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Neurodivergent individuals represent at least 15 per cent of the world population, yet 86 per cent are under or unemployed.

Research led by Drs. Mark Shen, Heather Hazlett and Joseph Piven from UNC-Chapel Hill is the first to demonstrate overgrowth of the amygdala in the first year of life, before babies show most of the behavioral symptoms that later consolidate into a diagnosis of autism. This overgrowth may be unique to autism, as babies with fragile X syndrome show a different brain growth pattern.

The seventh annual Uplifting Black Men Conference will be held virtually on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Health charity leaders have stressed the importance of keeping non-Covid-19 services “intact” amid the latest surge of the pandemic, warning that

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Parkinsons Foundation announced the expansion of its clinical care network. The Parkinsons Foundation Global Care Network will...

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Parkinsons Foundation announced the expansion of its clinical care network. The Parkinsons Foundation Global Care Network will...

AGRICULTURAL organisation Africa Grain and Seed (AGS) vice-president Mrs Zandile Matiwaza-Denga who hails from Plumtree town has raised

THE work of a Dudley pharmacist who helps people living with Parkinsons has been recognised with a national award.

Corporations committed $50 billion to Black communities: How it started, how it’s going June 26, 2021 Kia Croom, an Oakland native now in Washington, D.C., works hard to ensure that corporate dollars get funneled into Black communities and organizations. Since the 2020 height of the Black Lives Matter movement, hundreds of multi-national corporations have verbally aligned themselves with Black lives – but is their money where their mouth is? Kia’s challenge to all companies is fo...

Airbnb 2020 commitment: Airbnb said it would donate a total of $500,000 to the NAACP and the Black Lives Matter Foundation. It also said it would match employee donations to both groups. The company also said that by the end of 2021, 20% of its board of directors and executive team collectively would be made up of people of color. By the end of 2025, Airbnb said, its goal is to have 20% of U.S. employees be underrepresented minorities and for 50% of global employees who identify in the gender b...