Welcome to the website of the Leicestershire Aspergers Syndrome Support Group, covering Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We offer friendly assistance for those with Aspergers syndrome and their families.
See the EVENTS page for information on NAS Seminars.
See the ARTICLES page (within About Aspergers Syndrome) for an unusual article on Neuro-typicality. Interesting viewpoint! Also see INFORMATION for training courses run by the same group - Positive about Autism.
See the INFORMATION page for a brochure on supported holidays, home and abroad.
See the INFORMATION page for copies of LINK UP, our DIRECTORIES and other information.
*** Information and website link added for THE MONDAY CLUB.
STOP PRESS - October 2011 - Appeal for participants in Cambridge Research Project:-
Researchers
at the Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit and the Autism Research
Centre in Cambridge are looking for volunteers for a new study into
object vision in autism.
The
study will be
using MRI brain-scanning to investigate brain activity patterns in
object vision.
These activity patterns will allow for a comparison of
mental representations of objects in typically developing adults and
people with a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning
autism.
Volunteers
will be invited to come to the MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences
Unit
in Cambridge on two separate days to perform simple visual judgment
tasks while pictures are taken of their brain.
In addition, some
standardised tests will be administered.
Volunteers
will be fully reimbursed for their time,
up to £70 upon finishing the two experimental sessions.
Additionally, travel expenses and traveling time will be reimbursed.
The study requires
right-handed male participants aged 18-35 years with a diagnosis of
high-functioning autism or Asperger syndrome.
We need to be able to
contact a parent to perform a phone interview about the volunteer’s
early development.
For
more details, please contact:
Researcher:
Ruud Berkers
Email:
ruud.berkers@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 355294
Project
end date: December 2011
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