Welcome to the first in our series of newsflashes about autism and ASD.

We hope that you will find them of use. the aim is to provide links to stories we hope will be useful for the autism community.

If you would like to suggest a story please leave a link in the comments box below.

The first story concerns a recent announced by the FDA saying that “products or treatments claiming to “cure” autism do not work as claimed. The same is true of many products claiming to “treat” autism. Some may carry significant health risks.”

You can read the full story at the FDA web site here.