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Research Priorities
Research Autism priorities
Trustees have agreed that research supported by the charity shall meet the following overall criteria:
- It shall be in scientifically critical areas
- It shall make a significant and fundamental difference
- It shall have potentially significant outputs
- It shall have generic application
Trustees have agreed on three broad priority areas reflecting the outcomes of the 2005 survey of National Autistic Society (NAS) members by Richard Mills and Lorna Wing and the views of the advisors and trustees of Research Autism.
Priority research area 1
Comparison of different approaches to intervention
Priority research area 2
Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Mental Health
Priority research area 3
Challenging behaviour in ASD
Priority research area 1
Comparison of different approaches to intervention
- Behavioural approaches v other approaches
- Other specialised or alternative approaches
- Effects of biomedical interventions
- Effects of social skills based interventions
Projects already agreed for funding/support:-
Biomedical intervention
- The CANDAA project (University of Newcastle)
Early intervention
- The SCAmP project (University of Southampton)
- LECA project (University of Leiden)
- PACT project (University of Manchester)
Social skills based intervention
- Work preparation project (Manchester Business School, University of Manchester).
- Drama project (Institute of Education, NAS, Heathermount School and a LEA school)
Priority research area 2
Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Mental Health
- The prevalence and nature of mental illness in ASD populations
- The prevalence of ASD among adolescents and adults referred to Mental Health Services
- The treatment implications and other issues related to the care of individuals with co morbid ASD & mental health problems.
Priority research area 3
Challenging Behaviour in ASD
- Reduction of challenging behaviour
- Improving safety
- Improving health and quality of life
- Sustainability of interventions
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