Sunday 31 May 2020

News paper articles & other online media re: AutismDTgh

Articles for 2021





Articles for 2019-2020



Literature on Digital Technology, Dialogue & ...

AUTISM & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
  1. Francis, G. A., Farr, W., Mareva, S., & Gibson, J. L. (2019). Do tangible user interfaces promote social behaviour during free play? A comparison of autistic and typically-developing children playing with passive and digital construction toys. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 58, 68-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2018.08.005


DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 
  1. Classroom dialogue and digital technologies: A scoping review (L. Major, P. Warwick, I. Rasmussen, S. Ludvigsen & V. Cook) 
  2. Assar, S., El Amrani R. & Watson, R. T. (2010). ICT and education: A critical role in human and social development. Information technology for development, 16(3), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2010.506051
  3. Hennessey, S., Ruthven, K., & Brindley, S. (2005). Teacher perspectives on integrating ICT into subject teaching: commitment, constraints, caution, and change. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 37(2), 155–192. https://doi.org/10.1080/0022027032000276961
  4. Hennessey, S., Haßler, B., & Hofmann, R. (2015). Challenges and opportunities for teacher professional development in interactive use of technology in African schools. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 24(5), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2015.1092466 
  5. Acquah, B. Y. S. (2012). Status of implementation of the ICT curriculum in Ghanaian Basic Schools. Journal of Arts and Humanities (JAH), 1, 27-37. https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v1i3.31 


DIALOGUE
  1. Promoting academically productive student dialogue during collaborative learning (Robyn M)

Literature on Autism Spectrum Conditions/Disorder (ASC/D)

  1. Autism Spectrum Disorders in Africa: Current Challenges in Identification, Assessment, and Treatment: A Report on the International Child Neurology Association Meeting on ASD in Africa, Ghana, April 3-5, 2014 (Kavita Ruparelia, BA, Amina Abubakar, PhD, Eben Badoe, MMed, Muideen Bakare, MNIM, Karren Visser, BA, Diane C. Chugani, PhD, Harry T. Chugani, MD, Kirsten A. Donald, PhD, MPhil, Jo M. Wilmshurst, MD, Andy Shih, PhD, David Skuse, MBChB, and Charles R. Newton, MD)
  2. Strategies for Transitioning Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Kindergarten ( 
  3. Wilson K. Agbeke)
  4. Transition from preschool to Kindergarten for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder A Systematic Review (Qixiu Miao)
  5. Autism and talent: the cognitive and neural basis of systemizing (Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD, MPhil; Michael V. Lombardo, PhD)
  6. Genetic contribution to ‘theory of mind’ in adolescence (Varun Warrier & Simon Baron-Cohen)
  7. Reflections on a university based social group for students with Asperger syndrome (Joanna HastwellJohn HardingNicola Martin & Simon Baron-Cohen)
  8. Evidence-based support for autistic people across the lifespan: Maximizing potential, minimizing barriers, and optimizing the person-environment (Meng-Chuan LaiEvdokia AnagnostouMax Wiznitzer & Carrie Allison)
  9. LEGO ® Therapy and the Social Use of Language Programme: An Evaluation of Two Social Skills Interventions for Children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome (Gina OwensYael E GranaderAyla Humphrey & Simon Baron-Cohen)
  10. Sensory perception in autism (Caroline Robertson & Simon Baron-Cohen)
  11. The misnomer of ‘high functioning  autism’: Intelligence is an  imprecise predictor of functional  abilities at diagnosis (Gail A Alvares , Keely Bebbington1, Dominique Cleary,  Kiah Evans, Emma J Glasson, Murray T Maybery, Sarah Pillar, Mirko Uljarević , Kandice Varcin, John Wray and  Andrew JO Whitehouse)

  • Badoe, E. V. (2014). The Child who does not speak: The face of autism in Accra. In Welbeck, J. E., Goka, B. Q., Renner, L. A., Oduro-Boatey, C. & Oppong, S. A. (Eds.). Tropical issues in Maternal and Child Health in Ghana, Clinical Sciences Series Reader. No. 9, 45-59. Digibooks. 
  • Baron-Cohen, S. (2008). Theories of the autistic mind. The Psychologist, 21, 112-116. https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-21/edition-2/theories-autistic-mind
  • Belmonte, M. K., Saxena-Chandhok, T., Cherian, R., Muneer, R., George, L., & Karanth, P. (2013). Oral motor deficits in speech-impaired children with autism. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 7, 47. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2013.00047
  • Camarata, S. (2014) Early identification and early intervention in autism spectrum disorders: Accurate and effective? International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 16(1), 1-10, https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2013.858773  
  • Franz, L., Chambers, N., von Isenburg, M., & de Vries, P. J. (2017). Autism spectrum disorder in sub-Saharan Africa: A comprehensive scoping review. Autism Research, 10(5), 723-749. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1766  
  • Fletcher-Watson, S., Adams, J., Brook, K., Charman, T., Crane, L., Cusack, J., Leekam , S., Milton, D., Parr, J. R. & Pellicano, E. (2019). Making the future together: Shaping autism research through meaningful participation. Autism, 23(4), 943–953. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318786721
  • Kanner, L. (1943). Autistic disturbances of affective contact. Nervous Child, 2, 217–250. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.11.5.949
  • Karanth, P., Shaista, S., & Srikanth, N. (2010). Efficacy of communication DEALL-an indigenous early intervention program for children with autism spectrum disorders. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 77(9), 957-962. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-010-0144-8
  • Kenny. L., Hattersley, C., Molins, B., Buckley, C., Povey, C. & Pellicano, E. (2016). Which terms should be used to describe autism? Perspectives from the UK autism community, Autism, 20(4) 442-462. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361315588200