Derek autism 1/6

ABC Radio National
6 December 2008
What is autism?

Of all the mental states being reassessed in 2008 autism and Asperger's must come near the top. Wendy Barnaby visits the Royal Society in London to hear from international experts - and she also meets a brilliant young pianist with Asperger's who explains how he performs so well but needs help for everyday living.
Guests

Derek Paravacini

Adam Ockelford
Professor of music Roehampton University London
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/AdamOckelford/

Uta Frith
Emeritus Professor Cognitive Development University College London
http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Staff-Lists/MemberDetails.php?Title=Prof&FirstNa...

Patricia Howlin
Professor of Clinical Child Psychology Institute of Psychiatry Kings College London
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/gsp09/staffinfo/1926

Francesca Happ?
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Institute of Psychiatry Kings College London
http://www.acclaimscientists.org.uk/fh/statement.htm

Temple Grandin
Professor of Animal Science Colorado State University
http://www.templegrandin.com/templegrandinart.html

Allan Snyder
Director for the Centre of the Mind University of Sydney
http://www.centreforthemind.com/director/index.cfm

Simon Baron-Cohen
Director Autism Research Centre Cambridge University
http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc/staff_member.asp?id=33

Douwe Draaisma
Professor of the History of Psychology University of Groningen The Netherlands
http://www.douwedraaisma.nl/english/index_en.html

Ian Hacking
Retired Professor from the College de France Paris
Further Information


Films of the transporters used by Simon Baron-Cohen to help young children empathise www.thetransporters.com

Autism - a personal story - audio dur 7.58


Autobiographies by people with autism: Nobody Nowhere, Somebody Somewhere, Like Colour to the Blind and Everyday Heaven, all by Donna Williams and published by Jessica Kingsley Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet published by Free Press The Mind Tree and How can I talk if my lips don't move? by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay both published by Arcade Publishing
Publications

Title: An Anthropologist on Mars
Author: Oliver Sacks

Title: In the Key of Genius
Author: Adam Ockelford
Publisher: Arrow Books
Presenter

Robyn Williams
Producer

David Fisher

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[llanbradach]

I watched Derek play in Nailworth, he's a fantastic pianist, his playing nearly reduced me to tears when I heard him play "Somewhere over the rainbow".