Applications are sought from members who are within 5 years of the PhD being awarded, have a full or an autistic researcher ASfAR membership, and who have standing in a university or research institute capable of accepting and administering the award (award will be made to and administered by the applicant’s institution).
The awardees must submit a report to the ASfAR Executive one-year post-award.
The Federal Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) requested ASFAR carry out an updated review of early intervention for ASD, based on the literature from 2006 to the present. It was an update of the earlier review of Roberts and Prior published in 2006.
Four representatives from ASFAR, Margot Prior, Jacqui Roberts, Sylvia Rodger, and Katrina Williams, formed the working party. They completed the review with the support of three part time Research Assistants.
The review can now be downloaded from the FaHCSIA website: PDF
In a second step Prior and Roberts wrote a revision of the ‘Guidelines for Best Practice’ Booklet. This will also appear on the FaHCSIA web site very shortly.
Prof Margot Prior