6 December 2008
What is autism?
Of all the mental states being reassessed in 2008 autism and
Asperger's must come near the top. Wendy Barnaby visits the Royal
Society in London to hear from international experts - and she also
meets a brilliant young pianist with Asperger's who explains how he
performs so well but needs help for everyday living.
Guests
Derek Paravacini
Adam Ockelford
Professor of music Roehampton University London
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/AdamOckelford/
Uta Frith
Emeritus Professor Cognitive Development University College London
http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Staff-Lists/MemberDetails.php?Title=Prof&FirstName=Uta&LastName=Frith
Patricia Howlin
Professor of Clinical Child Psychology Institute of Psychiatry Kings
College London
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/gsp09/staffinfo/1926
Francesca Happ?
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Institute of Psychiatry Kings College London
http://www.acclaimscientists.org.uk/fh/statement.htm
Temple Grandin
Professor of Animal Science Colorado State University
http://www.templegrandin.com/templegrandinart.html
Allan Snyder
Director for the Centre of the Mind University of Sydney
http://www.centreforthemind.com/director/index.cfm
Simon Baron-Cohen
Director Autism Research Centre Cambridge University
http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc/staff_member.asp?id=33
Douwe Draaisma
Professor of the History of Psychology University of Groningen The Netherlands
http://www.douwedraaisma.nl/english/index_en.html
Ian Hacking
Retired Professor from the College de France Paris
Further Information
Films of the transporters used by Simon Baron-Cohen to help young
children empathise www.thetransporters.com
Autism - a personal story - audio dur 7.58
Autobiographies by people with autism: Nobody Nowhere, Somebody
Somewhere, Like Colour to the Blind and Everyday Heaven, all by Donna
Williams and published by Jessica Kingsley Born on a Blue Day by
Daniel Tammet published by Free Press The Mind Tree and How can I talk
if my lips don't move? by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay both published by
Arcade Publishing
Publications
Title: An Anthropologist on Mars
Author: Oliver Sacks
Title: In the Key of Genius
Author: Adam Ockelford
Publisher: Arrow Books
Presenter
Robyn Williams
Producer
David Fisher
