Lately, Autism has been getting more and more attention in the news.  This page provides links to some of those news articles, and television shows that have talked about autism.

In all cases, please be aware that the Canadian National Autism Foundation does not endorse or recommend any of the information contained within our pages or the links to other sites. It is your responsibility to use these pages as information to build your knowledge and to ask questions of other professionals with whom you trust.

Articles about Various Issues

What Happens When They Grow Up? ~ featured in Newsweek Health,

     November 27, 2006

Coping with Life as a Grown-Up with Autism ~ Newsweek, December 11,

      2006.

When Does Autism Start? ~ featured in Newsweek Magazine, February 28,

     2005 series on Autism

'The New Age of Autism' Scientists Hope to Identify Early Markers of

Autism in Babies as Young as Six Months ~ featured in Newsweek

      Magazine, February 20, 2005 and in the Schafer Autism Report

How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading ~ featured in the

      New York Times, December 20, 2004

Sheriff: Deadly fight provoked ~ PERRIS: An autistic man's family says

      he was not responsible for a tussle that preceded his death

      ~ The Press Enterprise, July 26, 2006

Experts Question Prevalent Stereotypes about Autism ~ University of

       Wisconsin-Madison ~ February 20, 2006

Autistic Kids Benefit from Dads' Involvement ~ University of Florida

        Health Science Center ~ April 2005

Inside Autism ~ CNN ~ September 2006

Articles about Education

Pupils 'must look away to think' ~ BBC News ~ January 2006

Photo Essay~ Inside A School for Autistic Children ~ Time Magazine

Articles about the Brain

NEW - New Test Spots Autism Signs in 9 Month Old Infant ~ CTV.ca ~

       May 15, 2008 (Go to the right hand side of the page and click on Mel

       Rutherford under Your Health)

NEW - Mac Test May Catch Autism Earlier ~ Hamilton Spectator ~ May 15,

      2008

NEW - New Test to Detect Autism at 9 Months ~ The Globe and Mail ~ May

      16, 2008

New Test May Unlock Autism Secrets ~ how an MRI can measure how an

     individual's brain processes light and motion

Ties That Bind Mother And Child ~ One theory behind autism's symptom of

     social indifference is that the brain might be incapable of forming strong 

     social bonds without feedback from its opioid reward system -- like the

     pleasure a baby should feel from loving parental care.

UCSD Researchers Find Brain Overgrowth During First Year of Life in

     Autism ~ University of California, San Diego News Release

What Causes Autism ~ Discovery Health

Scientists Make Gut-Brain Connection to Autism ~ CBC News, September 

       2007

Articles about Mercury and Vaccines

NEW

Autism & Vaccines ~ CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Autism: Unraveling the mystery.  Families Argue Autism Vaccine Link ~

      CNN News, June 5, 2008

Study Casts Doubt on Autism-Vaccine Link ~ CTV News, January 7, 2008

Vaccine Links To Autism? ~ Alex Donnelly had abnormal levels of mercury

     in his body; his father thinks there's a connection between vaccinations

     and the autism he developed.

ABC's Primetime Live Report on Autism: Yellow Journalism At It's Worst

     ~ SafeMinds Calls Upon ABC News to Make On-Air Correction;

     'Investigative' Report Appears to Lack Even Most Basic Facts

The vaccine preservative contains mercury ~ During the 1990s, autism 

     silently exploded across the United States, affecting up to 15 times as  

     many children as it did in the prior decade.

A Neverending Story ~ Even as researchers report once again that there

     is no link between a vaccine preservative and the way kids develop,

     parents of children with autism continue to press their cases against

     drugmakers. A coming wave of lawsuits?

Articles about Genetics and Autism

Genetic Flaw Appears to Increase the Risk of Autism ~ as featured on 

      CTV News, January 9, 2008

Autism Gene ~ a report on a study done by Columbia Univeristy ~ as

      featured on News Channel 9

Doctors want to screen out embryos with Autism ~ The Sunday Times

      Britain ~ June 18, 2006

Tracing The Origins of Autism: A Spectrum Of New Studies ~ Environmental Health Perspectives, July 2006

Video Clips of Autism in the News

NEW - Video CHCH TV News Report ~ Detecting Autism at 9 Months ~ May

      2008

A collection of inspiring video clips in the news

Other Interesting Tid Bits

Autism Linked to Parents with High Level of Education ~ UK Telegraph

        News

Missing Link Between Madness and Genius ~ UK Telegraph News

Alert Card for Autism is Launched (in England) ~ An alert card to help

         emergency services identify when they are dealing with someone with

         an autism-related condition. ~ BBC News