Imagine a collaboratively-designed smartphone app that could provide cues to an autistic individual – about the emotional state of people they are communicating with.
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Early intervention is key to treating autism, but how is a family to know which quirky childhood behaviours might be symptoms? An educational psychologist explains.
People tell each other stories every day about the things they’ve seen and done. For many children with autism, this kind of personal narrative doesn’t come easily. Here’s how parents can help.
Because the world can look different to a child on the autism spectrum.
Malcolm Turnbull has announced an expert panel to undertake a broad review of Australia’s intelligence agencies over the next few months.
The outlook can be bleak for people with ASD who have difficulty navigating the stressful work world. A trial project in Connecticut sought to find a new way to help them become truly independent.
One of the great and enduring mysteries of autism is what causes the brain to develop so differently.
A recent survey of paediatricians found they often lacked enough information to accurately diagnose an Autism Spectrum Disorder in children.
A recent review of studies has shown that mindfulness meditation helps people with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder reduce their mental and physical problems.
A synthetic version of the hormone oxytocin has been shown to improve social responsiveness among some children with autism.
People with autism spectrum disorder don’t get the same benefits from socialising with other people. So why force them to with methods that aren’t true to life anyway?
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.
A diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder is based solely on behaviour and is usually diagnosed by age four.
Atypical development in siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be detected as early as 12 months of…
The recent revelations of alleged telephone interception of Indonesian politicians, espionage in East Timor and raids in Canberra have raised more questions than they have answered about Australia’s intelligence…
Much like in the movie Casablanca, there is much huffing and shaking of heads about activities of the nation’s electronic spy agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), after allegations emerged…
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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