Looking Up Volume 5 Number 5 is out now. Contents include:
UNCONVENTIONAL AND CONTROVERSIAL TREATMENTS:Father opens a can of worms to help his autistic son
Head of ‘electric shock school’ agrees to leave post
Lupron doctor suspended
NEW REGULAR COLUMN: ‘The world according to Monique’ - by Monique Post, a photographic artist on the autistic spectrum
LOOKING UP INTERVIEW: Dr Tony Davies, the man who discovered the T-cell, casts a sceptical eye on some of the recent studies on the immunology of autism
UNDER FIRE : Arie Smith-Voorkamp, the alleged looter with Asperger’s syndrome in New Zealand
A FATHER’S PRIDE: The stay-at-home Dad in the Philippines
AUTISM IN SOUTH AFRICA: The appalling horrors of rural misconceptions
A NIGHTMARE IN FRANCEPLUS: All the latest research news and views from the world of autism:
GENETICS: Subtle genetic mutations ‘associated with non-syndromic autism’; Explanation for 2 per cent of autism cases? Comments from Dr DAVID SKUSE
THE ENVIRONMENT: Call for safety tests on chemicals. Comments from Dr IRVA HERTZ-PICCIOTTO
BRAIN RESEARCH: New study: half of autistic brains ‘share common genetic structure’. Comments from Dr MICHAEL LOMBARDO
News from round the globe: Mother walks free from court after strangling autistic son