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Archive for the ‘Autism Research Center’ Category

Autism Science Foundation to host online chat with Jill Locke tomorrow (Friday)

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Jill Locke is a researcher (a post-doc) at the Center for Autism Research at the U. Pennsylvania. Here is her biography from the CAR website: Dr. Locke is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Autism Research. She completed her doctorate degree in Educational Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Jill worked [...]

Professor Simon Baron Cohen endorses Neurodiversity

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Neurodiversity, that much misunderstood, much maligned concept has been dragged through the mud for years by people determined to misunderstand it and misrepresent it. We all know who these people are. However, it also has its supporters and people determined to understand it on either a social or personal level. One such person is Professor [...]

New autism prevalence 1.5% in UK

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

A new study published (officially) tomorrow discusses ‘Prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions: UK school-based population study’. Its an interesting study for quite a few reasons. Firstly, it offers a new autism prevalence of 1.5% (1 in 66). That’s the message that the press will no doubt focus on (and, as Kristina blogs, already have). And I’ve [...]

Memo to Bob and Suzanne Wright

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Bob, Suzanne – welcome to the UK. I read your interview in the Telegraph. Fascinating. I’d like to highlight a few points. “We want the best minds in the world to focus on this,” says Wright. “And we want the UK to be a big player in the global movement.” “Until now it seems to [...]

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