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Synchrony 2020 Online Symposium – Translational Research In Autism

Thinking Autism — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:00:01 +0000

My Son’s Autism and Disability: Unintended Consequences of a Polarised Debate

Thinking Autism — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:09:37 +0000

Autism and auditory processing

Thinking Autism — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:09:40 +0000

Synchrony 2019 – Translational Research in Autism symposia

Thinking Autism — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:04:38 +0000

The first Brain Foundation annual symposia, Pleasanton, California 8-10 of Nov 2019, aimed to connect researchers with clinicians, donors & stake holders to help translate research efforts into evidence-based treatments for autism and its co-morbidities. It highlighted the need for multidisciplinary collaboration, detailed diagnostics and personalised treatment...

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Transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS – a novel treatment for autism?

Thinking Autism — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:29:11 +0000

One of the treatment modalities that has shown the greatest promise for reducing symptoms of autism in recent years is transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). The most recent study confirmed and expanded on the findings of previous investigations, which strongly indicate that tDCS could have positive effects on cognition, behaviour and physical health, and improve quality of life and autonomy for a large percentage of individuals with autism.

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Misperceptions of ASD Neurodiversity and Health Recovery

Thinking Autism — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 00:01:35 +0000

As a Chartered Psychologist, child development researcher and author in the autism/ASD field, I frequently meet misperceptions of neurodiversity in relation to programmes for autism and health recovery. Somehow or other the belief has developed that to offer such help to an individual on the autistic spectrum is to deny their neurodiversity. In this blog I suggest a new way of looking at this subject...

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Cannabis for Treating Core and Comorbid Autism Symptoms – Where are we at?

Thinking Autism — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:24:17 +0000

Several studies published in recent months investigated the effects of cannabis-based products for treating autism. Although the studies were open-label and relatively small in scale, the overall results were overwhelmingly positive, with statistically significant improvements in social communication, language, restrictive/repetitive and challenging behaviours.

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An Introduction to Vision Therapy as a Treatment for Autism

Thinking Autism — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:13:16 +0000

I hope that my journey in vision therapy will serve not only as a roadmap for people with mild autism to find their way out of the labyrinth of disability but as something that can provide clues to help those with more severe autism find their way to a life more fully lived.

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Turning the Tide of Behaviourism

Thinking Autism — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:08:32 +0000