The invisible workforce: how late neurodiversity diagnoses are costing women and economies - The World Economic Forum

Eric M. Garcia is a journalist based in Washington, D. C., and author of “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation.” The United Kingdom government recently released its report on mental health conditions, autism, and attention deficit hyper-activity disorder. The report came about after now-former Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that he understood “how devastating it can be for people who face poor mental health, have ADHD or autism and can’t get a diagnosis or the right support.” But, he added, “I also know, from speaking to clinicians, how the diagnosis of these conditions is sharply rising.” Others in the United Kingdom have been just as callous.. Nigel Farage, the leader of the far-right Reform Party, has said that when an 18-year-old is put “on a disability register, unemployed, with a high level of benefits, you’re telling people aged 18 that they’re victims.” Even Dame Uta Frith, the German British psychologist responsible for much of the public understanding around autism, spoke earlier this year about how she no longer believes autism is a spectrum.

Police used 'justified' force in fatal shooting of one-year-old, says Mississippi attorney general5 hours agoMax MatzaCourtesy of family attorney Benjamin CrumpMississippi police used "justified" force when they shot at a car during a shoplifting investigation, killing a one-year-old boy inside, the state's attorney general has ruled. Kohen Wiley was killed in June while sitting on his mother's lap in the passenger seat of a car that police say was being driven at officers in the city of Senatobia. Authorities have said they were called about a report that nappies and baby clothes were allegedly stolen. His mother has denied the allegations. Neither she nor the driver of the vehicle have been charged with a crime. A lawyer for the Wiley family denounced the attorney general's findings on Monday and called for the release of footage from the incident. Police were called to a Walmart store on 14 June after a report of baby supplies being allegedly stolen. According to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, officers arrived to find two women and a child walking towards a car. Officers tried to stop the vehicle but it was allegedly driven at one of them, nearly striking an officer.