Every year, thousands of children miss critical windows for early autism intervention—simply because diagnostic tools rely too much on subjective observation. Once that window closes, the ...
Cultural competence is a core value of professional psychology. While it's not a novel concept (cultural competence has been articulated for more than half a century.), cross-cultural practice may be ...
Key Takeaways Professionals are overextended. Most clinicians and educators report that autism evaluations take hours to complete, with report writing and data collection creating major bottlenecks.
In elementary school, Ariel sat alone at a desk in the closet. She could see the class through a two-way mirror, but no one could see her. She doesn’t remember if it was a punishment, but she ...
Many questions are being asked in disability communities about the new autism protocol and approach to assessment being rolled out this spring. As numbers of children overdue for an assessment of need ...
When it comes to autism, few questions spark as much debate as how best to support autistic people with the greatest needs. This prompted The Lancet medical journal to commission a group of ...
Waiting lists for autism and ADHD assessments on the Isle of Man have fallen from two-and-a-half years to one year, the ...
More than 1,000 additional patients with suspected autism in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are waiting for a diagnosis this year, new figures show. It comes as waiting lists have expanded across ...