Breaking Down Barriers and Improving Understanding – Autism Acceptance Week 2024

This World Autism Acceptance Week (2 April to 8 April 2024), we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks.

Together we can work towards ‘sharing best evidence, improving practice’ to help create a society that works for autistic children and young people.

28 March 2024

Autism Resources Update

This World Autism Acceptance Week (27 March to 2 April 2023), we have collated a number of FREE learning resources from leading academics, clinicians, and researchers to build upon our previous catalogue of resources for World Autism Acceptance Week 2022. 

We encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, sign up for our fantastic upcoming events below, and do share with your networks.

27 March 2023

World Autism Acceptance Week 2022

This World Autism Acceptance Week (28 March – 3 April), we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. Together we can help change attitudes and work towards creating a society that works for autistic children and young people.

23 March 2022

‘NDC Learning Series’ – Wellbeing, feeding, and sleep recording

We were delighted to welcome Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian, Dr. Vicki Ford, and Dr. Charlie Tyack to discuss ‘Wellbeing, feeding, and sleep’. The Chair of this session was Dr. Max Davie.

19 November 2021

Autism and Eating Disorders – CAMHS Campfire recording

For this session we welcomed Dr. Francesca Solmi (pic), UCL, and Dr. Lisa Dinkler, Karolinska Institutet to discuss papers on Autism and Eating Disorders. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

11 October 2021

Behavioural and Biological Divergence in Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Autism Phenotypes – In conversation with Dr. Lynnea Myers

In this podcast we talk to Dr. Lynnea Myers about her JCPP Advances paper on Behavioural and Biological Divergence in Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Autism Phenotypes

9 September 2021

ADHD in CYP with autism, and pharmacological treatment ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’

This session we are discussing ADHD in children and young people with autism, in relation to pharmacological treatment, with the focus on Dr. Stephanie Ameis’ in JCPP ‘Practitioner Review: Pharmacological treatment of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta‐analysis’ first published 26 August 2020. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

28 May 2021

‘ADHD, autism, and the elevated risk of later depression’ In conversation with Professor Anita Thapar

In this podcast we talk to Professor Anita Thapar, Cardiff University. Anita talks about the relationship between disorders, such as, ADHD and autism, the elevated risk of later depression, and what is known about the mechanisms behind this association.

11 February 2021

‘Birth order and autism diagnostic phenotypes’ In Conversation with Gail Alvares

In this podcast we talk to postdoctoral research fellow Gail Alvares, of the Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia.
Gail begins by discussing her recent JCPP paper ‘Investigating associations between birth order and autism diagnostic phenotypes’.

4 February 2021

Autism Awareness Week

Browse our podcasts, research digests, blogs, lectures and papers in The JCPP and CAMH for Autism Awareness Week.

27 March 2020