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Cerebra Family Research Group End Of Grant Report

The Cerebra Family Research Group has released its End of Grant Report outlining the focus of their work well as detailing progress made to date and the longer term impact of their work. The team is headed by Professor Richard Hastings (currently Cerebra Chair of Family Research) who is one of the world’s leading researchers in intellectual and developmental disabilities. Why our research is important ...
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What does anxiety look like?

Dr Hayley Crawford began the June CEDAR seminar by highlighting that autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities are at higher risk of anxiety than the general population. For example, for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities prevalence rates are 3-21.9% in comparison to 3-6.5% for typically developing children and adolescents. Dr Crawford’s research aims to improve identification of anxiety in non-verbal or minimally verbal ...
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RCPCH refuses to withdraw its 2021 Fabricated or induced illness (FII) guidance

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health refuses to withdraw its 2021 guidance concerning Fabricated or induced illness (FII) by carers. (1) On the 16 July 2024, we the undersigned researchers and non-governmental organisations wrote to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and called for the College to withdraw, with immediate effect, the above publicly available ...
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Securing School Transport For Grace

Our Legal Rights Service provides families of children with brain conditions with help when facing difficulties accessing support services they are entitled to. John Furlong,  Information & Support Officer on our LEaP project explains how we recently helped Shona to appeal against her local authority's decision not to provide school transport for her daughter. "Shona, her husband and four children had been forced to move ...
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We’ve just added new books to the Library!

New books in the library from May 2023 L6977- Sensory Parenting for Sensory Children by Tanya van Dalen L6978- For the Love of Oscar: bringing up a son with Down Syndrome by Sarah Roberts L6979- Don’t Be Sorry: further adventures of bringing up a son with Down Syndrome by Sarah Roberts L6980- The Little Book of Fine Motor Skills by Sally Featherstone L6981- Good Autism ...
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Cerebra Funding for The Cerebra Network for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

We are delighted to announce £829,000 of funding for the Cerebra Network for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Tracy Elliott, Head of Research and Information at Cerebra explains: "This funding, spread over the next four years, marks a strategic shift in our approach to funding research. We are investing in a collaborative and vibrant network of researchers, spread over different university centres, with the combined aim of improving ...
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Professor Richard Hastings – My Journey Into Research

Professor Richard Hastings Professor Richard Hastings  is Professor of Psychology and Education and Cerebra Chair of Family Research in CEDAR at the University of Warwick. He carries out research on various topics in the field of learning disability and autism, including: psychological problems in children and adults with autism or learning disability, families, and educational interventions. Richard is currently leading the Cerebra 1,000 Families Study. ...
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New Books in the Library

Earlier in the year we decided to replace some of our older children’s books with more recent ones and they have just been added to our library. The library is free of charge and we cover the whole of the UK. For full information about our library please see the library page of the website. If you are not already a member and would like ...
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Cerebra funded research at the University of Birmingham

The Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CCND) is headed by Professor Chris Oliver and is based in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. The research at the Centre is funded by Cerebra with additional support from a number of agencies and charities. The Centre has recently released its end of grant reports explaining the focus of their work and their achievements for ...
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Chris Oliver – My Journey into Research: the Boy at the Pillar

Professor Chris Oliver explains his journey into research as well as the pioneering work of the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. "In 1981 I was training to be a clinical psychologist at the University of Edinburgh when the seminal documentary “Silent Minority” was aired on ATV. The content was a damning portrayal of abuse and inadequate service provision for children and adults with intellectual disability ...
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