 2005
Special needs schools save money - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 9 March 2005
Human shields on the hustings - from the Grauniad - Thursday 10 March 2005
Parents suffer stress over autism - from BBC News Online - Monday 14 March 2005
Autistic schoolboy 'denied place' - from BBC News Online - Monday 14 March 2005
The X factor, and why the sexes are so different - from the Grauniad - Thursday 17 March 2005
Family wins autism tuition ruling - from BBC News Online - Friday 18 March 2005
Pre-school autism study to start - from BBC News Online - Saturday 19 March 2005
Autism film tells a nation's story - from BBC News Online - Monday 21 March 2005
Major autism conference is staged - from BBC News Online - Monday 21 March 2005
Warning for students as mumps cases soar - from the Grauniad - Friday 25 March 2005
Escape by numbers - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 25 March 2005
Any Questions? - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 2 April 2005
Never far from a mirror - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 3 April 2005
Autism mother may become a Conservative Member of Parliament - from BBC News Online - Thursday 7 April 2005 - Good on you Mrs Hutchings! I am a member of my local Conservative Party, so I certainly believe in giving vulnerable people a chance. Let's make sure that these Labour cretins are not elected for a third term. We need more representation in the House of Commons.
Disability bill gets Royal Assent - from BBC News Online - Friday 8 April 2005
Autism help for county's schools - from BBC News Online - Saturday 9 April 2005 - The same day that Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall got married.
What's for tea? - from the Observer - Sunday 10 April 2005
What not to feed your child - from the Observer - Sunday 10 April 2005
What your children should eat - from the Observer - Sunday 10 April 2005
'It's wonderful news for children with epilepsy' - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 12 April 2005
Officials deny MMR jabs scarcity - from the Grauniad - Saturday 16 April 2005
Care wife in second suicide bid - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 20 April 2005
Do you know what the 13th root of 8368956688236956939837328662225645224 7267804664938366774973575581573035075 7040896252880238578315683768029349382 0105634336385559593151445041514949070 9419097704449305660268402771869624155 688082648640933 is? - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 24 April 2005 - I actually thought that there was a problem with the search engine when I saw this title. The question is, could you remember every digit listed here?
Board 'will fund autism therapy' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 April 2005
Disabled feel 'sexually excluded' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 April 2005
Blame teachers for bad behaviour - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 1 May 2005
Asperger Syndrome boy enters Mastermind - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 3 May 2005 - "Anorak" is not really an appropriate word to use here, but "clever" certainly is.
Special autism unit set up - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 4 May 2005
Why it's time we faced fats - from the Grauniad - Thursday 5 May 2005
Hope over blood test for autism - from BBC News Online - Thursday 5 May 2005
The unselfish gene - from the Grauniad - Friday 6 May 2005
Move towards autism test at birth raises fears - from the Grauniad - Friday 6 May 2005
Extra access puts everyone in credit - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 7 May 2005
Britain in grip of mumps epidemic after missed jabs - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 13 May 2005
Mumps crisis warning as cases rise 15-fold - from the Grauniad - Friday 13 May 2005
MMR jab not linked to Crohn's, says study - from the Grauniad - Friday 13 May 2005
Praise for help for autistic son - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 11 May 2005
Autism office to support families - from BBC News Online - Thursday 12 May 2005
Autism linked to difficult births - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 17 May 2005
Call for wider autism awareness - from BBC News Online - Saturday 21 May 2005
"Sarcasm" brain areas discovered - from BBC News Online - Monday 23 May 2005
Highest functions of brain produce lowest form of wit - from the Grauniad - Monday 23 May 2005
Go forth and multiply - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 24 May 2005
'He was lucky to be walking' - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 26 May 2005
Project will help autistic pupils - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 31 May 2005
Drawing on autistic licence - from the Grauniad - Thursday 2 June 2005
Stuck with a world in bits and pieces - from the Grauniad - Thursday 2 June 2005
Every child is special - let schools be, too - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 5 June 2005
Bilingual book tackles Asperger Syndrome - from BBC News Online - Monday 6 June 2005
Conservatives fight to save special schools - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 7 June 2005
Disabled 'suffer worst exclusion' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 8 June 2005
Warnock U-turn on special schools - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 9 June 2005
'Missing link' between madness and genius - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 11 June 2005
Support or segregation? - from the Grauniad - Saturday 11 June 2005
No thanks, ma'am - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 15 June 2005
Are people with Asperger Syndrome disabled or "different"? - from Disability Now - June 2005
Class Acts - from the Observer - Sunday 26 June 2005
Girls' autism 'under-diagnosed' - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 28 June 2005
New measures to protect Asbo witnesses - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 29 June 2005
Looking for autism answers - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 30 June 2005
Was Dr Dolittle autistic? - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 3 July 2005
Stuck in the land of Thomas the Tank Engine - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 6 July 2005
University students told to get MMR jabs - from the Grauniad - Monday 11 July 2005
Study reveals parents' MMR views - from BBC News Online - Saturday 16 July 2005
Artist says Asperger Syndrome's aids work - from BBC News Online - Sunday 17 July 2005
Vital lesson - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 19 July 2005
"Gene test" for autism in sight - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 19 July 2005
Alert cards for autistic people - from BBC News Online - Thursday 21 July 2005
School apology as boy left behind - from BBC News Online - Saturday 23 July 2005
Parents don't have to be helpless - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 28 July 2005
Police called after girls scuffle - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 July 2005
Time for last orders - from Disability Now - July 2005 - Hang about, I know what the initials ASBO should really stand for... It stands for Asperger Syndrome? Bugger Off!
