To mark World Autism Awareness Day (2 April) and Autism Awareness Month (April) we have highlighted below some recent content from across Emerald Group Publishing Limited’s Learning/Intellectual Disabilities sub-collection of Health & Social Care journals.
These papers help to raise awareness of the issues involved in working with this client group.
Themed issues
Themed issue: Improving the lives of people with autism
Guest-edited by Julie Beadle-Brown
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review
Themed issue: Autism and technology
Guest-edited by Sarah Parsons
Source: Journal of Assistive Technologies
Research papers
Recognition of intellectual disabilities and autism in psychiatric inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Author(s): Elspeth Bradley, Yona Lunsky, Anna Palucka, Soula Homitidis
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
Update on neuroimaging findings in autism spectrum disorder
Author(s): Iain
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
A pilot service for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a descriptive study
Author(s): Febin Edwin
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
A selective review of offending behaviour in individuals with autism spectrum disorders
Author(s): Gina de la Cuesta
Source: Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour
Conceptual and general papers
Supporting aspirations – or not? Recent reforms on equality, the green paper on Special Educational Needs and the potential of a neurodiversity spectrum statement
Author(s): Robin Mackenzie, John Watts, Lati Howe
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review
Cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with autism spectrum disorder
Author(s): Valerie L. Gaus
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
What happens to people with autism spectrum disorders in middle age and beyond? Report of a preliminary on-line study
Author(s): Ian Stuart-Hamilton, Hugh Morgan
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
Case studies
Caring for a child with autism: a personal perspective
Author(s): Marina Russ
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
Asperger syndrome and arson: a case study
Author(s): Jane Radley, Zakia Shaherbano
Source: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
Autism, communication and use of a speech-generating device in different environments – a case study
Author(s): Gunilla Thunberg, Elisabeth Ahlsén, Annika Dahlgren Sandberg
Source: Journal of Assistive Technologies
Participatory design in the development of innovative technologies for children and young people on the autism spectrum: the COSPATIAL project
Author(s): Sarah Parsons, Laura Millen, Sara Garib-Penna, Sue Cobb
Source: Journal of Assistive Technologies
Further information and a list of all journals available in our Health & Social Care collection of journals is available at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/collections/health-and-social-care.htm
For queries about any of these journals please contact the Publisher or Assistant Publisher at Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Jo Sharrocks
Publisher
Tel: +44 (0)1274 785141
E-mail: jsharrocks@emeraldinsight.com
Emma Steele
Assistant Publisher
Tel +44 (0)1274 515605
E-mail: esteele@emeraldinsight.com
Twitter: @EmeraldHSC