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Uta Frith on Radio 3 (Autism Awareness Day)

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Just found out that the development psychologist with views on autism and dyslexia, Professor Uta Frith, is being interviewed every morning this week, at about 10.30 am, on BBC Radio 3, with her choices of music. Its a kind of up-market Desert Island Discs.

Don't know how many if any are regular Radio 3 listeners, but it is interesting that BBC have made the gesture around Autism Awareness Day 2nd April, of bringing on a psychologist interested in autism.

Its an opportunity to get some insight into one of the psychologists who profess to know all about us.

But also maybe NAS ought to have spotted this gesture being made.

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  • I was hoping that the programme would have explained the condition better. The opening sequences particularly frustrated me as this harks back to a previous documentary about a boy drawing buildings from memory. This and rain man have produced in being asked the question "so what's your child's gift?" When they find out he is autistic. Yes, the child shown in last nights film had a great capacity for correctly naming the dates and yes, it was explained that not everyone will have the same or similar capabilities. I doubt this is something that many of the audience will have taken on board. I agree it would be difficult to show a full reflection as everyone is different but it would have been nice to show a broader range of people and explain more of the difficulties faced. 

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  • I was hoping that the programme would have explained the condition better. The opening sequences particularly frustrated me as this harks back to a previous documentary about a boy drawing buildings from memory. This and rain man have produced in being asked the question "so what's your child's gift?" When they find out he is autistic. Yes, the child shown in last nights film had a great capacity for correctly naming the dates and yes, it was explained that not everyone will have the same or similar capabilities. I doubt this is something that many of the audience will have taken on board. I agree it would be difficult to show a full reflection as everyone is different but it would have been nice to show a broader range of people and explain more of the difficulties faced. 

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