Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates – An engrossing and surprisingly honest memoir
In the first part of three planned books, which takes us up to the late 1970s, a wholly unexpected picture of the Microsoft founder steps forward at times
Autism
Stories about autism
‘It’s so deeply unfair’: Lankum singer Radie Peat on the lack of supports for her autistic daughter
‘You ask yourself, will she ever say mama’ - singer and Lankum musician told she must wait until July 2028 for services
Whooping cough increases autism risk in infants, Trinity research finds
‘Impossible to put a number’ on level of risk, says TCD immunologist who supervised research
Kanye West announces he has been diagnosed with autism
Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West says he was misdiagnosed as bipolar in podcast appearance where he also opines new album Bully and the Drake-Kendrick beef
Call for ‘urgent’ review of new restraint guidelines in schools
Rules fall ‘far short’ short of what is needed to protect vulnerable pupils, special rapporteur on child protection says
Regretting being a stay-at-home parent: ‘You’re sitting at home doing housework and you’re bored out of your tree’
Parenting Taboos: Admitting that you feel bored, unfulfilled, or even regret your choice to stay at home with your children is difficult but not uncommon
Will Robert F Kennedy jnr ‘go wild’ on health issues in the US and how will this play out?
Dr Muiris Houston: Rocky times ahead for US healthcare, with several flagged changes set to have global repercussions
RTÉ Late Late Toy Show appeal raises over €5m for children’s charities for first time
More than €3.7 million was donated through online banking app Revolut
Disability rights campaigner thanks Colin Farrell for giving her voice in US
Actor flew Cara Darmody (14) to Chicago to address event organised by his charity foundation
Living with disability: ‘I told my manager I had epilepsy and was told any slacking off would not be tolerated’
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, an epilepsy sufferer writes about attitudes to disabilities in Ireland
Mother who fought for school places for autistic, non-verbal twins named Family Carer of the Year
Sarah Dooley from Co Laois takes overall award as five young carers also honoured at this year’s Netwatch Family Carer of the Year ceremony
Autism: Why are so many children being diagnosed these days?
As many as one in 20 schoolchildren in Ireland may have autism or similar developmental issues, studies suggest
Sharp increase in autism diagnoses to require thousands of additional special needs places in schools
Official estimates point to a near doubling in proportion of children with autism in need of support at school within five years
‘I believe my nephew may have ADHD or autism, but his parents won’t discuss it’
Ask the Expert: When we do rarely meet up, nobody is allowed to discuss my brother’s son for fear the family will never return to visit us. How to approach this?
Blindboy: ‘I left my first day of school feeling great shame. The pain of that still rises up in me’
The Limerick-based podcaster and author on his school trauma, adult autism diagnosis and unconventional mother
From screentime to dinner time: how parents can improve family life, diet and relationships
The Healthy Families programme helps parents to implement gradual but significant improvements to family wellbeing
‘My daughter enjoys college, but it is getting her there consistently that is the problem’
Ask the Expert: Our daughter has autism and would not attend school for three years. Now at college, her attendance has improved greatly, but we walk on eggshells around her. How can we better support her?
Some of our Parts by Laura Kennedy: A brilliant philosophical memoir about our multiple identities
The intellectual challenge of Kennedy’s sentences scorches new neural pathways
Substantial increase in number of 13 year-olds diagnosed with disability over last decade - report
The most prevalent physical disability was found to be blindness or visual impairment (24.8%), followed by pain or difficulties breathing (19.1%), trouble doing physical activities (11.9%) and deafness/hearing impairment (2.5%)
Calm interiors: How to use sensory design to change your overwhelming home into a peaceful space
A designer came to appreciate the importance of sensory-sensitive environments after seeing her autistic daughter’s experience
Sam Thompson: ‘I really don’t think there is a distinction to be made between writing for adults and writing for children’
Thompson’s new book, The Forest Yet to Come, is part of the Wolfstongue saga, which began as a direct response to his son’s difficulty with speech
Nature Boy by Seán Ronayne: A refreshingly open account of autism, difference and finding peace in nature
The Cork man has found solace and greater acceptance through his work identifying birds, their sounds and songs
I received an autism diagnosis at 34 and sat quietly with it in some discomfort
It may help explain why I have so often been described as ‘aloof’ or rude, or not having the expected emotional responses in various contexts through my life
Parents of more than 160 autistic children go to High Court seeking school places
Courts grants parents of six children leave to apply for orders directing Normal Foley to provide pupils with appropriate education
‘My six-year-old talks about the same thing over and over. It’s alienating him from his peers’
Ask the Expert: Is there a way of stopping him doing this without being critical?
Child with autism refused place by 19 schools
Government accused of failing to uphold right to education for children with additional needs
New strategy promises to deliver improvements to lives of people with autism over 18-month period
Government’s Autism Innovation Strategy unveiled on Monday
‘Our daughter blames us for not realising years ago that she was autistic’
Ask the Expert: She was diagnosed recently, aged 23. We did our best as struggling parents, but sometimes we did mess up and shout at her
‘They are being robbed of their potential’: Thousands of children with special needs waiting years for vital therapy
Parents worry that their children are slipping through the cracks of service beset by staff shortages, deficient assessments and a morale crisis
Nearly half of young at Dublin mental health service are autistic, says provider
Lucena Clinic gets accreditation as first mental health service in Ireland officially declared autism-friendly
Autism could be diagnosed with stool sample tests, scientists say
Finding suggests that a routine procedure could help doctors identify condition and provide support earlier
Eamon Ryan: ‘I will never forget seeing a really nasty comment about my father, who had just died. It has become worse since then’
Green Party's departing leader talks about corrosive social media abuse, his political legacy, and how the State is failing people with special needs
‘My 11-year-old son needs help with rejection sensitivity’
Ask the Expert: He is extremely self-conscious, gets very upset by perceived criticism and can’t take correction
‘You’re wasting my time’: Audio recording prompts father of autistic boy to complain of emotional abuse at school
Many parents of children with complex needs say pupils are mistreated in a school system with no guidelines for dealing with challenging behaviour
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