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What is driving the thousand-fold rise of autism?

MELBOURNE: In the late 1980s, when Professor Cheryl Dissanayake started researching autism, she estimated in… read more

Autism link to infections offers hope of breakthrough drugs

MELBOURNE: Children with autism experience abnormal gene regulation and immune function that is often triggered… read more

Outstanding hospice design concept now at risk of being cancelled

MELBOURNE: An outstanding hospice care design concept is now in danger of being cancelled by… read more

University study reveals potential autism treatment breakthrough

MELBOURNE: A drug being studied to treat epilepsy could reverse common signs of autism, a… read more