Autistic man in sex crime appeal - from BBC News Online - Friday 5 August 2005 - A man with autism who has probably suffered severe social and sexual isolation for the best part of his life. Autistic people have, as near to normal a sex life as a non-autistic person, yet the difficulty is that they lack the skills to have relationships with the opposite sex. Nowadays it seems to be taken for granted that if you’re single, you are homosexual which is complete rubbish and makes matters worse. In this modernised liberal world we live in, it probably won’t be long before he gets named and shamed by the News of the World…
Asbo-lutely farcical - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 10 August 2005
Drama tells story of 'supermum' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 12 August 2005 - The old woman who lives in a shoe springs to mind here. (Not that I'm calling Jacqui old of course...)
How a novelist's twist sparked academic feud - from the Observer - Sunday 21 August 2005
A masterly performance? - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 23 August 2005
IPCC probe over Asperger Syndrome arrest - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 23 August 2005
'We should have been warned' - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 24 August 2005
Autistic boy dies after US therapy visit - from the Grauniad - Friday 26 August 2005
Autism boy dies after alternative therapy - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 26 August 2005
How social services can seize our children - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 30 August 2005
Hunting for a miracle - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 31 August 2005
Child mental disorders unlikely to fall - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 31 August 2005
Child mental illness 'now stable at one in 10' - from the Grauniad - Thursday 1 September 2005
Autism linked to parents with high level of education - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 1 September 2005 - Sounds like a Grauniad-type story. I can vouch that from family experience there is a lot of truth in the article!
'Cheap' care offer angers mother - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 6 September 2005
Autistic boy's story sparks offer - from BBC News Online - Thursday 8 September 2005
Couple deny abuse of caged children - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 14 September 2005 - The first "Berliner" news article.
Support for parents of adult sufferers 'almost non-existent' - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 24 September 2005 - Yes, it mentions Down Syndrome, but it also mentions autism as well. Therefore it deserves to be listed here.
Finding the vital spark - from the Grauniad - Saturday 24 September 2005
'Devoted' mother admits killing her Down Syndrome son - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 24 September 2005 - Again, it also mentions autism.
Finding Harriet - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 25 September 2005
When smoke gets in the mind - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 27 September 2005
Special needs parents face care 'lottery' - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 28 September 2005
I discovered I was autistic at 41 - from the Grauniad - Saturday 1 October 2005
An ethics girl's dilemma - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 2 October 2005
Butter wouldn't melt - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 3 October 2005 - They don't call it the N-Asher-nal Autistic Society for nothing, you know!
Family with violent son to receive £60k compensation - from the Grauniad - Friday 7 October 2005
Payout over autism care failings - from BBC News Online - Friday 7 October 2005
GP who gave MMR warning faces sack - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 9 October 2005
Child commissioner attacks 'baby Asbos' plan - from the Grauniad - Friday 14 October 2005 - If the people who are employed at the Grauniad as columnists are so well educated as they say they are, then why have they spelt the autistic condition incorrectly as "Asberger's syndrome?" [sic] Perhaps they were about to spell ASBO, but changed their mind at the last moment, who knows?
Special needs 'under-resourced' - from BBC News Online - Friday 14 October 2005
Bank grant helps autism families - from BBC News Online - Sunday 16 October 2005
Study gives MMR vaccine the all-clear - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 19 October 2005
'MMR fears were unfounded' - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 19 October 2005
Justice system 'ignores' autism - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 19 October 2005 - If one looks at some of the news stories on above on this page, one obviously doesn't need to reminded that the British legal system has let vulnerable people down too many times.
