Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice

In this podcast, Judith Gould and Robyn Steward discuss issues surrounding women with autism spectrum disorder, including current research on this topic, safety issues for women on the spectrum and the differences between men and women with autism. Judith Gould is a leading researcher in the field of autism and Robyn Steward is an author and advocate who has a diagnosis of autism. 

Here's the associated commentary

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First posted January 2014.

Judith Hebron discusses her latest research on bullying and children with autism. 

Here's a link to the associated paper: Exposure to bullying among students with autism spectrum conditions: A multi-informant analysis of risk and protective factors

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First posted March 2014.

In this podcast, Paul Shattuck and Anne Roux discuss issues surrounding employment support and the barriers that people with autism face when looking for or attempting to retain a job. You can find their commentary on this here 

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First posted March 2014.

In this podcast, Professor Liz Pellicano from the Institute of Education, UCL discusses her ground-breaking co-authored paper on what Autism research should really focus on. 

You can read the paper here

First posted August 2014.

Dr Will Mandy of University College London and DrMarianna Murin of Great Ormond Street Hospital discuss their research on the transition from primary to secondary school for children with autism spectrum disorder. 

First posted February 2015

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Carol Povey, Director for the Centre of Autism at the National Autistic Society, and Dr Lorcan Kenny from UCL's Institute of Education talk about which terms should be used to describe autism. 

You can read the paper here

First uploaded in 2015

Professor Patricia Howlin from the Institute of Psychiatry, UK and Dr Julie Lounds Taylor from Vanderbilt University, USA talk about their special issue on autism in adulthood. You can read the special issue here.

First posted November 2015. 

In this podcast, Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson discusses with Dr Laura Crane  her article Attitudes of the autism community to early autism research.  

You can read the associated article here

First posted March 2016.

Professor Helen Tager-Flusberg talks with Laura Crane about her article Conducting research with minimally verbal participants with autism spectrum disorder.

You can read the article here. 

First posted August 2016.

Katherine Pickard and Brooke Ingersoll discuss their recent study on parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder. 

You can find the associated article here. 

First posted January 2017