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Effective support revolves around addressing the origins of this behaviour
Every autistic child has individual strengths and needs. New research investigates how a category of ‘profound autism’ could impact their diagnosis and supports.
The Australian Signals Directorate is so far succeeding in its monitoring of foreign influence operations, but struggling when it comes to domestic cybersecurity.
‘Neural noise’ isn’t the sounds you hear, but rather the variability of responses in your brain. Autistic people are thought to have greater variance that can be a disadvantage or a strength.
A reignited debate centres around whether broadening the diagnosis of autism has made the diagnostic label no longer entirely fit-for-purpose.
Problems identifying and responding to emotions in others is thought of as a core feature of autism. But our research shows there may be minimal differences in this aspect of social interaction.
A new study has found autism is the top risk factor for bullying among all neurodiversities.
Data linkage, assessing information from over 113,000 teenagers in South London, addresses important gaps in research on the mental health and socio-economic risk factors for self-harm.
The funds are allocated across a ten-year period, with most of the money redirected from defence spending.
Without a diagnosis, girls might experience social difficulties and traumatic situations – and grow into women who blame themselves.
Not every child with mental health difficulties has a diagnosis. An approach that focuses on symptoms rather than diagnostic labels can help support children who could benefit from treatment.
Early interventions might help protect autistic children from anxiety disorders in adulthood.
To successfully treat people with stem cells, you first need to know which cells are faulty.
This simple strategy could help your child safely negotiate dangerous situations such as getting lost in a public place or discovering a firearm.
Mathematics researchers have developed a technique for detecting autism that could eventually make a diagnostic process faster and less stressful for children and families.
Australians should be concerned about any shift to an intelligence model that is based on the introduction of greater powers on the one hand, and less oversight and governance on the other.
Our increasing connectivity and reliance on information technology is a vulnerability being targeted by two key threats: cyber attacks and the subversion of our democratic institutions.
Autism and vitamin D: an in-depth look at what the new study actually found.
As awareness of Asperger’s syndrome has risen within popular consciousness and culture, it has faded from clinical use.
Top contributors
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Educational Studies in School Psychology, University of Calgary
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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M. Math Candidate, Applied Mathematics Department, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer in Mindfulness and Education, Flinders University
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Research Fellow at the Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, La Trobe University
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PhD Researcher in Autism, Family and Communication, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine; Professor of Applied Mathematics, Pharmacy, and Biology, University of Waterloo
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Director of the Office of Assessment and Planning, Southern Connecticut State University
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Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Neuropsychology PhD Candidate, University of the Sunshine Coast