Debunked myths that vaccines cause autism are increasing stigma
Culture warriors see not sick Britain, but a plague of ‘overdiagnosis’. How convenient
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice
Weekend
Actor Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts; Marina Hyde on ‘grotesque’ JD Vance; and ‘how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice’ – podcast
‘It’s supposed to be intense’: inside the experimental film that ‘truly captures’ autism
Mind over body: the trouble with treating chronic conditions
CDC to study potential links between vaccines and autism despite research showing no connection
Send crisis: a system at breaking point
Ministers plan major changes to Send education in England
The number of people with chronic conditions is soaring. Are we less healthy than we used to be – or overdiagnosing illness?
Weekend
The White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood, Marina Hyde on Daddy Musk, and are we over-diagnosing illness? – podcast
January 2025
'I asked you a simple question, Bobby': Sanders grills RFK Jr on vaccines and autism – video
Trump's nominee for health secretary said he believed autism comes from vaccines in a Fox News interview in 2023
Loners, misfits and the shadow of Southport
Letters:A reader with an autistic son responds to letters about Axel Rudakubana, whilePeter Lowe suggests ways of restricting the sale and lethality of knives
My brother is minimally verbal. He taught me that language is far more than mere words
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Today in Focus
The financial time bomb facing special educational needs – podcast
TV tonight
TV tonight: Simon Schama’s series on the culture that defines us
December 2024
Early intervention is vital to end the special needs crisis
Ex-pupil wins damages over face-down restraint at Oxfordshire special school
‘It would deflate our world’: how NDIS cuts to music therapy may silence Ava’s voice
Standing Up review – autism gets sappy treatment in didactic family road movie
