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Does everyone with AS want or need a diagnosis?
Sarah is a New Zealand trained clinician working in Australia. As someone skilled in recognising autism spectrum conditions, she often faces a  dilemma about disclosure of possible AS to her patients. She wrote this for humans. She also has a website www.aspiesontv.blogspot.com
As a clinician working with a range of general patients, but with a research and clinical interest in [...]
Update on the Implementation of the New Zealand ASD Guideline
People may be wondering what has been happening with the implementation of the NZ ASD Guideline since a consortium led by the New Zealand Guidelines Group working in partnership with the Ministries of Health and Education began working on it earlier this year. An Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) was set up, has now met three times, and has started prioritising the [...]
Finn’s Story
Finn Higgins was known to users of the Public Address System discussion forums as a keen-minded, literate, witty and sensitive debater, and an asset to the community. What we could not know was the extent to which he was struggling with depression and anxiety in his personal life. These problems were related to an undiagnosed [...]