The MMR is safe - what other scare stories are nonsense? - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 20 October 2005 - Written by Spectator editor and Henley MP, Boris Johnson.
Temple Grandin: 'I'm an anthropologist from Mars' - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 25 October 2005
Inquiry into pier-fall incident - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 26 October 2005
Abuse sparks audit of learning disability care - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 26 October 2005
Does it work? Dolphin therapy - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 31 October 2005
Special centre offers day places - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 1 November 2005
The MMR sceptic who just doesn't understand science - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 2 November 2005
Autism link to 'extreme male brain' - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 4 November 2005
Autism 'extreme male brain' clue - from BBC News Online - Friday 4 November 2005
Hell of the carers driven to breaking point - from the Observer - Sunday 6 November 2005
Who has the biggest brain? - from the Observer - Sunday 6 November 2005
Dangerous assumptions over MMR vaccine - from the Grauniad - Monday 7 November 2005
Not so much a choice, more a battle of wills - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 8 November 2005
The case against me boils down to smear and evasion - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 8 November 2005 - A Daily Mail columnist writing for the Grauniad!
When medicine, science and the public collide - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 9 November 2005
View from a Broad - from the Grauniad - Friday 11 November 2005
Say it loud, autistic and proud - from the Observer - Sunday 13 November 2005
Bid to reach autistic minorities - from BBC News Online - Monday 14 November 2005
Son denies pushing mum off bridge - from BBC News Online - Monday 14 November 2005
A loaded discussion - from the Grauniad - Monday 14 November 2005
Rain Men - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 15 November 2005 - Watch out, Beadle's about!
Autism help group faces closure - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 15 November 2005
Bridge mum rejects autism claims - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 15 November 2005
The curious incident of the follow-up - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 16 November 2005 - It's Asperger Syndrome - from The Talking Horse's Mouth!
'We give 110 per cent to the business' - from the Observer - Sunday 20 November 2005
Families share 'autistic traits' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 24 November 2005 - The connection between an autistic nephew and an Asperger Syndrome uncle? Christopher Gillberg had a good point a few years back when he made this connetion...
The bridge and the troubled water - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 27 October 2005
Let's end the sham debate about MMR right here - from the Grauniad - Thursday 1 December 2005
Teach the children well - from the Grauniad - Friday 2 December 2005
'Copying' nerves broken in autism - from BBC News Online - Monday 5 December 2005
Rebels without a cause - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 6 December 2005
A curious phenomenon - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 7 December 2005 - It really annoys me when people cannot spell words properly, especially if they are in such a job that requires them to do so. When has the word "Asperger" ever had a "B" in it? Rant over.
Story of 'supermum' hits screens - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 13 December 2005
Teenager faces life for cricket girl's murder - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 16 December 2005 - These kind of news stories always seem to happen just before Christmas, don't they?
Tales of autism and exorcism at Berlin film festival - from the Grauniad - Thursday 22 December 2005
"If I was offered one wish, I'd ask not to have Tourette Syndrome for one week. But it won't happen, will it?" - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 3 January 2006 - Our first news story of 2006 and a very interesting one at that. As well as Tourette Syndrome, Jessica has also been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
Man is pushed down shop escalator - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 3 January 2006
Special needs pupils to get fish oil supplements - from the Grauniad - Monday 9 January 2006 - There must be something fishy going on here! [That's enough puns on serious news stories - Ed.]
Asperger Syndrome call to boost business - from BBC News Online - Thursday 19 January 2006
Teenage killer must serve at least 15 years - from the Grauniad - Saturday 21 January 2006 - The Daily Telegraph got there first with this in December. Makes depressing reading. After reading the countless number of news articles like this, I wouldn't be too surprised if Asperger Syndrome was criminalised in parliament by 2010...
New autism drop-in centre opens - from BBC News Online - Sunday 29 January 2006
Parents' marriage choice may lead to autism - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 30 January 2006
Scientific brain linked to autism - from BBC News Online - Monday 30 January 2006
Inclusion debate treads new ground - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 31 January 2006
Growing Issue - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 7 February 2006
Seven things you should know about omega oils - from the Grauniad - Saturday 11 February 2006
Doctors angry at vaccine backlash - from the Observer - Sunday 12 February 2006
'My son's weakest subject is life' - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 13 February 2006
Off your head? - from the Observer - Sunday 19 February 2006 - I wonder how this article, which is about drugs can possibly be connected to Asperger Syndrome?
