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Autism: What We Know and What We Don’t Know

Bridgewater State University

Sandra Neargarder is a Professor of Psychology at Bridgewater State University, where in 2008, she was presented with the Presidential Award for Distinguished Teaching. Her research has primarily focused on the visual and cognitive deficits associated with brain disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. She has published over 35 journal articles and has presented her research at dozens of regional, national and international conferences.

Overview

Autism Spectrum Disorders were first reported by psychiatrist and physician Dr. Leo Kanner back in 1943. Jumping ahead to present day, we now know how to diagnose these disorders and we’ve learned that the behaviors and brain pathology associated with Autism varies greatly between individuals. Things we still struggle to understand include the causes of these disorders and how best to treat them. Please join Professor Neargarder for this lecture as she reviews what we know and don’t know about Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Eileen Colville

Excellent presentation!

7 months ago

Kimberly Huynh

Great Info - Slides Were Text Wall-y

As someone who has suspected for a while that I might have mild ASD (for a bunch of reasons), I really appreciated this presentation. I found the PowerPoint to be a mixed bag in terms of value it brought to the presentation as some of the slides were text walls being read off by the presenter – but she did still fill in additional details at times, or in some cases had slides that were mostly supportive to the spoken content which I find preferable for this content type. Overall I would still recommend this video, and found it to be quite helpful in my research and evolving understanding of ASD.

1 month ago