A recent study has shown educators can include and teach children on the spectrum in mainstream childcare, alongside their non-autistic peers.
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Autism doesn’t have to be viewed as a disability or disorder.
Even though people with autism are more likely to think about concrete stuff rather than abstract feelings, anxiety still exists and, if not recognised, can cause significant problems.
The evidence indicates that having autism spectrum disorder actually reduces the risk of violence.
When non-autistic people take the lead on autism research, support and advocacy without input from autistic people, we risk of getting the message wrong and missing key parts of the picture.
Autism and vitamin D: an in-depth look at what the new study actually found.
Only 16% of adults with autism are in full-time work.
Imagine a collaboratively-designed smartphone app that could provide cues to an autistic individual – about the emotional state of people they are communicating with.
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.
Only one Canadian has ever received the Nobel Prize for medicine, in 1923. But Canadian discoveries have been essential to stem cell research, gene sequencing and treatments for cancer.
Don Burke: the statements you made are false, and they have an impact far beyond your own circumstance.
Families supporting children with autism urgently need better access to the latest research about evidence-based treatments. A new health design project from Emily Carr University is helping.
New research suggests many autistic people feel they have to hide their true selves.
New research reveals how autistic people use their strengths and interests to manage their condition.
James Best took his son Sam, who has autism, on a six-month journey to Africa. The lessons learnt may encourage a slightly riskier approach to parenting and education for some children with autism.
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.
The introduction of a new Muppet on Sesame Street represents an encouraging cultural shift in the portrayal of characters with autism. But there is still a way to go.
Can disturbed sleep patterns have an impact on a child’s ability to acquire language and vocabulary?
Autistic defendants and prisoners are suffering at the hands of an out of date criminal justice system.
One of the big questions in autism research is whether autism is a single disorder or many different disorders that happen to present in the same way.
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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 Developmental Psychology, La Trobe University
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Professor of Autism and Intellectual Disability, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Southern Cross University
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Senior lecturer, Macquarie University
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Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, University of South Florida
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Senior Research Fellow in Child Neurodevelopment, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Educational Studies in School Psychology, University of Calgary
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor & Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Center for Study of Human Health, Emory University
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Professor of Inclusive Practice, Sheffield Hallam University
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Deputy Director, Twins Research Australia & Professor in Genetics and Cell Biology, Deakin University
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Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Director of Health Design Lab, Emily Carr University
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Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine; Professor of Applied Mathematics, Pharmacy, and Biology, University of Waterloo