Autism

This paper aimed to look at the role cognitive processes play in imagination in both autistic and neurotypical children by examining imaginative drawings by the children. The authors found that there were different associations between cognitive abilities and imagination with younger and older children and that autistic children use different cognitive strategies when creating imaginative drawings than neurotypical children do.

Published by: SAGE.

Read the whole article here:http://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/AugOctPatientINFORM5/full

Kayla D Ten Eycke, Ulrich Müller, Autism, First published date: November-08-2016, 10.1177/1362361316668293

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Author: Susan Mason

I trained as a research scientist and worked as a Microbiologist until the birth of my first son. During my maternity leave I acquired a brain injury and never went back to work. More recently I have received a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome. We have three very energetic boys aged 7, 9 and 11, our oldest son is diagnosed with Asperger’s and Sensory Processing Disorder and is extremely demand avoidant and anxious. Our middle son is on the SEN register and we are in the process of seeking professional help to support us in understanding his difficulties better.

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Drawing links between the autism cognitive profile and imagination: Executive function and processing bias in imaginative drawings by children with and without autism

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