Universities don't come much smaller than ours - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 21 February 2006
Fears voiced over 'noise' tactic - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 22 February 2006
Autistic man in care home battle - from BBC News Online - Thursday 23 February 2006
Autistic ability 'underestimated' - from BBC News Online - Friday 24 February 2006
The surprising side of autism - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 28 February 2006
Stop making sense - from the Observer - Sunday 5 March 2006 - Nothing that the Grauniad or the Observer publishes makes any sense to me!
Reverse psychology - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 7 March 2006
Autism community forges virtual haven - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 8 March 2006 - So now I know why Dustin Hoffman's film was callled Rain Man!
Mother's autism vaccine link bid - from BBC News Online - Thursday 9 March 2006
Obituary: Richard Wawro - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 11 March 2006 - Although this page is not usually associated with obituaries, we have an exception here. This is a tribute to Richard Wawro (who I had not heard of prior to reading this article) who was an autistic savant has passed away at the young age of 53 on Wednesday 22nd February 2006. He died as a result of having cancer, but at least one can easily say that autism did not play a part in his demise.
Laying down the lore - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 11 March 2006
Autistic boy's basketball dream becomes a reality - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 12 March 2006
America falls for J-Mac - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 15 March 2006
Letters - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 22 March 2006 - An interesting letter contributed by Karen Ide of Calderdale. (See the second letter down).
Skills for life - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 22 March 2006
Pesticides blamed as autism rate soars - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 25 March 2006
Letters: System Failure - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 29 March 2006 - See the third and final letter down.
Emotion sensor "detects boredom" - from BBC News Online - Thursday 30 March 2006
The Vines, Vision Valley - from the Grauniad - Friday 31 March 2006
The boy who made everything luminous - from the Grauniad - Saturday 1 April 2006
A death foretold - from the Grauniad - Saturday 1 April 2006 - Another person on the autistic spectrum who had been failed by the authorities...
Help at hand for autism families - from BBC News Online - Friday 7 April 2006
Film gives a bird's eye view of flying high - from the Warrnambol Standard (Australia) - Friday 7 April 2006 - The Daniel McDonald named here is one of the ASFTHM semi-regulars who has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome himself. Many thanks to Daniel for pointing the article out to me on an email. I doubt that we have featured an Australian news article here before as we use British articles for obvious reasons, so presumably here is our first one. They have spelt Asperger wrong again! Regulars and semi-regulars are those who visit the website and make occasional or frequent correspondence.
Loose ends - Whatever happened to ... the MMR debate? - from the Grauniad - Saturday 8 April 2006
Weak brain links 'explain autism' - from BBC News Online - Sunday 9 April 2006
We must do more for autistic children - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 12 April 2006 - Written by National Autistic Society president, Jane Asher.
Plea for adults with autistic disorders - from the Grauniad - (Good) Friday 14 April 2006 - Some feedback to Jane Asher's letter. Seems that not too many people actually agree with what she said...
Mother and son missing from home - from BBC News Online - (Good) Friday 14 April 2006 - A mother goes missing with her young autistic son.
Autistic couple bound to each other - and their art - from the Grauniad - Saturday 15 April 2006 - How can I possibly be jealous at reading this article about Gilles and Catherine? Gilles has autism and Catherine has Asperger Syndrome. It is a really special thing when one reads about two people with autism or Asperger Syndrome or both, who are making a go at a serious relationship. It takes a great effort if you have been diagnosed.
Sister's plea for mother and son - from BBC News Online - Saturday 15 April 2006
River body is that of missing boy - from BBC News Online - Monday 17 April 2006
Boy's body found in river - from the Grauniad - Monday 17 April 2006
Search on for mother of dead boy - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 18 April 2006
Police looking for 12-year-old boy find body in river - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 18 April 2006
Hopes fade for dead boy's mother - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 18 April 2006
Fragile support - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 19 April 2006 - The "boss" of the National Autistic Society adds his observations on the Ryan Davies tragedy...
CCTV shows bridge death plunges - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 19 April 2006
Humber bridge mother "did not get enough help" - from the Grauniad - Thursday 20 April 2006
Last journey of mother and son in bridge plunge - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 21 April 2006
I'm a human lie detector, honest - from the Observer - Sunday 23 April 2006
A small lie - but a big step - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 23 April 2006
"I have four autistic sons and no sleep" - from BBC News Online - Saturday 29 April 2006 - One of them is Luke Jackson of course.
Body discovered after bridge jump - from BBC News Online - Saturday 29 April 2006
Estuary body still not identified - from BBC News Online - Monday 1 May 2006
'Autistic' mice offer gene clue - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 3 May 2006 - No doubt that people like ourselves have been asked "are you a man or a mouse?" Well pass the cheese, please...
