Science of Autism | A Neurodivergent Crash Course

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The slides are static from the Mind Blindness one onwards because some slides were stuck during the live webinar. April has overlaid individual slides over the ones that were stuck.

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Webinar recorded on 18th November 2021

Science of #Autism [Interactive Webinar]

Join Exceptional Individuals' Science of Autism webinar.

What Does Current Research Tell Us?

Areas we will explore include:

What is Autism?
What areas of the brain relates to ASD?
What does brain imaging research tell us about autism?
Functional brain differences and more

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - About Exceptional Individuals/What do we do?
02:02 - The Science of Autism
02:28 - What is Autism?
02:55 - A quick 101 - How many "Autisms" are there?
04:09 - Is Autism Genetic?
05:27 - Environmental Factors and Autism
06:30 - Why do we need autism research?
08:29 - Quote from Azad Bonni, Washington University
09:27 - What are genes?
10:33 - Ubiquitin Ligases
11:37 - Think of these genes as managers
12:12 - Some think autism has a gene mutation...
12:55 - ... or look at it as a manager giving poor instructions
13:33 - Which ones have you heard of?
15:04 - Mind Blindness Theory/Pin where Sally will look
17:03 - Mind Blindness Theory continued
18:08 - Triad of Deficits/Impairments
20:25 - Triad of Strengths
23:20 - Dysfunction Theory
23:54 - Which research areas have you heard of?
24:43 - Abnormalities found in AS brains
26:21 - Study of Nerve Cells
28:13 - Study of organs' shape variation
29:39 - White and grey matter
31:06 - The "Social Brain"
32:24 - Abnormalities in the amygdala, orbito and front cortex
33:47 - Select the mental state (1)
34:24 - Select the mental state (2)
34:55 - Genetics of Autism
36:02 - Who has autism in your family?
36:46 - What's next for the science of autism?
37:19 - Past webinars
37:43 - What happens next?
38:18 - End screen

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