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JDeb

After school childcare

Tue 20 Apr 2021 7:38pm
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Life at home, Other autism issues

Hi All, I was wondering whether anyone knew of any good resources (or could even recommend anyone) to find an after school nanny for my daughter. She will be attending an ARP (additional resource provision) in the London Borough of Barnet, and becuase it's attached to a mainstream school, she is not allowed to attend the after school club. 

Any ideas welcome - I've signed up to the usual sites - Koru kids, childcare.co.uk but I wonder if there are any resources specifically for...

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Caryn

International autism research opportunity

Thu 03 Jun 2021 11:23am
Topics:
About Autism, Diagnosis, Surveys, studies and research

Hi everyone, 

My name is Caryn, I’m at UCL the UK.

We are doing a participatory research project. We have more autistics than non autistics on our team!

Our research is about autistic adults' reflections on how their autistic identity was shared with them & subsequently spoken about in their households as children. We hope to inform parents (and other stakeholders)  of autistic children in what to consider when disclosing autism to their children, tips/ do nots and...

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hmamtani

Research Participants Needed

Wed 02 Jun 2021 4:40pm
Topics:
About Autism, Other autism issues, Surveys, studies and research

I am Himangi Mamtani, an MSc Clinical Child Psychology student at Anglia Ruskin University currently doing online research on British Indian Parents who have children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. I have previously conducted cross-cultural research and found that parental stress was significantly higher in Indian parents and resilience was lower. So, we wish to continue this work to study how these factors impact on parental mental health to determine protective factors that may help...

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CuriousSeadog

The role of humour and other personal strengths in supporting wellbeing of autistic/AS adults - research participants needed

Tue 01 Jun 2021 4:46pm
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About Autism, Health, Surveys, studies and research

Hans Asperger described autistic individuals as humourless... Will you help me prove him wrong by participating in my research study?

Hello

Link to the video introduction from me: 

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BreanneKearney

Opportunity to participate in autism research at UCL!

Tue 01 Jun 2021 1:37pm
Topics:
Surveys, studies and research

Dear parents/carers,

My name is Breanne Kearney and I am a researcher at University College London. We are reaching out to parents willing to participate in a new study entitled ‘Sensory reactivity in genetic syndromes and autism’.

We are looking for autistic children 5 years and above and their parent/carers to take part in some fun social and non-social games, with and without background noise, whilst the child wears a sensor watch.  The study will take place online, using...

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