- Study: Australian Autism Biobank
- Study: Frankie and Friends
- Study: The Facial Features of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Study: Australian Autism Biobank
Researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia are collecting detailed information on children with autism in order to find out more about the causes of the condition. The exact causes of autism remain unknown but it is becoming increasingly apparent that a combination of genetic and environmental factors are involved.
The Australian Autism Biobank will collect information on children with autism and centralise this information for use by autism researchers.
Study: Frankie and Friends
Children with autism often experience difficulties paying attention to information in the social world and this can lead to problems in developing appropriate social interaction skills. We have developed a new game that may help to train social attention, called 'Frankie and Friends' for children with autism aged between 5 and 12 years.
Participation would involve a few sessions at The Kids Research Institute Australia, including a diagnostic and cognitive assessment, playing the game for a short period of time, measuring your child's attention using an eyetracker, and completing some questionnaires about your child's behaviour.
Study: The Facial Features of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
The aims of this study are to determine whether children with ASD have different facial features to typically developing children and to determine whether children with certain behaviours are more likely to have facial anomalies.