something of interest from the news

[sesley]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14991267

 

how autism is regarded in different cultures and the wonderful inspiring work by people like this lady.Autism awareness campaigns are important for the UN and polititions, to take note,so that more is done to improve the lives of people and to try to address the ignorance and superstitions that some cultures have.

[Mandapanda]

"In 2009 the New York Times reported that officials in the Minnesota Health Department in the US had agreed on a startling fact - that there are higher rates of autism in young Somali children in the state.

 

While stressing that this was a small sample, they stated that Somali children were two to seven times more likely to suffer from the condition than people from other ethnic backgrounds. There is also data from Sweden and elsewhere in the US that seems to support this."

 

This is fascinating - perhaps it could lead to new areas of research, or confirm or dispute existing ones.