Why are waiting lists for Autism assessments so long?
There is increasing evidence that waiting times for Autism assessments in the UK are growing. Some areas have simply had to close...
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We are helping GPs become more aware of how to support Autistic people
Just over a year ago, I was privileged to be invited to the offices of the wonderful Sunshine Support team to take part in a...
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Noah’s journey
The story of Noah really highlights how, with the right support, autistic young people can flourish, and how self-esteem and...
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Autism – The tragedy of the missed and misdiagnosed
Blog updated 10th April 2024
The inspiration for this blog article came from three separate directions. First, I have...
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Autism, Personality Disorder: Misdiagnosis and Stigma
Over the past twelve months , I have been writing another book, along with several very helpful contributors who have been kind...
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When parents disagree over the need for an assessment
Parents disagreeing about the need for exploration/identification of Autism in a child or young person, is possibly one of the...
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The impact of COVID 19 lockdowns on children
The impact of COVID 19 lockdowns on children’s development and the early identification of possible Autism.
As a company, we...
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Diagnostic concerns and revisions to the DSM 5
We have received a number of enquiries recently from people concerned about changes to the DSM 5 Autism diagnostic criteria. For...
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Back to school for children with PDA … five years on
by Dr Judy Eaton24/09/2021 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
Article Updated – September 2022
Since this article was first written in 2017 we have published two journal articles...
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Autism, anxiety and the impact upon parents … four years on
by Dr Judy Eaton16/09/2021 Anxiety, Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Parenting related, PDA
This article is an update of our original article written in 2017 – long before we, and our children, were faced with the...
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Online assessments – 17 months on
by Help for Psychology24/08/2021 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Online Autism assessments, Parenting related
In March 2020, when the first lockdown to try and manage the spread of the COVID-19 virus began, many Autism assessment teams...
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The Challenge of Complex (and Perplexing) Presentations in Autism.
by Dr Judy Eaton19/01/2021 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Masking, Missed or Misdiagnosed, Parenting related, Teaching related
This is the title of a new book I will be writing, along with colleagues, and which will include real life stories from...
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PDA Research News
by Dr Judy Eaton21/11/2020 Attachment disorder, Autism, Blog, Clinician related, Missed or Misdiagnosed, PDA
As many people who have attended the various PDA conferences over the last couple of years may know, we as a team, decided back...
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The need for better diagnoses
by Dr Judy Eaton13/07/2020 Autism, Blog, Clinician related, Female presentation of Autism, Masking, Missed or Misdiagnosed
Adult diagnosis, mis-diagnosis, and experience of parenting for autistic women
Over the years I have spent a great deal of my...
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The benefits of online Autism assessments
by Help for Psychology30/06/2020 Blog, Child and Young Person related, Online Autism assessments, Parenting related
Due to many weeks of lockdown, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been reviewing different ways of carrying out autism...
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Reflections on lockdown, and new ways of assessing
by Dr Judy Eaton02/06/2020 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Online Autism assessments, Parenting related
Like many clinical teams who have traditionally been involved in face to face interaction with people, the last two months have...
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The need to better understand how autism presents
by Dr Judy Eaton03/01/2020 Anxiety, Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
A new year dawns and it is always a good time to reflect upon the previous year. At Help for Psychology (in common with many...
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If at first you don’t succeed …
by Dr Judy Eaton19/09/2019 Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Parenting related, PDA
The latest article within this series hasn’t been written by Dr Judy Eaton, but instead by Kaylee Weaver, one of...
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Transitioning to secondary school from primary school for Autistic children
by Dr Judy Eaton21/08/2019 Anxiety, Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Parenting related, Teaching related
Article Updated – September 2022
Many children (especially girls) do not receive a formal diagnosis of Autism until they...
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Our current thinking on PDA
by Dr Judy Eaton31/07/2019 Anxiety, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
As many people may be aware, there has been a great deal of interest in, and controversy around, PDA. What it is, what...
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Living in a ‘five minute bubble’ – the impact of poor executive functioning.
by Dr Judy Eaton21/03/2019 ADHD, Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Parenting related, Teaching related
Human babies are amongst the least developed, in terms of their ability to manage independently, of all mammals. They are born...
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The importance of correct early intervention for children with Autism
Like most people I have been following the recent news stories about young people with autism and the PDA profile carefully. The...
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More things that teachers need to know about Autism
by Dr Judy Eaton31/08/2018 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Parenting related, Teaching related
Article updated – September 2022
An article published back in August 2018 by the National Autistic Society, titled ‘What...
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Watch this space …
by Dr Judy Eaton02/03/2018 Attachment disorder, Autism, Blog, Clinician related, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
In the course of my clinical work, I meet with many parents who are seeking an explanation for their child’s difficulties. I am...
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Back to school for children with PDA
by Dr Judy Eaton07/09/2017 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
It is the beginning of September again and parents all over the country are preparing for the start of the new school year. For...
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Autism, anxiety and the impact upon parents
by Dr Judy Eaton11/05/2017 Anxiety, Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Parenting related, PDA
This article is about Autism and anxiety. Research suggests that up to 85% of autistic individuals will suffer from anxiety. An...
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Missed or delayed Autism and PDA diagnoses
by Dr Judy Eaton30/03/2017 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Missed or Misdiagnosed, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
This article is equally applicable to both boys and girls. In the course of many years of clinical experience I have...
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Supporting the child with PDA in the classroom – Part Two
by Dr Judy Eaton31/01/2017 Autism, Blog, Clinician related, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
Article Updated – September 2022
The second part of this article is aimed at both parents of Autistic children, and...
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Supporting the child with PDA in the classroom – Part One
by Dr Judy Eaton15/01/2017 Autism, Blog, Clinician related, Parenting related, PDA, Teaching related
Article Updated – September 2022
Previous blog articles have touched upon the challenges faced by parents whose...
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It’s not only girls who can mask
by Dr Judy Eaton30/11/2016 Autism, Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Masking, Parenting related, Teaching related
Following on from the previous article regarding masking in children on the Autistic spectrum, this article is going to look at...
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Children who ‘mask’ or ‘camouflage’ their Autism
by Dr Judy Eaton09/11/2016 Blog, Child and Young Person related, Clinician related, Female presentation of Autism, Masking, Parenting related, Teaching related
Those who haven’t experienced the frustration of being misunderstood as the parent of a child with Autism can find it hard to...
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