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Susan R. Leekam
Researcher at Cardiff University
Publications - 104
Citations - 9403
Susan R. Leekam is an academic researcher from Cardiff University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Autism & Autism spectrum disorder. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 97 publications receiving 8426 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan R. Leekam include Royal Children's Hospital & Durham University.
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Describing the Sensory Abnormalities of Children and Adults with Autism.
TL;DR: Patterns of sensory abnormalities in children and adults with autism were examined using the Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (DISCO) and it was confirmed that sensory abnormalities are pervasive and multimodal and persistent across age and ability.
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The Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders: background, inter-rater reliability and clinical use.
TL;DR: The historical background of the DISCO, its structure and the results of an inter-rater reliability study with parents of 82 children aged 3 to 11 years with autistic spectrum disorder, learning disability, language disorder or typical development are described.
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Theory of mind is contagious - you catch it from your sibs
TL;DR: This article investigated the relation between family size and ''theory of mind'' and found that children from larger families were better able than children from smaller families to predict a story character's mistaken (false-belief based) action.
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Restricted and repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders: a review of research in the last decade.
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that the authors will learn best from the last decade of research by taking a developmental perspective, by directing future research toward subtypes of RRBs, and by implementing early intervention targeted to improve RRBs before these behaviors become entrenched.
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What are the Links Between Theory of Mind and Social Relations? Review, Reflections and New Directions for Studies of Typical and Atypical Development
Claire Hughes,Susan R. Leekam +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the contribution of research on children's theories of mind to our understanding of children's developing social relationships is presented in this article, where the authors focus on the social implications of these normative developmental milestones in children's understanding of others.