AUTISM

The last psychopath: using the brain to root out disorder

Silvia Camporesi | 07 November 2015 | Comments

tags: autism, eugenics, plays

The new play Tomcat tests our views about eliminating "neurodiverse" children.

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The ethics and science of prenatal testing for autism

Xavier Symons | 16 May 2014 | Comments

tags: autism, prenatal testing

Leading researcher Simon Baron-Cohen believes that significant obstacles, both scientific and ethical, remain before we can undertake prenatal testing for autism.

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Should we allow prenatal testing for autism?

Xavier Symons | 23 November 2013 | Comments

tags: autism, PGD, pre-natal testing

In a controversial move last week the West Australian Reproductive Technology Council authorised an IVF clinic to screen out potentially autistic embryos.

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Autism linked to older fathers

Michael Cook | 01 September 2012 | Comments

tags: autism, delayed marriage

Two contemporary trends have been linked by a recent article in Nature: the rising age of first-time fathers and the increasing rate of autism.

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Autism linked to infertility drugs

Michael Cook | 21 May 2010 | Comments

tags: autism, infertility drugs, IVF

Studies still preliminary