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There's a lot of confusion about what autism is. Ilona Roth and Rosa Hoekstra offer an easy-to-understand overview. Read more : What is autism?

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OU experts Ilona Roth and Rosa Hoekstra describe the different talents that can sometimes be associated with autism, and also dispel some myths around autism... Read more : Interests, skills and talents

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Quiz not working

Sandie Chester

15 Oct 201213:22

I have IE 9 and Firefox 9.01, and it doesn't work either.

Like Anthony, I can't get the

Bernadette Walsh

05 Oct 201215:17

Like Anthony,

I can't get the quiz to work. Any solutions?

Thanks
Bernadette Walsh

Hi Bernadette, This quiz uses

Openlearn Moderator

11 Oct 201211:57

Hi Bernadette,
This quiz uses recent web technology and might not work in older browsers. Try the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer.
Many thanks
OpenLearn Moderator

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Anthony Donovan

16 Sep 201217:12

I can't get it working ! shame because the OCD and dyslexia ones were very good....

This quiz is rubbish

Mike Baker

09 Feb 201221:39

Autism was a previously-unknown (NOT unidentified) condition until described in the 1940s by Leo Kanner, a world-renowned child psychologist, who labelled it "a novel form of childhood disorder". Until the mid-1980s it was extremely rare (less than 1 in 40,000) when it started to increase exponentially, first in America, then in other "developed" countries like Britain, where it is now estimated at 1 in 100. It is still extremely rare in "underdeveloped" countries (I doubt you'll find many cases in Ethiopia, it is unheard-of in Somalia although there is now an epidemic of it among Somali children in the US). As there is no such thing as a genetic epidemic, the trigger must be environmental (although there is an element of genetic predisposition). The prime suspect is vaccines, the schedule for which has also increased in parallel with the rate of autism. This is a conclusion which the drug companies and their hired helps are desperate to deny.

Agreed

Dave Hayhurst

16 Aug 201209:22

Europe is starting to say that vaccinations cause major issues with system... including the French guy attributed to discovery of aids... (Prof Montagnier,nobel prize winner)
For you research try nangalase and MAF314 & GCMAF...
Look at also Prof Glenn Gibson's work uni of reading, he has the most successful study which failed.... only because the ASD children he used as controls were getting better and the blinds parents went mental at him... When it came to changeover the controls refused to take the placebo... All to do with pro and pre biotics...
We are very close to what could be referred to as a "cure"
Its also enviromental as well very ambiguous statement but true
We have done loads of biomed and best behavioural therapy in the world and we have found significant gains from

this quiz is rubbish

Ingrid Tait

04 Apr 201218:22

I agree with you on your comments. I too disagreed with some of the answers in this quiz. I guess the OU have to tow the conventional thinking line.

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Angela Trainor

06 Apr 201112:01

This quiz is a great idea! I have a stepson who is on the autistic spectrum and I thought I was pretty well informed. Thank you for putting me right.

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