Wales Autism Research Centre
Cardiff University, UK research centre
Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC) is a research centre within Cardiff University, Wales. Focused on autism research, it collaborates with other university departments, the government and autism advocacy organizations. The center opened on 23 September 2010. Professor Sue Leekam is the Centre director and Cardiff University's Autism Chair.[1]
Mission
The centre's mission is: "To create positive change for individuals and families affected with autism by
- advancing scientific research in areas of risk factors, early identification, diagnosis, cognitive development and intervention and
- working in partnership with practitioners, charities and the Welsh Assembly Government to integrate scientific evidence with policy and practice."[1]
See also
Information about organisations that they collaborate with:
- Autism Cymru
- Autism Speaks
- Welsh Government
References
- ^ a b Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC). ASD info Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
External links
- Official website: Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC)
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Autism
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- Epidemiology
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- Heritability
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- Memory
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- Sex and gender
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and phenomena
- Alexithymia
- Autism and LGBT identities
- Autistic burnout
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- Autistic masking
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- Hyperlexia
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- Monotropism
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- Pathological demand avoidance
- Savant syndrome
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- Infodumping
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- Echolalia
- Echopraxia
- Emotional dysregulation
- 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
- 22q13 deletion syndrome
- Angelman syndrome
- CHARGE syndrome
- Cohen syndrome
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Fetal valproate spectrum disorder
- Fragile X syndrome
- MECP2 duplication syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis type I
- Noonan syndrome
- PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome
- Rett syndrome
- Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome
- Timothy syndrome
- Tuberous sclerosis complex
- Williams syndrome