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Autoimmune Encephalitis – A Treatable Form Of ‘Autism’

Thinking Autism — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:53:17 +0000

Addressing Poor Health & High Death Rates in Autism

Thinking Autism — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:20:23 +0000

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

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

Brain Plasticity in Autism- new approaches from Yale University

Thinking Autism — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:48:40 +0000

All brains are able to change by forming new neural connections. This ability to change is known neuroplasticity or brain plasticity. The capacity of the brain to, under the right circumstances, re-organize itself physically and functionally underpins trans-cranial Direct Current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment modality. Harry D. Schneider PhD, MD, MPH, Consultant in Neurolinguistics to the Joy Hirsch PhD, Director of Brain Function Laboratory, Yale University School of Medicine, will share his decades of research and clinical experience of tDCS...

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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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Turning the Tide of Behaviourism

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