Out now: latest Looking Up autism newsletter

[Adam]

The latest, packed edition of Looking Up (www.lookingupautism.org),
out now, includes:

- A detailed and truly global look back at how campaigners across the
planet marked United Nations World Autism Awareness Day (including
first-hand reports from China and India)
- French parents of autistic children fight the horrors of 'le
packing' - the practice of wrapping the children in damp, refrigerated
sheets
- Didi Conn (who played Frenchy in the films Grease and Grease 2) on
life with her autistic son, Danny
- Exciting new genetic findings
- Portuguese parliamentarians banned from inapprorpriate use of the
terms "autism" and "autistic" - we look at similar abuses around the
world
- ASPERGER'S SYNDROME SPECIAL: The fullest account yet of the story
of Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker with Asperger's syndrome facing
extradition from Britain to the United States; Brisbane boy cycles
more than 950 kilometres to Sydney 'to prove to bullies that he wasn't
an idiot,' says mother
- Wales’ pioneering approach to tackling the challenges of autism
reinforced with appointment of Susan Leekam as the first holder of a
new professorship at Cardiff University dedicated to researching the
condition.
- AUTISM AND THE ARTS: Young writer with autism puts finishing
touches to first novel; Autistic playwright seeks funding to stage her
insightful first work
- EMPLOYMENT: Success stories in Denmark and Japan
- AUTISM IN AFRICA: Reports from Algeria and Ghana
- Letters from France and Argentina


You can find more details about how to obtain Looking Up by going to
the website (www.lookingupautism.org). You will also find full
contents of all back issues, as well as many free articles from
previous editions (including interviews with Dr Gary Mesibov, Dr Tony
Attwood, Theo Peeters, Dr Eric Courchesne, Professor Digby Tantam and
Professor Christopher Gillberg), and extracts from other articles.

You might also like to check out my new quarterly film newsletter, The
Cutting Room (www.cuttingroom.org).


Please feel free to e-mail me if you need further information.

Best wishes,

Adam Feinstein
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