Body confirmed as bridge jump mum - from BBC News Online - Friday 5 May 2006
Tarred with the same brush - from the Grauniad - Monday 8 May 2006
'I wanted to rip the autism out of her' - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 8 May 2006
Large rise in pupils with autism - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 9 May 2006
Asperger Syndrome "has no link to crime" - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 10 May 2006
A new type of Conservative candidate? - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 10 May 2006
Autistic brains 'never daydream' - from BBC News Online - Friday 12 May 2006
How to chat to a cheetah - from the Grauniad - Saturday 13 May 2006
Meet James and Joshua: too difficult to teach in school? - from the Observer - Sunday 14 May 2006
Wrong image of Freud has entered the subconscious - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 14 May 2006
Calls for better autism schooling - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 23 May 2006
American scientists back autism link to MMR - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 28 May 2006
Curiouser and curiouser - from the Grauniad - Monday 29 May 2006
Publish or be damned - from the Grauniad - Saturday 3 June 2006
City sensory garden to be opened - from BBC News Online - Monday 5 June 2006 - I live locally to Rosehill. Never been a pupil there, thank goodness!
MMR doctor 'to face GMC charges' - from BBC News Online - Monday 12 June 2006
Crystal meth to get class A listing - from the Grauniad - Monday 12 June 2006
Caring for the carers - from the Grauniad - Monday 12 June 2006
Is this doctor a hero or a health risk? - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 13 June 2006
Scare over MMR vaccine safety - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 13 June 2006
Emotional rescue - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 13 June 2006
Misplaced autism worries fuel measles outbreak - from the Grauniad - Friday 16 June 2006
Ministers agree to MMR autism inquiry - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 18 June 2006
How babies can read minds from age of one - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 19 June 2006
Much more than just a plaything - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 20 June 2006
Autism centre offers day classes - from BBC News Online - Thursday 22 June 2006
Gay couple jailed for abusing their foster children - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 24 June 2006 - Don't worry - the person with Asperger Syndrome is one of the victims this time.
Computers that can read minds may help fight autism - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 26 June 2006
MMR research timeline - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 27 June 2006
Draw line under MMR scare, plead top doctors - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 27 June 2006
MMR confusion 'could lead to deaths' - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 27 June 2006
Bring on the eco-warriors - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 27 June 2006
What Maurice Hilleman did for us - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 28 June 2006
Special needs education condemned - from the Observer - Sunday 2 July 2006
Summer books - from the Observer - Sunday 2 July 2006
Should I give my girl the MMR jab? - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 3 July 2006
Time to spell out the line on special needs - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 4 July 2006
New study shows no MMR link to autism - from the Grauniad - Thursday 6 July 2006
Parents will choose inclusion when it works - from Disability Now - July 2006
A life that is beginning to add up - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 10 July 2006
MMR scare 'may cause epidemics abroad' - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 10 July 2006
Is the precautionary principle risky? - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 11 July 2006
Diary - from the Grauniad - Friday 14 July 2006
Child autism rate is 25 times accepted figure, study warns - from the Grauniad - Friday 14 July 2006
Child autism rate is 25 times accepted figure, study warns - from the Grauniad - Friday 14 July 2006
A writer's life: Mal Peet - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 16 July 2006
Jabs link to autism 'dispelled' - Wednesday 5 July 2006
Parents hail special needs report - from BBC News Online - Thursday 6 July 2006
Autism 'more common than thought' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 13 July 2006
Research links autism to brain abnormalities - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 18 July 2006
The climate-change deniers have now gone nuclear - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 18 July 2006
Yesterday in parliament - from the Grauniad - Thursday 20 July 2006
Depressed children deserve better treatment - from the Observer - Sunday 23 July 2006
NHS failing children on mental health - from the Observer - Sunday 23 July 2006
Man's centre claims over brothel - from BBC News Online - Monday 24 July 2006
Services 'failing' needy children - from BBC News Online - Thursday 3 August 2006
Scandal of the neglected children - from the Observer - Sunday 6 August 2006
Preview - from the Grauniad - Saturday 12 August 2006
Autism 'affects all of the brain' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 16 August 2006
A Woman of Substance - from the Observer - Sunday 20 August 2006
The additive-packed children's tea - from the Observer - Sunday 20 August 2006
War on youth crime is 'demonising teens' - from the Observer - Sunday 20 August 2006
Think of a number - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 22 August 2006
Youths drive man to suicide bid - from BBC News Online - Friday 25 August 2006
Judge attacks 'feral youths' over taunts - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 25 August 2006
Could we move into LazyTown? - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 28 October 2006
Adepta - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 30 Augist 2006
Caring Partners - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 30 Augist 2006
The Vines - from the Grauniad - Thursday 31 August 2006
All the colours of the spectrum - from the Grauniad - Saturday 2 September 2006
Middle age and middling life in Middle England - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 3 September 2006
Forever Young - from the Observer - Sunday 3 September 2006
Older fathers 'raise autism risk' - from BBC News Online - Monday 4 September 2006 - Question: How old was my father when I was born? Answer: Six weeks off his 58th birthday.
