Autism Research

By La Trobe University

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a complex set of conditions that affect more than 1% of children. They are characterised by difficulties in the core areas of social communication and language, ac... more

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

Autism Research episodes:

February 19, 2016 Autism Detection? There's an App for That
Dr Josephine Barbaro (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University) talks about ASDetect, the new app to assist parents and caregivers assess the social attention and communication behaviour of children.
ASDetect in the iTunes app store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/asdetect/id1058669141
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12min
October 01, 2015 Vaccines do not Cause Autism
Professor Cheryl Dissanayake (Director, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University) clears up the confusion surrounding vaccines and autism spectrum disorders. Where does all the misinformation come from?
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16min
March 26, 2015 Stress And Anxiety In Adolescents With ASD
Dr Mirko Uljarevic (Autism CRC postdoctoral fellow, La Trobe University) talks about the prevalence of stress and anxiety amongst young people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), how parents of children with ASDs cope with stress and anxiety, and what support should be in place.
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17min
February 19, 2015 How Early Can Early Intervention Be?
Dr Kristelle Hudry (OTARC, La Trobe University) discusses recent studies which has been intervening with potentially autistic children at the age of one, the accuracy of these predictions and seeing how big a difference it makes.
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19min
February 04, 2015 Inside the Lab #06: Global Knowledge Transfer
Episode 6: Dr Josephine Barbaro is joined by Professor Catherine Lord and Dr Andy Shih during the week of Autism activities held at La Trobe University December 2014.
Topics: early identification and diagnosis of ASD as well global knowledge transfer. Topics covered include: how young ASD can be diagnosed, the nature of regression, the Global Autism Public Health Initiative, the need to prioritise community based research, the problem of disseminating knowledge to low resource countries, Autism Speaks' case studies of community participatory research, how to make gold standard tools available to low resource countries, the difference between screening and developmental surveillance, the benefits of raising awareness, focusing on identifying learning requirements, the emergence of greater collaboration in research, stakeholder engagement in research projects.
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37min
August 14, 2014 Treating Autism in Childcare Programs
Dr Giacomo Vivanti (Research Fellow, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University) on his research project, which transfers the success of one-on-one autism therapy to a classroom setting.
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14min
July 21, 2014 Inside the Lab #05: Focus on Adults
Episode 5: Assoc Professor Amanda Richdale, Dr Janine Manjiviona, Dr Debra Costley discuss adults with autism spectrum disorders.
Focus on Adults at International Meeting For Autism Research 2014, findings from Aspects We Belong Study, Why little research time has been focused on adults historically, shortage of clinical services for adults, challenges of diagnosis, the importance of relationships and social connections, education: learning support and social support, issues in gaining and keeping employment, being able to live independently, the influence of co-morbid conditions on adults, greater end-user engagement and Autism CRC.
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48min
April 04, 2014 Developments in Autism Research
Professor Cheryl Dissanayake (Director, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University) on new studies into the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders, the problems with misinformation, and global efforts to increase awareness.
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18min
March 17, 2014 Inside the Lab #04: Early Interventions
Dr Kristelle Hudry, Dr Giacomo Vivanti, Dr John McEachin discuss the development and trends of research into early intervention.
Episode 4: Monday 17th March, 2014: Topics covered include the neurodiversity v intervention debate, barriers to research into interventions: historical tendency to prefer high functioning autism, lack of understanding about how children learn, lack of sector accepting evidence of research, general lack of scientific culture, priorities of research funders, the problems of randomised control trials as best practice scientific design.
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49min
January 09, 2014 Transforming the Early Detection of Autism
Dr Josephine Barbaro (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University) explains how early detection and diagnosis leads to early intervention. With early intervention, we can help improve outcomes for children and help lead them to live independently as adults.
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17min

FAQs about Autism Research:

How many episodes does Autism Research have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.