Browsing by Subject "AUTISM SPECTRUM"
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Autistic Tendencies: The Consequences for Our Culture
(2006)Professor Michael Fitzgeraldtalks withJoe Griffinabout the powerful impact, both positive and negative, of autistic thinking in diverse walks of life. -
Creating communicative opportunities for autistic children
(2021)Our approach to working with children with autism in this article is not about the engagement philosophies but rather is focussed at a social communicative level: not just hearing and seeing but listening and understanding, ... -
Dinosaurs in the classroom: Using the creative arts to engage young children with autism
(2021)Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders that are characterised by challenges with social communication and restricted, repetitive behaviours and interests (APA, 2013). Young children with ASD ... -
In God we trust? Organised religion and personal beliefs as resources and coping strategies, and their implications for health in parents with a child on the autistic spectrum
(1999)This paper is part of a larger study looking at the impact on 60 families of having a child with autistic spectrum disorder. Here the roles played by organised reliagion and personal belief and their relationship with ... -
Inversion effects in the perception of the moving human form - A comparison of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing adolescents
(2013)The “body inversion effect” refers to superior recognition of upright than inverted images of the human body and indicates typical configural processing. Previous research by Reed et al. using static images of the human ... -
Making the transition to post-secondary education: Opportunities and challenges experienced by students with ASD in the Republic of Ireland
(2017)Internationally there are increasing numbers of young people on the ASD spectrum attending higher education. Early transition planning is essential and students with ASD often require support to articulate their post-school ... -
Screening for autistic spectrum disorder at the 18-month developmental assessment: a population-based study
(2007)The objectives of this study were to assess the feasibility of administering the CHecklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT) at the 18-month developmental check, estimate the prevalence of screening positive for autism at the ... -
Well that's another fine mess you got me into: The jargon of research (How do we translate this for the participant with additional needs?)
(Routledge., 2021)This chapter draws upon two research projects that each demonstrate the values of inclusive research and explores how the education inclusion values of two researchers prompted these studies. Importantly, the projects ...