Professor Uta Frith
We can across this fascinating article on what teachers need to know about autism from the great Professor Uta Frith.
You may have seem our recent poll on the subject here.
Anyhow here Prof Frith sives a great outline in both the article and the podcast on what teachers need to know.
“The world renowned autism researcher explains on the Tes Podagogy podcast what teachers need to know about the myths, complications and misunderstandings around autism
“Teachers are craving more information [about autism] and it is not easy to get good information,” explains Uta Frith, one of the world’s leading experts on autism and emeritus professor of cognitive development at UCL.
In 1966, she began studying autism at a time when it was emerging field of research. She now says we are a much more autistic-aware society, but that many myths and misunderstandings still remain about the condition.”
You can hear the podcast and read the rest of the article here.