This is just a note to introduce a guest post from a colleague looking for participants for her research. Please read and share with your networks. Thanks! During our childhood we learn to recognise the emotions we feel. As babies, we begin to learn basic emotions such as happiness through our carer’s facial and vocal…
First of all, apologies as the blog – and twitter – have been rather quiet of late. I’ve been snowed under but it looks like I may be emerging from a very busy period soon. In the meantime, I’d love your help with something… I am planning a large and ambitious series of research projects looking at…
We would like to invite any and all members of the autism community to participate in an online survey to explore attitudes to research. We’re hoping to hear from autistic adults, parents of children with autism, clinical practitioners, teachers and anyone else who feels invested in this work. In particular, we’re interested in early autism research. This is…
Please check out this research opportunity below – this study looks like a lot of fun and could be very informative. Movement patterns in autism are poorly understood and it is great that this Scottish research group are investigating this interesting area.
Apologies – the blog has been a bit quiet of late! I’ll be returning soon with a second follow-up on the Click-East Tea Party outcomes, thinking about the kinds of research parents want to see in the future. And before Christmas I’ll be posting a couple of wish lists of technology for children and adults…
Recently I had the great pleasure of attending the Meeting of Minds IV conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. I really enjoyed the conference, which had an admirable focus on looking at autism across the whole lifespan, and some excellent speakers including Pat Howlin, Liz Pellicano and Richard Mills.