How an autism diagnosis changed Clem Bastow’s world for the better

How an autism diagnosis changed Clem Bastow’s world for the better

A late autism diagnosis helped the world make sense for this journalist-turned-advocate.

  • byKerrie O'Brien

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‘Desperately worried’:Outbreak at Sydney school for children with autism

A growing COVID-19 outbreak has emerged at a Sydney school for children with autism spectrum disorder,with 18 cases linked to the cluster.

  • byDaniella White
My early love for glitter hinted at my future diagnosis

My early love for glitter hinted at my future diagnosis

As a child,simple stimuli – glitter,fireworks – could hypnotise or terrorise Clem Bastow. Later came her autism diagnosis that helped make sense of it all.

  • byClem Bastow
Never cruel,never boring:the dating show that rewrites the rules
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Never cruel,never boring:the dating show that rewrites the rules

Love on the Spectrum is a dating show about difference and diversity,and at the same time about the things that make us all the same.

  • byMelinda Houston
Scientist develops retinal scanner to identify childhood autism

Scientist develops retinal scanner to identify childhood autism

A Hong Kong scientist has developed a method to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to scan retinas of children as young as six to detect early autism or the risk of autism.

  • byAleksander Solum
‘Coming up with creative solutions’:Companies looking to hire autistic employees

‘Coming up with creative solutions’:Companies looking to hire autistic employees

Banks,finance,insurance and tech companies are taking a real interest in neurodiverse employees because they need people who are able to look at problems differently or are able to come up with creative solutions.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Sia adds warning to new film Music after outcry from autism community

Sia adds warning to new film Music after outcry from autism community

“I promise,have been listening,” the musician wrote on Twitter. “The motion picture Music will,moving forward,have this warning at the head of the movie.”

  • byChristi Carras
Dungeons,dragons and dice rolls help some people deal with day-to-day

Dungeons,dragons and dice rolls help some people deal with day-to-day

Autism Queensland is trialling a program using popular game Dungeons&Dragons to help people on the spectrum learn skills they need for real life.

  • byStuart Layt
They're gifted and now they have a school that really gets them

They're gifted and now they have a school that really gets them

The first Australian school for'twice-exceptional children'will open with a small initial intake next year.

  • byAdam Carey
Researchers go fishing to find cause of sound sensitivity in autism

Researchers go fishing to find cause of sound sensitivity in autism

UQ researchers have used zebrafish to gain insight into why some people with autism and other conditions are sensitive to sound.

  • byStuart Layt
'Just an innocent child':What happened to Peter John Enright?

'Just an innocent child':What happened to Peter John Enright?

Queensland police charged Maureen Anne Enright,76,with murdering her son in the late 1960s,and are searching for his remains.

  • byLucy Stone