Cameron Maitland on Social Identification

Cameron Maitland, a PhD student in Edinburgh, talks with Sonny & Fergus about his work on social identification and the mental health of autistic people. We discussed the autistic community and other communities, the value of social connections...

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Feb 11, 2020
Maggi Laurie on Technology, Play and Joint Attention

We talked to Maggi Laurie at the University of Edinburgh about how autistic children play, the impact of technology on social interaction, and the development of joint attention. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1csACyl01gJ0r5Y4EMGlRT...

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Feb 09, 2019
Rachael Davis on Bilingualism in Children

In the second of two podcasts on the general theme of bilingualism and autism, Sonny & Fergus talk with Rachael Davis about her work looking at the benefits of bilingualism on child development. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17M...

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Jan 26, 2019
Bérengère Digard on autism and bilingualism in adults

In the second episode of The AMASE Research Podcast, Sonny and Fergus talk to Bérengère Digard, a PhD student at Edinburgh University, about language and thinking. Bérengère is researching the cognitive effects of bilingualism in autistic and non-aut...

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Jan 11, 2019
Sue Fletcher-Watson on Diversity in Social Intelligence

In the first episode of The AMASE Research Podcast, Sonny and Fergus talk with Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson, Senior Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh's Patrick Wild Centre, mostly about the Diversity in Social Intelligence project. This is an...

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Jan 04, 2019