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Expert Guest: Professor Josephine Barbaro is a Principal Research Fellow and Neurodiversity Affirming Psychologist at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University. She is co-founder of Australia’s first ‘Early Assessment Clinic’ for autism, focusing on children under 3 years old. A/Prof Barbaro’s research interests are in the early identification and diagnosis of autism in infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers, family health and well-being following a diagnosis, and Neurodiversity Affirming research and practice.

In this interview, we will discuss Autism Diagnosis and Screening Tools, including:

✅ What is autism screening/developmental surveillance?

✅ What are some of the early signs of Autism?

✅ How early can we identify and diagnose Autistic kiddos and what’s the current average age of diagnosis?

✅ The tools Professor Babaro’s developed – SACS (for professionals), ASDetect (for parents), how accurate they are, where they’re being used, and how people can access them.

✅ What to do if you suspect a child is Autistic?

✅ How to talk to parents in an affirming and empathic way if you suspect their child might be showing early signs?

✅ What to do if Doctors dismiss parental/carer concerns and say things like, ‘They are just being a boy’ or ‘they will grow out of it?’

Research Referred to in Podcast 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2789926

How to talk to your child about their autism diagnosis – the earlier the better

https://theconversation.com/how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-their-autism-diagnosis-the-earlier-the-better-193942

ASDetect App:

https://asdetect.org/

For more information about the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC):

https://www.latrobe.edu.au/otarc

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