A5079159622- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Intraocular Surgery and Lenses
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Williams Syndrome Research
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Early Childhood Education and Development
University of Bath
2021-2022
University of Exeter
2019-2021
Background Autism spectrum disorder is a diagnosis that increasingly applied; however, previous studies have conflicting findings whether rates of continue to grow in the UK. This study tested proportion people receiving new autism has been increasing over twenty‐year period, both overall and by subgroups. Method Population‐based utilizing Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) primary care database, which contains patients registered with practices contributing data CPRD between 1998...
Evidence suggests disclosing an autism diagnosis is associated with reduced stigmatization for autistic adults. However, it unknown whether this true adolescents. We used a vignette-and-questionnaire design to study stigmatizing attitudes adolescents (aged 11–12 and 14–16 years, total N = 250) in UK school. investigated the effect of that fictional adolescent had on peers by testing disclosure social emotional distance pupils wanted maintain from adolescent. also tested peers’ assessment...
Abstract Autism and anxiety are thought to be related extreme demand avoidance (EDA), which is characterised by intense of everyday demands. However, the relative importance autism EDA has yet investigated, little known about in adulthood. We conducted two online survey studies ( Ns = 267 549) with adults general population establish autistic traits as predictors avoidance, using dominance analysis. Both were unique equally important avoidance. These findings suggest linked consistent theory...