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Jim Carrey’s anti-vaccination tweets employ a number of techniques used by anti-science cranks. By understanding them, we can shield ourselves from well-intentioned but ill-informed voices.
In our study, it was the comparison groups of children who showed a visual learning style, not the children with autism.
The epigenetic ‘musicians’ that play our genomes in different ways might help us understand the causes of autism.
Neurodiversity describes those who think, see and process information differently. And they can be an asset in the right workplaces.
A survey of more than 1,000 parents has discovered huge variation in the time it takes to diagnose, and get help, for children.
Misinformation means applied behaviour analysis is not getting the attention it deserves from medical and political authorities.
Microsoft has joined those firms making efforts to hire autistic people – hardly surprising, with the benefits that could bring.
A review has been announced into school policies in Canberra after it was reported that a school was restraining a child with Autism in a cage-like structure.
From serving newborns to treating hospice patients, music can be used in medical and psychological treatment with surprising – and real – results.
Scientists may have consigned fad therapies to the dustbin of pseudoscientific history, but that doesn’t mean the knowledge has filtered to the mainstream.
A diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder is based solely on behaviour and is usually diagnosed by age four.
There are many successful people with autism yet it’s still thought of as an inevitable disability.
Since the condition was first recognised in the 1940s, parents have been and felt blamed for their children’s autism. Today, most people no longer believe this, but a lingering doubt continues to niggle…
Around 1 in 68 children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the US Centres for Disease Control – an extraordinarily high number. Although the prevalence rise is probably due mainly to changes…
Many children with autism are put on waiting lists and miss out on early behavioural interventions and other benefits because health professionals are reluctant to diagnose autism early out of fear of…
Limited sexual knowledge and social deficits may place adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at increased risk of sexual…
Nearly 60% of the genetic risk of developing autism may be due to inherited genetic variants, according to US researchers…
Bullying can affect anyone at any time, but young people with autism are especially vulnerable. The results can be devastating. Not being able to keep up with the teasing banter that often takes place…
The first systematic international review of childhood vaccinations has found no evidence of a link between vaccinations…
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Bath
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Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Psychology, King's College London
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University
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Doctor of Creative Arts; Writer and researcher, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Cambridge
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Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Director, Krongold Clinic (Research), Monash University
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Principle Academic in Psychology, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor of Educational Studies in School Psychology, University of Calgary
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Lecturer in Inclusive Education, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Inclusive Practice, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney
