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Louis Theroux in Extreme Love: Autism

Autism has been making the headlines over the past week, in both positive and tragic ways. There's been a lot of press interest in a new documentary by Louis Theroux, shown on Â鶹Éç Two on Thursday 19 April and now available on iPlayer, in which he visited one of America's best schools for children with autism and got a glimpse of what life is like for the students and their families. Sadly, back in the UK, an inquest into the suicide of an autistic Suffolk teenager has been told that Gareth Oates, 18, was routinely bullied and that his mother had struggled to get appropriate medical intervention for her son's suicidal condition.

Meanwhile, Wednesday 18 April saw the . The demonstration, organised by Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC), involved about 100 protestors and brought traffic to a halt in London's Trafalgar Square as wheelchair users chained themselves together across a busy junction.

More of the week's headlines

Louis Theroux on autism: A very different sort of school (Â鶹Éç News, Thursday 19 April)

(The Guardian, Thursday 19 April)

(The Telegraph, Thursday 19 April)

(The Telegraph, Thursday 19 April)

(The Guardian, Wednesday 18 April)

(The Guardian, Wednesday 18 April)

Disabled can rate tourist venues in Northern Ireland (Â鶹Éç News, Wednesday 18 April)

'Blind' mice eyesight treated with transplanted cells (Â鶹Éç News, Wednesday 18 April)

(The Guardian, Wednesday 18 April)

Deaf rapper gives flash mob performance (Â鶹Éç News, Wednesday 18 April)

Autistic Suffolk boy who killed himself 'was bullied' (Â鶹Éç News, Tuesday 17 April)

(The Guardian, Tuesday 17 April)

(The Guardian, Tuesday 17 April)

Travel challenge marks Disability Wales' 40th anniversary (Â鶹Éç News, Tuesday 17 April)

(Daily Mail, Monday 16 April)

(The Guardian, Monday 16 April)

Disabled man campaigns for Northern Rail scooter access (Â鶹Éç News, Monday 16 April)

Disability Living Allowance changes and cost-cutting (Â鶹Éç News, Monday 16 April)

(The Guardian, Monday 16 April)

(Daily Mail, Sunday 15 April)

(The Independent, Saturday 14 April)

England manager teaches Berkshire's blind footballers new skills (Â鶹Éç News, Saturday 14 April)

Police officers' mental health 'affected by forced retirement' (Â鶹Éç News, Saturday 14 April)

(Daily Mail, Saturday 14 April)

(Daily Mail, Saturday 14 April)

Walking could be a useful tool in treating depression (Â鶹Éç News, Friday 13 April)

(The Guardian, Friday 13 April)

Down's Syndrome trolling: Charity wants positive images (Â鶹Éç News, Friday 13 April)

Paying tribute to the man who started the Paralympic Games (Â鶹Éç News, Friday 13 April)

London mayoral election: Disabled people talk of transport pain (Â鶹Éç News, Thursday 12 April)

London 2012: Travelling Paralympic exhibition opens (Â鶹Éç News, Thursday 12 April)