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Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen.

Simon Baron-Cohen wins MRC Millennium Medal for transformative research into autism and neurodiversity

20 Jun 2024

The UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) in the UK will today present the MRC Millennium Medal 2023 to Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, in recognition...

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Autistic individuals have increased risk of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body

29 Sep 2023

Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body and are more likely to have complex health needs...

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Search is on for ‘super memorisers’ to help scientists unlock the secrets of memory

03 May 2023

Cambridge scientists are today launching a search to find people who have exceptional memory, as they attempt to understand why some people are much...

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Autistic people are more likely to experience depression and anxiety during pregnancy

26 Oct 2022

Autistic people are more vulnerable to depression and anxiety during pregnancy, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. The...

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Likelihood of receiving an autism diagnosis may depend on where you live

24 Oct 2022

New autism diagnoses tend to be clustered within specific NHS service regions, suggesting that where an individual lives may influence whether they...

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Children with rare genetic disorders more likely to be diagnosed with developmental, behavioural and mental health problems

03 Aug 2022

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased...

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Autistic individuals have poorer health and healthcare

27 May 2022

Autistic individuals are more likely to have chronic mental and physical health conditions, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge...

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Autistic defendants are being failed by the criminal justice system

15 Mar 2022

The criminal justice system (CJS) is failing autistic people, argue researchers at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, after a...

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Study reveals high rate of possible undiagnosed autism in people who died by suicide

15 Feb 2022

A significant number of people who died by suicide were likely autistic, but undiagnosed, according to new research that highlights the urgent need...

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Autistic individuals are more likely to be LGBTQ+

20 Sep 2021

New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that autistic individuals are less likely to identify as heterosexual and more likely to...

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10,000 autistic people to take part in the UK’s largest study of autism

24 Aug 2021

An ambitious new research project, Spectrum 10K, launches today and will recruit 10,000 autistic individuals, as well as their relatives, living in...

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Autistic individuals may be more likely to use recreational drugs to self-medicate their mental health

01 Jul 2021

While autistic individuals are less likely to use substances, those who do so are more likely to self-medicate for their mental health symptoms...

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