Coming to terms with an autism diagnosis is a process of healing and recovery. How you feel in the early stages is not how ...

A new autism assessment protocol, which the HSE said will offer a standardised and more specialised route for assessment for children and young people and adults, has been announced.

Trish Byrne, the college’s chair of its faculty of child and adolescent psychiatry, said the planned new “tiered approach” to ...

A NEW autism assessment service will be launched today to make it faster and easier for children to get diagnosed and access supports. Children and Disability Minister Norma Foley and Health ...

For those who have gone through it, know the ordeal: the path to an autism diagnosis often stretches on for months or years.

Cultural competence is a core value of professional psychology. While it's not a novel concept (cultural competence has been articulated for more than half a century.), cross-cultural practice may be ...

A specialist clinic serving families across Lincolnshire is marking eight years of growth as demand for autism and ADHD ...

Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin examines the autism assessment protocol launched on Tuesday ...

Autistic children with a referral who are waiting for an assessment are at significantly greater risk of exclusion from school, with all the further risks that can bring. If waiting times continue to ...

A new approach to diagnosing autism is to be brought to the Cabinet on Tuesday, and will save the State millions by replacing the current fragmented administrative system, it has been claimed. Current ...

Psychometric assessment of autistic traits encompasses the design, validation and application of standardised instruments to quantify characteristics associated with autism spectrum conditions in both ...