News: May 2006
Europe-wide research to examine the causes of asthma
Asthma is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental effects, and despite being rare a hundred years ago, it has become increasingly common in developed societies across the world. Scient...
MHF welcomes nutrition guidelines that will ban junk food from schools by 2009 (UK)
The UK-based Mental Health Foundation has welcomed nutrition guidelines that will improve school catering from 2009. In a statement Andrew McCulloch said that food can have an immediate and lasting...
UK National Autistic Society launches its first education campaign
The UK's National Autistic Society (NAS), the leading UK charity for people with autism and their parents and carers, will launch its first education campaig: Make school make sense. NAS President ...
World-first disabilities program calls for families to participate in a landmark research project - Queensland University
Researchers from the Queensland Univ (Australia) are appealing for families with children between the ages of two and nine who have been diagnosed with autism, cerebral palsy or Down syndrome to ta...
