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The GLAD lab conducts research on autism and other developmental disorders across the globe. Our research focuses on the identification and assessment of autism, including the development, adaptation and validation of tools to better characterise the heterogeneity of autism. We also try to further the understanding of the mechanisms underlying autism’s heterogeneity, including genetic, sociocultural and gender explanations. Lastly, our research considers interventions to improve the identification of and support for children with developmental disorders in low-resource settings. We work with the World Health Organization to adapt and evaluate their Caregiver Skills Training programme for families with children with developmental disorders in urban and rural Ethiopia.
Our research is supported by grants from the Medical Research Council (UK), Wellcome Trust, NIHR, DfID, Autism Speaks and the Alan B. Slifka foundation. We collaborate with colleagues at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), the University of Kwazulu Natal (South Africa/Zimbabwe), KEMRI and Aga Khan University (Kenya), University of Technology Sydney (Australia), the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and the World Health Organization.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD Student
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
A conceptual framework for understanding the cultural and contextual factors on autism across the globe 24 January 2020
Autism and family involvement in the right to education in the EU: policy mapping in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany 09 December 2019
Adapting and pre-testing the World Health Organization's Caregiver Skills Training programme for autism and other developmental disorders in a very low-resource setting: Findings from Ethiopia 01 January 2019
Rigor in science and science reporting: updated guidelines for submissions to Molecular Autism 04 February 2019
A cross-cultural study of autistic traits across India, Japan and the UK 21 September 2018
Nothing about us without us: the importance of local collaboration and engagement in the global study of autism 15 March 2018
Special interests and subjective wellbeing in autistic adults 10 February 2018
Ethiopian community health workers' beliefs and attitudes towards children with autism: impact of a brief training intervention 25 September 2017
The etiology of autistic traits in preschoolers: a population-based twin study 19 May 2017
Training needs and perspectives of community health workers in relation to integrating child mental health care into primary health care in a rural setting in sub‑Saharan Africa: a mixed methods study 01 February 2017
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National Institute for Health Research
Medical Research Council
Wellcome Trust
Autism Speaks
The Alan B. Slifka Foundation
Head of Research Lab
Dr Rosa Hoekstra - Senior Lecturer
rosa.hoekstra@kcl.ac.uk
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