Active projects at DART
Participatory Autism Research: A Pilot Study Exploring Autistic People’s Experiences This study aims to learn about the experiences and perspectives of autistic people of participatory autism research, an approach to research that involves autistic people as more than subjects. This may help identify new or better ways to engage with autistic people in research. If…
LEANS has moved! Visit our new website to learn more about The Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS) project and download our free classroom resource pack https://www.ed.ac.uk/salvesen-research/leans
Learning About Research: A course for autistic people This course was intended to educate autistic people who are not researchers about what research is like so that they can be: Informed Consumers of research. This means having a better understanding of research that is reported in the media, academic journals, and elsewhere, so people can…
This page is all about a new, registered multi-site clinical trial. We are going to be working with parents of children with autism to help them understand their children, and hopefully support them better. The project is focused on a range of behaviours often observed in autistic children that are currently not well understood or…
Hi! My name is Ruth and I’m a third year PhD student researching the impact of music lessons on autistic teenagers. My background is mainly in music performance, but during the final year of my undergraduate degree I realised how much I loved research and wanted to know why music has such an impact on…
The aim of our new study is to understand how growing up in a bilingual environment affects the development of children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Latest news We are now recruiting participants! – For information about what taking part in this research will involve for you and your child, please click here …
Hi there, My name is Bérengère (or here Billie because the locals can’t say my name), and I come from Lyon (France). I like food, most animals, wee bookshops, and jazz. Also I knit, and I’m failing to learn Scottish Gaelic. On top of that, I am also a PhD student researching bilingualism (because I…
Me. Hello! مرحبا! こんにちは! Thank you for stopping by. My name is Shereen Sharaan. I’m from Egypt, born and raised in a miracle country built on a magical desert…the United Arab Emirates. At age 18, I left the sands to launch my higher education journey. During this journey, I resided in several countries (Japan, Germany, United…
