Addressing a need: Could a research-based app called Molehill Mountain ease anxiety in Autism?

One of the top ten priorities for autism research, according to Autistica’s research with autistic people, is reducing anxiety. In order to meet this need, Autistica have partnered with Professor Emily Simonoff to develop Molehill Mountain, a new smartphone app.

9 May 2018

Minecraft for young people with Autism

The Bridge spoke to Stuart Duncan, who has developed Autcraft – Minecraft for young people with Autism.

1 February 2018

Professor Uta Frith – ‘a trailblazer for autism’

Interview with Professor Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development at University College London about her life, career and research on autism spectrum disorders.

13 December 2017

Early intervention for teenagers on the autism spectrum

An emerging initiative for teenagers on the autism spectrum, their parents and siblings, from Dr Bairbre Glynn, Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

23 November 2017

Gender identity and children with autism spectrum disorder

Consultant Psychiatrist Ruth Bevan introduces Gender Dysphoria and Gender Identity Disorder and discusses the assessment and treatment of Gender Identity Disorder in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

21 July 2017

Autism and Family Dynamics – Prof. Tony Attwood

‘Autism and Family Dynamics – Prof. Tony Attwood’ is a 3-hour presentation to understand how autism can affect different members of a family in different ways.

Event type

Webinar

Location

LIVE STREAM

Testing the social motivation theory of autism: the role of co-occurring anxiety

Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This study tests the mechanisms underlying the association between social motivation and autistic traits.’ Eloise Bagg et al.

29 December 2023

Diagnostic certainty during in-person and telehealth autism evaluations

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Differences emerged in the frequency of diagnoses evaluated and made and diagnostic certainty for evaluations conducted via telehealth during the pandemic compared to in person before the pandemic, which likely impacted patients and reflect real-word challenges.’ Natasha N. Ludwig (pic) et al.

28 October 2023

Autism; Depression in children and teenagers – Prof. Tony Attwood Special (recording)

Delegates only. This session focused on the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help children and young people with autism with depression.

25 October 2023

Infant sleep predicts trajectories of social attention and later autism traits

Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We used a prospective longitudinal design in infants with a family history of ASD and/or ADHD to examine infant sleep and its relation to trajectories of attention and later neurodevelopmental disorders.’ Jannath Begum-Ali et al.

29 March 2023