Study links autism to gut microbes - from the Grauniad - Monday 4 September 2006
More risk of autism with older fathers - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 5 September 2006
Speech therapy quietly sidelined - the Grauniad - Wednesday 6 September 2006
Primal Screen - from the Grauniad - Saturday 9 September 2006
They've scared us: it's the men's turn now - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 10 September 2006
The power of positive thinking - from the Grauinad - Wednesday 13 September 2006
Eviction Evasion - from the Grauinad - Wednesday 13 September 2006
Schools 'fail autistic children' - from BBC News Online - Saturday 16 September 2006
How the system let my son down - from BBC News Online - Saturday 16 September 2006 - The system has let lots of vulnerable people down over the years.
Learning together for the better - from Disability Now - September 2006
Minister vows autism cash review - from BBC News Online - Saturday 16 September 2006
In the key of genius - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 17 September 2006
Schooling for autistic children is 'appalling' - from the Observer - Sunday 17 September 2006
Pendennis - from the Observer - Sunday 17 September 2006
Sacked fast-food worker stabbed boss to death - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 22 September 2006 - I've heard of Mac [sic] the Knife but this is ridiculous.
Sacked McDonald's worker killed boss in frenzied attack - from the Grauniad - Friday 22 September 2006 - I love my cheeseburgers, McChicken Sandwiches and Quarterpounder with Cheeses.
How to play the (118) numbers game - from the Grauniad - Saturday 23 September 2006
Steal this film, read the article - from the Grauniad - Monday 25 September 2006
Rock On - from the Grauniad - Monday 25 September 2006
Man denies shop escalator attack - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 26 September 2006
Plagues of frogs and lice ... - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 26 September 2006
Man denies shop escalator attack again - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 27 September 2006
Grease is the Word - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 27 September 2006
Man convicted of escalator attack - from BBC News Online - Friday 29 September 2006
Osborne's autism jibe criticised - from BBC News Online - Monday 2 October 2006 - I would rather live next door to Mr Osborne than to live next door to a yob who hates vulnerable people. David Cameron will live next door to him of course (if we win the next General Election of course).
Osborne criticised for 'autistic Chancellor' jibe - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 3 October 2006 - It would be nice to have something in commion with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I suppose...
Corrections and clarifications - from the Grauniad - Friday 6 October 2006 - They're always making mistakes...
To beat pain, find the right beat - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 7 October 2006
You'll have no regrets with our Gaffometer - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 8 October 2006
'I realised that I was not physically correct' - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 10 October 2006
Catch of the day - from the Grauniad - Thursday 12 October 2006
The silence over new MMR research - from the Grauniad - Saturday 14 October 2006
Curzon heir is spared jail over cheque - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 14 October 2006
Clue to flaws in autistic brain - from BBC News Online - Saturday 14 October 2006
A system that abuses the whole family - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 19 October 2006
An expert in theory and in practice - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 17 October 2006
Salt, land and tears - from the Grauniad - Saturday 21 October 2006
Awfully big adventures - from the Grauniad - Saturday 21 October 2006
The best thing I'll ever do - from the Daily Telegraph - Monday 23 October 2006
Mother knows best - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 24 October 2006
"There's nothing he wouldn't eat" - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 24 October 2006
'If we died, someone would help her' - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 25 October 2006
Infertility link to autism risk - from BBC News Online - Thursday 26 October 2006
Escalator attack man sent to jail - from BBC News Online - Friday 27 October 2006
Gene flaw increases autism risk - from BBC News Online - Saturday 28 October 2006
Drive to help autistic children - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 31 October 2006
The baby who was badly put together - from the Grauniad - Saturday 4 November 2006
Why I love Coronation Street - from the Observer - Sunday 5 November 2006 - Another observation on character Roy Cropper and a long overdue Asperger Syndrome disgnosis that Teletext first observed (excuse the pun) on back in May 2005. Of course the programme does not want to diagnose Mr Cropper as that would obviously mean bringing disability and autism into a soap opera storyline, which of course would affect the ratings as people do not want to relate to such a thing. ITV knows that the average viewer would rather see two able-bodied people screwing and bonking each other in every episode rather than more serious matters in the world such as the diagnosis of autism or Asperger Syndrome. (Mind you it didn't stop the President of the National Autistic Society appearing in a revival of Crossroads, did it?)
