research

  • Talking about Autism

    Research summary: Talking about Autism – Autistic Parents’ Views and Experiences of Talking about Autism with their Autistic Children Thank you for taking part in our research last year. This research summary tells you what we did and what we found. What was this research about?In 2019, researchers at CRAE published a survey about how…

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  • Participants wanted! Meditation study

    We are looking to find out more about the effects of a daily meditation programme in autistic people. Here is some important information about the programme and study: The programme will be delivered through an application on your smartphone, and will take 10 minutes of your time, every day for 2 weeks. The meditation will consist of breathing exercises,…

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    Perceived credibility of autistic witnesses

    CRAE’s Laura Crane and colleagues investigated perceptions of autistic people within the criminal justice system. By showing videos of autistic mock witnesses to a group of mock jurors (simulating a real courtroom setting), they found that the testimonies of autistic witness were judged to be as credible as those of non-autistic witnesses. Importantly, this was…

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    Learning how to read autistic behaviour from interactions between autistic people

    In 2018, Jaswal and Akhtar wrote a paper that questioned the assumption that autistic people are socially uninterested. They provided a compelling argument, explaining that this apparent lack of social motivation in autism was not consistent with how autistic people describe themselves, and did not recognise the many other reasons why autistic people may behave…

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    Educational needs of children with neurodevelopmental disorders

    CRAE’s Maria Ashworth has published a new paper with Jo Van Herwegen and Olympia Palikara on the views of professionals working with children with Williams Syndrome, Down Syndrome or autism. Their study examined professionals’ knowledge of either Williams Syndrome, Down Syndrome or autism and their views about the type of support children should receive. Although…

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    Neurotypical people over-estimate how helpful they are towards autistic people

    CRAE’s Brett Heasman has just published a study on how autistic people are perceived by neurotypical people. Brett’s research used a computer game where 255 neurotypical players either believed they were playing with an autistic or non-autistic player. This player was actually an artificial confederate that was programmed to behave the same way across all…

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  • PARTICIPANTS WANTED! Autistic adults’ experiences of camouflaging

    Julia Cook, a PhD student at UCL, is seeking autistic adults of all genders who use camouflaging, masking, or compensatory strategies during social situations to take part in some new research. Taking part involves:  •  Completing online questionnaires  •  You may then be invited to UCL where you would complete a short social interaction, reading…

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    Research Passport

    Towards empathetic autism research – Developing and evaluating an autism-specific Research Passport: This project aims to develop a Research Passport. This research passport is a tool for improving autistic people’s experiences of taking part in research. It is a way for autistic people and researchers to have a conversation about things like communication preferences and…

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