24 November 2025
Our role -- as doctors, parents, and a community -- is to lean on evidence, support autistic children with empathy, and keep protecting our kids from diseases we can prevent.
Tag: autism
7 October 2025
The DoktorBudak coalition says paracetamol remains the standard of care for treating pain and fever in pregnancy. US research doesn't show that Tylenol causes autism in children, only a loose association that disappears with more rigorous research methods.
1 October 2025
Letter
Evidence-Based Practices For Neurodevelopmental Disorders And Autism — Developmental Paediatrics Consensus Group & College Of Paediatrics, Academy Of Medicine Of Malaysia
Experts agree that autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder influenced by many genetic and environmental factors, with no known single cause.
24 September 2025
Letter
No Conclusive Evidence Linking Paracetamol Use During Pregnancy To Autism — World Health Organization
WHO says no consistent link between the use of paracetamol during pregnancy and autism has been found from extensive research over the past decade, including large-scale studies. WHO notes that the exact causes of autism have yet to be established.
24 September 2025
Specialists from all over the world have fact-checked and debunked claims by the US government linking paracetamol use during pregnancy with autism. Current evidence doesn't support a causative link between paracetamol use during pregnancy with autism.
24 July 2024
School refusal, or 'school can't', disproportionately impacts neurodivergent students. It is crucial responses to the phenomenon take their needs into account.
3 July 2024
Letter
Remembering Feilina Feisol: Mother, Friend, Wonderful Person, And Great Advocate For Autism — Dr Amar-Singh HSS, Anit Kaur Randhawa, Nori Abdullah Badawi, Ras Adiba Radzi & Yap Sook Yee
Feilina Feisol, who died on June 30, 2024, was an active disability advocate who was always willing to engage with, support, and work with anyone who would provide opportunities for disabled persons.
21 May 2024
Malaysia
Counsellor With Autism Sues Public Services Commission For Refusing Permanent Position, Allegedly Over OKU Card
Ch'ng Bao-Zhong, a 31-year-old contract counsellor in MOH in Penang with Level 1 autism, has filed a judicial review application against SPA and the government for rejecting his application for a permanent position, allegedly because he holds an OKU card.