Autism Research, a UK charity dedicated to research into interventions in autism, has published on its website the presentations from a recent conference with the theme “Computers and Autism – A Blessing or a Curse”.
Held on 24 November, this conference was the scene of several presentations on the role of the Internet and Facebook as a means of communication for people with ASD. Another very interesting presentation was “Does hand held technology improve independence? Helping young people with Asperger syndrome and high functioning autism navigate life’s highways. The ‘HANDS ‘project. An evaluation of multi site EU research collaboration”, where some results of the HANDS (Helping Autism-Diagnosed Navigate and Develop Socially teenagers) project were revealed.
Autism Research also publishes a newsletter with the latest research on autism and includes many other resources of interest.
-Francesc Sistach
