Keith Duffy has revealed it took more than two years for his daughter Mia to receive an autism diagnosis as he reflected on the ‘terrifying’ and ‘frustrating’ wait. Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of Lorraine, the Boyzone star recalled the agonising wait for his little girl to get the help she needed, eventually going private to … Read more
Christine and Paddy McGuinness are reportedly set to reveal the challenges of raising children with autism in a new BBC documentary, Autism and our Family. The model, 32, and presenter, 47, share twins Penelope and Leo, seven, and Felicity, four, and all three children have been diagnosed with autism. Christine has always been open about … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: ‘My longest relationship was four months’: The Chase’s Anne Hegerty, 62, admits her autism has stopped her finding love as she learns her emotional intelligence is at 1% By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 08:51 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 08:51 GMT, 28 January 2021 The Chase star Anne Hegerty has shed light … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: The Chase’s Anne Hegerty sheds light on her autism and insists it makes her a better quizzer as she embarks on a Chasers road trip for new series By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 15:56 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 15:56 GMT, 20 January 2021 Anne Hegerty has opened up about her autism … Read more
Sam Bailey has revealed she ‘feels sick’ at the thought of disciplining her son after failing to realise he had autism. The X Factor winner’s son Tommy, 11, was diagnosed with autism and dyspraxia last year after she and husband Craig Pearson got him assessed after noticing he was ‘different’ to other children his age. And in a … Read more
X Factor winner Sam Bailey has admitted she feels ‘sick to her stomach’ that she didn’t pick up the signs of her son’s autism sooner. The singer, 43, who won the tenth series of reality show in 2013, learned of her son Tommy’s condition in July, after noticing signs in his behaviour around four years … Read more
Big Brother: All-Stars contestants have come under fire for mocking a fellow houseguest with autism. Memphis Garrett, Christmas Abbott, Dani Briones, and Nicole Franzel were seen on live feeds laughing and making fun of Ian Terry, a houseguest on the autism spectrum, and his self-soothing technique of rocking back and forth. Memphis compared Ian to … Read more
Getting the flu jab while pregnant doesn’t increase the baby’s risk of being diagnosed with autism later on, another study has found. Researchers in Sweden compared autism diagnoses among seven-year-old children whose mothers had a swine flu vaccine during pregnancy and those whose did not. Of almost 70,000 children, 39,700 had been exposed to the … Read more
Pregnant women who smoke cannabis almost double the risk of their baby being born autistic, warns a new study. In the largest ever study of its kind, researchers found that children whose mothers reported using cannabis during pregnancy were at greater risk of autism. The incidence of autism was four per 1,000 person-years among children … Read more
The NHS has launched an ‘urgent’ review after figures showed death rates of people with learning disabilities and autism have doubled during the Covid-19 crisis. The dramatic U-turn comes after it had previously reassured the deaths of people in this group had been ‘within expected range’. Analysis of data by two separate organisations showed that in … Read more