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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#4 How Early Can Early Intervention Be?

How do autism spectrum disorders affect our lives, and what are the developments in diagnosis, treatment and causes? Podcasts from The Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC) at La Trobe University. Tile art "Oedipus, Antigone and Oso" (2011) by Ray David.

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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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#8 Autism Detection? There's an App for That

Associate Professor Amanda Richdale (Principal Research Fellow, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University) discusses the relationship between sleep, development, and autism spectrum disorders.

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#7 Sleep and 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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#6 Vaccines do not Cause Autism

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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#4 How Early Can Early Intervention Be?

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