Teenager admits bus stop stabbing - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 8 November 2007
Special intelligence - from the Grauniad - Saturday 18 November 2006
Prejudice-driven bullies targeted - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 22 November 2006
'Bullied because I was different' - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 22 November 2006 - Son of John Muggleton, methinks?
'I am 80 and still my son's only carer' - from the Grauniad - Monday 27 November 2006
How bullies destroyed my brother - from BBC News Online - Monday 27 November 2006
About a Boy - from the Observer - Sunday 3 December 2006
Obituary: Bernard Rimland - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 6 December 2006
More brain used to recognise faces - from the Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 12 December 2006
"I felt like my head was exploding" - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 12 December 2006
A Boy's Best Friend - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 22 December 2006 - An insight into the real-life drama After Thomas, which was transmitted on ITV1 on Boxing Day. As it was based on a real-life story, some names were changed in the script but the main plot remained incumbent. Apart from The Queen's Christmas Message and the Midnight Mass, this was the highlight of my Christmas television viewing - one for the TDK E240 blank videotape. The drama featured a young boy with autism called Kyle, whose parents get him a dog that he communicates through, named after a certain children's Tank Engine (do you see?) Hats off to ITV1 for showing a drama about autism at Christmas time - one has to ask, do people stop having autism just because it's Christmas? No of course not. None of the soap operas bother for us, so what do you do? Oh, and it's Professor Elizabeth Newson, not Newsome.
Neil Midgley's top 10 Christmas TV shows - from the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 23 December 2006 - How come that thucking [sic] E***E***** is higher in the list than After Thomas?
Fortified by Love - from the Observer - Sunday 24 December 2006
The learning support assistant - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 9 January 2007 - Not a million miles away from where I am at the moment...
Special delivery for postbox boy - from BBC News Online - Thursday 4 January 2007 - Wonder if he likes Postman Pat?
Bacharach daughter kills herself - from BBC News Online - Saturday 6 January 2007 - Very sad news indeed.
News in Brief - from the Observer - Sunday 7 January 2007 - The daughter of Bert Bacharach's death is reported, which is ironically listed under a news story about Baron Cohen. (Sacha, not Simon, I'm afraid...)
Assembly to debate NI autism act - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 9 January 2007
Cartoons to aid autistic children - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 9 January 2007 - I have to say that the characters remind me so much of Thomas the Tank Engine, already hit with children. (Look at the how the main characters have human faces on them and you will see what I mean).
"I had to try to glue her back together" - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 10 January 2007
Diet and exercise "transformed our children" - from the Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 10 January 2007
This charming vision of inclusion isn't working - from the Grauniad - Thursday 11 January 2007
"The good that comes of being raised in a loony bin" - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 14 January 2007 - Controversial title, methinks.
How best to cater for special needs - from the Grauniad - Monday 15 January 2007
Family rift kept killer's past under wraps - from the Daily Telegraph - Thursday 18 January 2007
Breaking down barriers - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 23 January 2007
Public inquiry - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 24 January 2007
Obituary: Sybil Elgar - from the Grauniad - Wednesday 24 January 2007
Boy inundated with personal post - from BBC News Online - Friday 26 January 2007
It's 'experts' who actually make us miserable - from the Observer - Sunday 28 January 2007
'Prozac for autism' firm ponders £50m listing - from the Sunday Telegraph - Sunday 28 Janaury 2007
Imelda: the nightclub years - from the Grauniad - Monday 29 January 2007
'Bullying video' posted onto web - from BBC News Online - Monday 29 January 2007 - Typical of how modern life treats disabled people, isn't it?
New autism strategy is welcomed - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 30 January 2007
Autism-like disorder 'reversible' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 8 February 2007
Symptoms of autism 'can be reversed' - from the Daily Telegraph - Friday 9 February 2007
In search of lost boys - from the Grauniad - Tuesday 13 February 2007
Knife attacker sent to Broadmoor - from BBC News Online - Thursday 22 March 2007
Baby 'name test' may spot autism - from BBC News Online - Monday 2 April 2007
Judge quashes exclusion decision - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 4 April 2007 - Umm... A person who has just one letter in his name (just in case you have difficulty spelling it - think H from the pop group Steps). There were some teachers at my old school that I would have loved to have given a "good hiding" to, for giving me a hard time, and failing to protect me. The trouble was, I was never going to become the next Lennox Lewis, was I?
