Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Dr Ilona Roth and Dr Nancy Rowell.

Many thanks to Lucy McCanna for critical reading throughout, and to Mark Hirst for his helpful advice on genetics in Week 4.

Many thanks to all those who have kindly contributed their ideas, creative work and personal experiences of autism to this course.

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