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AI app supports families navigating ADHD and autism

A new app has been launched which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), to give carers who suspect their children are neurodivergent, "a better picture of what's going on" whilst waiting for a diagnosis.

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The Autism Curve

Diagnoses of autism have been rising exponentially. Arguments and conspiracy theories abound about why. So what's behind that steep upwards curve?

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New support for those waiting on autism diagnoses

A new initiative has been set up to support people waiting for an autism diagnosis.

An Oxford charity, which has now expanded nationwide, aims to provide extra help through an online hub.

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Teachers said I'd fail but dyslexia gave me drive

Feeling "different", struggling to put pen to paper, and being told he would "fail" were all part of Adam Dance's experience growing up with dyslexia.

But he says having the condition also gave him drive, eventually inspiring him to become an MP to help others in similar situations

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Police to screen for undiagnosed ADHD

People being held in custody are to be screened for undiagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), in a pilot project by Cumbria Police.

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ADHD: does medication work?

Of the UK’s 2.6million people with ADHD only a fraction are on drugs which, while not a cure, may offer life-changing help

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