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New research on autism

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Some Interesting research just published by folk at De Montfort University. They compared brains scans of autistic people with non-autistic people and the results suggest that ‘autistic brains may use alternative neural strategies that we’ve only just begun to understand. . . . Autism has traditionally been seen by science as a deficit compared to non-autistic individuals. Our findings suggest it's not necessarily a deficit at all. Instead, they point toward a different form of brain organisation, one that may reflect diverse ways of thinking, rather than dysfunction.’ (DMU News)

Their paper has been published in brain sciences: ‘Wired Differently? Brain Temporal Complexity and Intelligence in Autism Spectrum Disorder’.

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  • Thank you for signposting this recent paper.

    I shall have another more thorough read through the paper (when time permits).  However, my initial concerns include:

    - the sample size was very small:

    "The final dataset comprised 29 participants aged 18 to 32 years, including 14 individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (mean age, 23.27 ± 2.92 years) and 15 age-matched typical controls (TC) (mean age, 21.86 ± 4.11 years)."

    - I would have been more at ease if the mean age of both cohorts were age 25, or more (when working with people early in their career - there may often be a discernable difference between colleagues aged 21, or 23, or 25, or over 25 - from each of a personal development, professional development and emotional development perspective - a management team would expect to appropriately support individuals across each of those 4 age bands).

    - It was disappointing, in the current era, to note all individuals were male (equity and diverse representation in healthcare is well overdue).

    For a slightly more reader-friendly description of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and Autism considerations - I found this article helpful:

    "IQ testing as part of the diagnostic process" (2017)

    British Psychological Society (2017). Psychological assessment of adults with specific performance difficulties at work. Leicester: Author.

    DOI: 10.53841/bpsrep.2017.inf276.5

    The British Psychological Society (BPS).

    This chapter appears in: Psychological assessment of adults with specific performance difficulties at work

    https://explore.bps.org.uk/content/report-guideline/bpsrep.2017.inf276/chapter/bpsrep.2017.inf276.5

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  • Thank you for signposting this recent paper.

    I shall have another more thorough read through the paper (when time permits).  However, my initial concerns include:

    - the sample size was very small:

    "The final dataset comprised 29 participants aged 18 to 32 years, including 14 individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (mean age, 23.27 ± 2.92 years) and 15 age-matched typical controls (TC) (mean age, 21.86 ± 4.11 years)."

    - I would have been more at ease if the mean age of both cohorts were age 25, or more (when working with people early in their career - there may often be a discernable difference between colleagues aged 21, or 23, or 25, or over 25 - from each of a personal development, professional development and emotional development perspective - a management team would expect to appropriately support individuals across each of those 4 age bands).

    - It was disappointing, in the current era, to note all individuals were male (equity and diverse representation in healthcare is well overdue).

    For a slightly more reader-friendly description of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and Autism considerations - I found this article helpful:

    "IQ testing as part of the diagnostic process" (2017)

    British Psychological Society (2017). Psychological assessment of adults with specific performance difficulties at work. Leicester: Author.

    DOI: 10.53841/bpsrep.2017.inf276.5

    The British Psychological Society (BPS).

    This chapter appears in: Psychological assessment of adults with specific performance difficulties at work

    https://explore.bps.org.uk/content/report-guideline/bpsrep.2017.inf276/chapter/bpsrep.2017.inf276.5

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