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No Mind Left Behind - Social Brain 3 Conference

mummypig

Hi all

I have just returned from 2 days in Glasgow at the No Mind Left Behind - Social Brain 3 conference.  I was there for work but also had my parent hat on.  There were lots of international speakers and whilst the content was theory/research heavy, I took away some good points.  Did anyone else go? 

Parents

  • Hi Jim

    Yes, sharing some of the interesting points of the conference  is a good idea:

    - strong link between ASD and Anorexia

    - female ADHD can look rather different than male ADHD and is sometimes like Borderline Personality Disorder

    - Co-morbid low IQ and DCD are indicators of poorer outcome in ASD and ADHD

    - There is more and more evidence to suggest that pre age 5, we should not be pinning a label down but regarding children as having a developmental mix of difficulties that require clinical examination (the acronym used at the conference was 'ESSENCE')

    - there is some research that suggests that there is heightened testosterone in the womb which may account for the fact that more boys have ASD than girls and adds to the theory that you are born with ASD rather than it being of an environmental cause

    That's about all I can remember off the top of my head at the moment.  I will add any more bits if I can think of any.  All in all it was a really good conference that was aiming to focus on strenths rather than disability :-)

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  • Hi Jim

    Yes, sharing some of the interesting points of the conference  is a good idea:

    - strong link between ASD and Anorexia

    - female ADHD can look rather different than male ADHD and is sometimes like Borderline Personality Disorder

    - Co-morbid low IQ and DCD are indicators of poorer outcome in ASD and ADHD

    - There is more and more evidence to suggest that pre age 5, we should not be pinning a label down but regarding children as having a developmental mix of difficulties that require clinical examination (the acronym used at the conference was 'ESSENCE')

    - there is some research that suggests that there is heightened testosterone in the womb which may account for the fact that more boys have ASD than girls and adds to the theory that you are born with ASD rather than it being of an environmental cause

    That's about all I can remember off the top of my head at the moment.  I will add any more bits if I can think of any.  All in all it was a really good conference that was aiming to focus on strenths rather than disability :-)

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