16 search results for “autism spectrum disorders” in the Public website
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Emotion regulation in young children with autism
Children with autism spectrum disorder experience serious challenges in social functioning, which threatens their development in many areas of functioning.
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Autism and higher education
How can we improve quality of life and study success in young, high-functioning adults with autism?
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XXY versus autism: evidence from neuroimaging
Brain development in children with an extra X chromosome as compared to children with autism: evidence from MRI
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Special education and autism
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Wouter StaalFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maretha de JongeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Petra BarneveldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frederiek Halbertsma
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Attention for autism in girls
Autism spectrum disorders are more often diagnosed in boys than in girls. For Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe this raises the question whether autism remains undiscovered in girls and women.
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Yvette Dijkxhoorn
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bianca BoyerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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New impulse for autism research in collaboration with China
Psychologists of Leiden University and Peking University will collaborate to investigate the deficiencies in emotion recognition in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The new collaboration fits very well in the policy of Leiden University in which intensified collaboration with China has…
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Cooperation is improving autism treatment
There are effective treatments for people with autism, says Wouter Staal, professor of Autism Spectrum Disorders, in his inaugural lecture on 4 May. However, it is not yet clear which treatment is most effective for which individual.
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Nienke BouwFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Overstimulated? Artist pictures her brain with cacophony of colours
'With this artwork, I want to give the audience a glance into my overstimulated brain and that of other people with autism', says Jasmijn den Hoed. The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences is exhibiting her artwork 'Overstimulated' in the restaurant near the blue wall during Autism Week 25 March…
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Are autistic youngsters less prosocial?
A common notion is that autistic people feel no need for social contact, that they are socially clumsy and show little prosocial behavior. But is that image correct? According to developmental psychologist Carolien Rieffe, an important goal of Autism Awareness Week (March 28 - April 5) is to remove…