'Double blow' for autistic pupils - from BBC News Online - Monday 16 April 2007
Special school opens £2m complex - from BBC News Online - Friday 20 April 2007
Autism blue badge delay attacked - from BBC News Online - Monday 23 April 2007
Home tutors 'help autistic young' - from BBC News Online - Thursday 26 April 2007
Autistic pupils' playtime boost - from BBC News Online - Monday 11 May 2007
Autistic teen family 'must' move - from BBC News Online - Monday 14 May 2007
Row over pupil's autism T-shirt - from BBC News Online - Saturday 19 May 2007 - It's Political Correctness gone mad! Where's my T-shirt that says on the front "I am not a criminal stereotype"?
Robot helps develop social skills - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 29 May 2007 - I see some irony here - K-ASP-AR!
Families trial autism alert card - from BBC News Online - Thursday 31 May 2007 - Hopefully it will be a card that will be welcome at more places than your average Visa or Mastercard - don't leave home without it!
Schooldays inspire young artists - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 19 June 2007
Schooldays art win for Laura, 11 - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 20 June 2007 - Why I go to school... To get bullied, to get the piss taken out of you for being different... That's what it was like for me...
Protein mutations link to autism - from BBC News Online - Thursday 21 June 2007
Autism symptoms reversed in lab - BBC News Online - Wednesday 27 June 2007
Mentally ill or a cold-blooded murderer? - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 June 2007 - Remember the murder of nurse Cheryl Moss in early 2007? Well her killer had... You might as well click on the link and read it for yourself.
New 'benchmark' for autism care - from BBC News Online - Thursday 28 June 2007
Boy, 15, jailed for raping child - from BBC News Online - Friday 6 July 2007 - I heard this news story on a local radio news bulletin that day. The news story preceding this on the bulletin was an unrelated one about people who were dealing drugs in the same area that I am living at! Bloody charming! That news bulletin has seemed to have given me a stereotype of a drug-dealing child rapist! Now where did I put my sawn-off shotgun and balaclava for my planned armed robbery at my local Alliance and Leicester? [SARCASM ALERT]
Sentencing delay for bus attacker - from BBC News Online - Monday 9 July 2007
Autistic teenagers 'lack support' - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 10 July 2007
Autism 'has big impact on adults' - from BBC News Online - Saturday 14 July 2007 - I don't live with my parents anymore...
MMR doctor on misconduct charges - from BBC News Online - Monday 16 July 2007 - Dr Wakefield, I presume...
MMR scare doctor 'paid children' - from BBC News Online - Monday 16 July 2007 - Eat your heart out, Dracula! £5? I hardly got 10p as weekly pocket money as a five-year-old, with a bonus from the Tooth Fairy if I had a tooth out earlier on that day - but that was the 1980s, folks - 10p was a lot of money back then!
Q&A: The MMR debate - from BBC News Online - Monday 16 July 2007
Young boy conquers flame phobia - from BBC News Online - Wednesday 18 July 2007 - Childs by name, child by nature!
Mother calls for autism awareness - from BBC News Online - Monday 30 July 2007 - I even signed the 10 Downing Street petition prior to adding this link, (which you can sign for yourselves if you click on the link on the page). I have signed a number of autism and Asperger Syndrome-related petitions on the 10 Downing Street website over the past few months. Please make sure sign this one before Wednesday 30 July 2008! (Please also let me know if any other similar petitions are on the website so that I can sign them...)
Academy special schools requested - from BBC News Online - Monday 6 August 2007
Bus attacker detained for tests - from BBC News Online - Monday 6 August 2007
Girl stuck in mud saved from tide - from BBC News Online - (Bank Holiday) Monday 27 August 2007
Pair remortgage for autism school - from BBC News Online - Thursday 30 August 2007
MMR jab take-up below UK average - from BBC News Online - Saturday 1 September 2007
Autism charity finalist for award - from BBC News Online - Monday 10 September 2007
Hormone linked to autistic traits - from BBC News Online - Tuesday 11 September 2007
Autism campus opens in Ayrshire - from BBC News Online - Friday 21 September 2007
Alert card for autism is launched - from BBC News Online - Monday 1 October 2007 - I am used to carrying cards in my wallet, so how about making this Alert Card a nationwide thing?
More tests on bus stab attacker - from BBC News Online - Monday 1 October 2007
Man who stabbed girls is detained - from BBC News Online - Monday 26 November 2007 - The "denim skirt" generation (i.e. some teenage girls) humiliate a vulnerable man so much that he "hits" back and ends up in Broadmoor, which is a cross between a hospital and a prison. Can you guess what the man in question had been diagnosed with? That's right - arthritis! [ANOTHER SARCASM ALERT]
