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Spectrum: Autism Research News

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Andrew Whitehouse

Professor, University of Western Australia

Andrew Whitehouse is Bennett Chair of Autism at the Telethon Kids Institute and the University of Western Australia.

September 2023
Young child stacks colored blocks on a table.

High prevalence of developmental delay strains Australia’s support systems

by  /  1 September 2023

The nation needs to build capacity to support the roughly 20 percent of children in Australia who have developmental delay.

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August 2019
Woman looks at her newborn from under the operating tent of c-section surgery

Cesarean sections tenuously tied to autism

by ,  /  29 August 2019

A new study that combines data from more than 20 million births has found that a cesarean section delivery is associated with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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