תזכורת על הכנס הוירטואלי על אוטיזם
הכנס הוירטואלי על אוטיזם - הבינלאומי מתקיים באינטרנט זו השנה השנייה. כמו שתראו הכנס דן בתחומים רבים ושונים ומשלב הרצאות של אוטיסטים בוגרים כמו דונה ויליאמס ולארי ארנולד, וגם אנשי מקצוע רבים בתחומים שונים. כמובן שאדון ברון כהן לא מפספס הזדמנויות להידחף, אך יש עוד רבים וטובים. כולכם מוזמנים להרשם בחינם ולגלוש לאתר. הנושאים הם: Home-made alternatives: by Donna Williams - Author, Australia Mathematical talent is linked to autism: by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, et al. - University of Cambridge, UK 'Why won't you talk to me?': by Christopher and Gisela Slater-Walker - UK What is Normal? The perils of doing it society’s way: by Larry Arnold - Photographer, UK Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and Creativity: by Professor Michael Fitzgerald - Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Learning Styles and ASD: by Wendy Lawson - Author, Australia Dr Down and 'Developmental' Disorders: by Dr Darold Treffert - University of Wisconsin, USA Computer-based intervention in autism spectrum disorders: by Dr Sven Bצlte - Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Autism: a brain disorder, or a disorder that affects the brain?: by Dr Martha Herbert - Harvard Medical School, USA The Identification of Sensory Preferences in Children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder: by Jacqui Jackson - UK Communication in Autism: Do we speak the same language?: by Dr Olga Bogdashina - Gifts along the whole spectrum: the portrayal of disability through film: by Dr Richard Becker - USA What causes the language impairment - the intellectual impairment - in people with lower-functioning autism?: by Professor Jill Boucher - University of Warwick, UK Finding a different kind of normal: Asperger experiences in overcoming drugs, criminality and self-hatred: by Jeanette Purkis - Artist, Australia Title: Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: Practical Tips for Teaching about Puberty, Hygiene and Sexuality: by Chantal Sicile-Kira - Author, USA Catatonia in Autism or the Elephant in the Room: by Dr Dirk Dhossche - University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA Similarities and Differences between Children and Adolescents with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Executive Functioning and Repetitive Behaviour.: by Professor Margot Prior, et al. - University of Melbourne, Australia When the social mirror breaks: deficits in automatic, but not voluntary, mimicry of emotional facial expressions in autism: by Dr Daniel McIntosh - University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Overinvolved parents: by Dr Thomas Berney - UK Neuropsychological functioning in children with autism: further evidence for disordered complex information-processing: by Dr Diane Williams - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Graphic communication may support comprehension and use of spoken language in children with autism: A case study: by Professor Stephen von Tetzchner - University of Oslo, Norway Culture and Ignorance: by Dr Dinah Murray - UK The Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to Investigate and Improve Motor Function in High-functioning Autism and Asperger’s Disorder: by Dr Peter Enticott, et al. - Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Signs of autism in infancy: The importance of sensitivity for rhythms of expression in communication: by Professor Laurent Danon-Boileau, et al. - La Sorbonne University, Paris, France Rhythm and synchrony in early development, and signs of autism and Rett syndrome in infancy: by Professor Colwyn Trevarthen, et al. - University of Edinburgh, Scotland GABA(A) receptor alpha5 subunit: a candidate gene for autism and bipolar disorder: by Professor Robert DeLong - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA Language heterogeneity and regression in the autistic spectrum disorders – overlaps with other childhood spectrum disorders and overlaps with other childhood language regression syndromes: by Professor Isabelle Rapin - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA To Parents, on the Diagnosis of High-functioning Autism / Asperger's Syndrome: by Dr Julie Donnelly - USA Notes on the complexity of autism: by Dr Skirmantas Janusonis - University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Failure to deactivate in autism: The co-constitution of self and other: by Dr Marco Iacoboni - University of California, Los Angeles, USA The Brain Response to Personally Familiar Faces in Autism: Findings of Fusiform Activity and Beyond: by Dr Karen Pierce - University of California, San Diego, USA What facilitates social engagement in preschool children with autism?: by Dr Dawn Wimpory - Wales The Brains of Autistic Individuals: by Dr Manuel Casanova - Medical College of Georgia, USA Evolutionary advantages of Asperger's syndrome: by Danny Beath - Photographer, UK Enhanced Perceptual Functioning in autism: An update, and eight principles of autistic perception: by Professor Laurent Mottron, et al. - University of Montreal, Canada Participatory and emancipatory autism research: What’s the problem?: by Dr Mitzi Waltz - University of Sunderland, UK Autism Spectrum Risk Management for People with Autism and their Families: by Dennis Debbaudt - Debbaudt Detective Agency, Florida, USA The Immune Response in Autism: by Dr Paul Ashwood - M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at Davis, USA Timing of Prenatal Stressors and Autism: by Dr David Beversdorf - Ohio State University, USA What does High-Functioning mean?: by Carole Rutherford - Autism-in-Mind, UK Interaction themes in music therapy - A way of creating social meaning with low-functioning autistic children: by Dr Ulla Holck - Aalborg University, Denmark Neurophysiological evidence for cortical discrimination impairment of prosody in Asperger syndrome: by Dr Teija Kujala - University of Helsinki, Finland Autism-friendly environments? It's the law!: by James Graham - UK Comorbidity in autism spectrum disorder: hyperactivity, tics, obsessive-compulsive disorders and self-injury: by Dr Roberto Canitano - University General Hospital, Siena, Italy Reactive Colours: Computation and Playful Engagement: by Wendy Keay-Bright - University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) להתראות, תלמה.