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Autism spectrum disorder impacts the nervous system.

The range and severity of symptoms can vary widely. Common symptoms include difficulty with communication, difficulty with social interactions, obsessive interests and repetitive behaviours.

Early recognition, as well as behavioural, educational and family therapies may reduce symptoms and support development and learning.

Autism is a developmental disability that can cause a complex range of behavioural symptoms and may be mild, moderate or severe. The main features of autism are difficulty in social interactions and communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests. Children or adults with autism may be highly intelligent, of normal intelligence or have learning difficulties.

Thousands of people have gathered for a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

This year marks 99 years since the signing of the Armistice with Germany that brought an end to World War I on November 11th, 1918.

A large crowd at the Australian War Memorial paused for a minute's silence to reflect on the service and sacrifice of more than one million Australians who have served their country.

Researchers have linked depression to a greater risk of early death for both men and women.

A large, long-term study has confirmed that both men and women who have had at least one major depressive episode have a significantly higher mortality risk. Moreover, this risk has progressively increased for women.

The Love, Talk, Sing, Read, Play phone app enables parents to click on the relevant age group and read about development of their child at that stage. Parents can also read ideas on how to talk, read, sing and play with their child as well as personalise the information by adding their own children’s names.

The SBS National Language Competition 2017 asked students a simple question, "What does language-learning mean to you?"

Entrants from across the country submitted short videos in languages other than English.

Some students said it made them feel closer to their families, while others said it was just fun to expand their skills.

The nationwide competition aims to engage schoolchildren and asks them to reflect on the cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity of Australia's multicultural society.

The High Court has handed down its decision on the fate of seven current and former parliamentarians, caught up in a scandal over dual citizenship.

The crisis had threatened to topple the government and place a cloud over ministerial decisions.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash, One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts, and former Greens Senators Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam have been ruled ineligible to sit in parliament.

The High Court judged Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Nationals Senator Matt Canavan are allowed to keep their positions.

Barnaby Joyce, whose New Zealand citizenship by descent triggered a diplomatic and political war of words, says he wasn't surprised by the verdict.

The establishment of the Mother Language Conservation Movement International Incorporated is the result to fulfil such a heartfelt emotional demand of Mother Language lovers effectively.

Mr. Nirmal Paul(the Ex-President of the Ekushe Academy Australia Inc.), under whose visionary leadership, the movement of Mother Language Conservation was initiated within the multicultural society in Australia, and eventually originated a significance globally, has influenced as well as encourage the establishment of the Mother Language Conservation Movement International in response to the global need to combat the declining trend and to address the challenge that threat Mother Languages Worldwide.

Senior lecturer at Deakin University in Victoria, Dr Fara Azmat is running a project to help bring the isolated and radicalised youth groups of Bangladesh back into mainstream society by involving them in arts and cultural activities. As part of this cross cultural collaboration 15 Bangladeshi officials have travelled to Australia for training. 

New WHO Study Finds Sharp Increase in Child Obesity

A new study provides evidence of a sharp increase in the number of obese and overweight children and young adults worldwide in just 40 years.

The study was a project of researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO). The findings were released this week at WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

The researchers studied obesity rates among children and young people, between five and 19 years of age. They found that rates in this group increased from 11 million in 1975 to 124 million in 2016.

This was one of the biggest epidemiological studies ever done. The researchers examined height and weight data for about 130 million people. They used this information to get the Body Mass Index measurements of the subjects.

The most striking changes have taken place in Middle Income Countries in areas such as East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America. The WHO defines Middle Income Countries as places where a person normally earns between $1,045 and $12,736 every year.

Majid Ezzati, a professor at Imperial College London, was the chief writer of a report on the study. He was surprised by the speed of change.

Drama Bhusan Pal was written by Rajshekhar Basu  is better known as Parashuram.  He was a writer, chemist and lexicographer, and a man of diverse achievements. 

Parashuram is known for his comic and satirical short stories, and is widely considered to be the greatest Bengali humorist of the twentieth century.  He began his writing career in the 1920s, adopting the pen name of Parashuram.. .

He received recognition for his writing being awarded with the Rabindra Purashkar, Akademi Puraskar,  as well as the Padma Bhusan in 1956. Renowed flim maker Satyajit Ray directed two movies, Parash Pathar  (The Philosopher's Stone)), and Mahapurush (The Holy Man), based on short stories by Parashuram.