Henry Wood-Downie

University of Southampton

Autistic students are more likely to experience mental health difficulties and have poorer academic outcomes than their non-autistic peers. However, most research into school experiences has focussed on secondary-aged students, or parents and school staff's perceptions of the primary school experiences of autistic students. The current systematic l...

Background Evidence that autism often manifests differently between males and females is growing, particularly in terms of social interaction and communication, but it is unclear if there are sex differences in restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests (RRBIs) when rigorously focusing on the narrow construct level (i.e., stereotyped behavi...

Book review: The autism resource manual: practical strategies for teachers and other education professionals

Poor math and numeracy skills are associated with a range of adverse outcomes, including reduced employability and poorer physical and mental health. Research has increasingly focused on understanding factors associated with the improvement of math skills in school. This systematic literature review and meta-analysis investigated the association be...

Aims: ‘I am…’ Digital Stories are short videos designed to provide a holistic, strengths-based representation of the child through enabling them to contribute their perspectives to transition planning. Digital Stories have potential during periods in which professionals are unable to physically visit settings or spend time getting to know a child....

This study investigated sex/gender differences in camouflaging with children and adolescents (N = 84) with and without an autism diagnosis/increased levels of autistic traits using two conceptualisations/operationalisations of camouflaging. A significant group-by-gender interaction using ANCOVA, with the covariate of verbal IQ, reflected similar le...

Background Evidence increasingly suggests that ASD manifests differently in females than males. Previous reviews investigating sex/gender differences in social interaction and social communication have focused at the level of broad constructs (e.g. comparing algorithm scores from pre‐existing diagnostic instruments) and have typically reported no s...

A growing body of evidence suggests that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests differently in females than males, including in the domains of social interaction and communication, and that there may be a female specific phenotype of the condition. Previous research investigating sex/gender differences in these domains has predominantly been base...

This small-scale research project investigated the impact of a person-centred planning (PCP) tool – Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) – with children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in mainstream settings. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore the perceived impact of the PATH pro...

There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the behavioural manifestation of autism spectrum condition (ASC) differs between males and females, and there may be a female specific phenotype of the condition (Lai, Lombardo, Auyeung, Chakrabarti and Baron-Cohen, 2015). However, current conceptualisations of ASC have been developed predominatel...