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Share13 February 2012 will go down as an important day in the evolution of the treatment of people with autism in France. The newspaper Liberation published a version of an unreleased report by the National Authority for Health (HAS) which the HAS was quick to refute, under pressure from the psychoanalytical lobby (APM News and AFP). Episode 1 – Libération publishes a report on “recommendations for good practice” by the National Authority for Health. In the evening of 12 February [...]

Share  As announced on France 3, The Prime Minister François Fillon today met the associations forming the “Ensemble l’Autisme” (Autism Together) Collective which is at the origin of Autism, the National Cause in France for 2012. On Thursday, the Prime Minster charged the Minister of Solidarities, Roselyne Bachelot with drawing up a new autism plan, reactivated the National Autism Council and charged Dominique Baudis, the Rights Ombudsman with “close monitoring” of treatments which do not respect human rights. Here are [...]

ShareUpdated: January 16, 2012 The organisation of the first Parliamentary meetings on Autism in the National Assembly and the submission of the report by Valérie Létard, Senator for the North of France, generated extremely widespread coverage in both the general and specialised press. Most of the articles focused on the report’s content, which reviewed the government’s 2008-2010 Autism Plan. La Croix reported the opening of the first parliamentary sessions on autism where “four round table discussions are organised to evaluate [...]

Share“The Wall: Psychoanalysis put to the test for autism”, is a French documentary filmed by Sophie Robert. It describes the misuse of the psychoanalitic approach of autism in France and the discriminations of autistic children in France. This document provides a summary of the movement and the legal battle for December 2011. December 2011 has been an extremely dense month for the movement with parents rallying on Dec. 8th in Lille and Paris for the court hearing, a strong campaign [...]

ShareTranslation of an article published in the French Newspaper “Le Monde” on November 14th 2011. A mother kills her autistic son before committing suicide (in France) A mother of Martigues (South of France) killed her 6 year-old autistic son before hanging herself on Saturday, according to sources close to the investigation quoted by AFP. The father called the emergency after discovering the lifeless body of his 40 year-old wife and his son. According to preliminary investigation, this couple of Indian [...]

Share“The Wall or psychoanalysis put to the test for autism”, is a French documentary filmed by Sophie Robert. It describes the misuse of the psychoanalitic approach of autism in France and the discriminations of autistic children in France. This document provides a summary of the movement and the legal battle for September 2011. September 2011 : The documentary is released September 7th 2011: The documentary is released The documentary is released in France in collaboration with the non-profit organization “Autistes [...]