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Learning from babies

What can we learn from babies and how the brain has an amazing ability to ‘get to work’ on autism…

Halloween: Guide to staying safe

Whether you love Halloween or loathe it, the occasion is growing in popularity. For many, Halloween is a spine-chilling spectacular…

Sensory overload insights

Processing everyday sensory information can be difficult for autistic people. Any of their senses may be over- or under-sensitive, or both, at…

A.R.T. training as internal martial arts

For people who train in the martial arts one of the most important principles is the relationship between stillness and…

Medicinal cannabis study for children in palliative care

Medicinal cannabis study into easing symptoms of children in palliative care: A pilot study will explore the use of medicinal…

Shifts in the clinical landscape of autism

Shifts in the clinical landscape of autism: The therapeutic setting has changed for autism. Where once we would treat and…

Autism diagnosis impacted by different gender emotional needs

Autism diagnosis impacted by different gender emotional needs: A new study suggests that autism diagnosis could be improved with a…

BSPD issues paediatric oral health Blueprint

As the new PM, Liz Truss puts her new administration together and sets out her policies, the British Society of…

Maternal mental health impacted by pandemic

Maternal mental health and well-being profoundly impacted by COVID-19 pandemic: Maternal well-being has been profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Mind-altering microbes: how the microbiome affects brain and behavior

Mind-altering microbes: how the microbiome affects brain and behavior: Elaine Hsiao at TEDxCaltech https://youtu.be/FWT_BLVOASI Elaine Hsiao is a postdoctoral fellow…

Impact of head injuries in children

Head injuries in children linked to reduced brain size and learning difficulties: Traumatic brain injury may lead to reduced brain…

Brain cell development and risk of schizophrenia

Scientists from Keele and Cardiff Universities have discovered new links between the breakdown in brain cell development and the risk…