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Introduction
Prithvi Perepa currently works at the School of Education, The University of Birmingham. He teaches on the autism programmes and undertakes research in the field of autism.
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August 2019 - present
September 2013 - July 2023
August 2010 - May 2013
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Repetitive behaviours occur in children with vision impairment and those on the autism spectrum. However, there is negligible research focus on the similarities and differences between these two groups of children. This narrative review explores literature in the fields of vision impairment and autism to understand how repetitive behaviours are def...
The aim of the present chapter is to argue that educational strategies are not adequate on their own to promote inclusion for autistic individuals, because this holds only the individual responsible for their inclusion with no onus on the settings or other people involved; as a result, autistic individuals are facing challenges at school and in soc...
According to the World Health Organization, autism is one of the most common disabilities in the world. The number of children with a diagnosis of autism continues to rise globally, including in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Research has established that appropriate educational provision is one of the best ways to support children and young peopl...
Continuing professional development (CPD) is considered an important part of improving professional practice and its importance has been highlighted in Department of Education policies in England. However, very little research has explored what CPD school staff access and consider as effective for their roles. This research addressed this gap by co...
This qualitative research was conducted with eleven Black fathers and outlines their role as a father and illustrates their involvement and engagement with their autistic child[ren] and in domestic life.
This report is based on a research that was conducted to understand the educational experiences of children on the autism spectrum who belong to a minority ethnic community, or whose first language is not English, or who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, or are in the care systems. The report includes a summary of what their parents...
The project was the first of its kind to take a comprehensive look at some of the causes and impacts of excluding autistic children and young people in England. We conducted a literature review; asked autistic adults, parents and teachers to complete a questionnaire; consulted with the Autism Education Trust Young Person’s Panel; looked at challeng...
Dr Prithvi Perepa clarifies some of the popular misconceptions about autism and outlines how practitioners can support a child with the condition
This research explores early years practitioners' knowledge and ability to recognise the signs of autism and provide appropriate support. It was carried out using semi-structured interviews with six UK-based early years practitioners who have worked with children with autism. The findings highlighted that early years practitioners are aware of auti...
This small-scale study was conducted with four police officers who were interviewed about their knowledge of autism and how they might respond to finding an autistic person who had wandered off from their home or their carer. Like other studies which focus on professional groups who cover the entire population and who are not focused on specific gr...
Autism affects all ethnicities, yet professionals often lack the training to engage with diverse families. As a result, families can experience difficulties getting a diagnosis and access to educational and social care settings. This book offers an overview of the issues and shows how to support children and young people from these communities.
Any viable algorithm to infer affective states of individuals with autism requires natural and reliable data in real time and in an uncontrolled environment. For this purpose, this study provides a new natural-spontaneous affective-cognitive dataset based on facial expressions, eye gaze, and head movements for adult students with and without Asperg...
There is an increase in the number of students with autism accessing higher education (HE). There is also emerging literature about good practice for supporting these students in the HE context. However, there is still very little information concerning which specific services students with autism want. This study addresses this gap by gathering th...
This study was inspired by looking at the central role of emotion in the learning process, its impact on students’ performance; as well as the lack of affective computing models to detect and infer affective-cognitive states in real time for students with and without Asperger Syndrome (AS). This model overcomes gaps in other models that were design...
This research identifies the way in which one secondary school with a resourced provision for students with Asperger syndrome promotes social inclusion for them, and the perceptions of staff members and parents on the social experience of schooling for these children. Interviews were conducted with five teachers, two learning support assistants, an...
Human head gestures convey a rich message, containing information deliver for peoples as a communication tool. Nodding,shaking are commonly used gestures as non-verbal signals to communicate their intent and emotions. However, the majority of head gestures classification systems focused on head nodding and shaking detection. while they ignored othe...
This book is aimed for parents and professionals working in the field. It provides an overview of autism as well as strategies to work with children on the spectrum.
This guide covers the core features of autism- communication, social interaction and flexible thinking as well as focusing on behaviour and teaching daily living skills. There is information on screening and diagnostic tools used to identify autism which could enhance your knowledge of procedures which are followed. The book provides detailed infor...
There is very little research that specifically looks at how autism spectrum disorders
are perceived in various communities. This qualitative research was conducted
with parents who had children on the autistic spectrum belonging to four
different ethnic communities (White British, Somali, West African and South
Asian – 63 in total) and living in t...
The study investigates a link between media portrayal of disabilities and its influence on teachers' perceptions of their students. By using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, participants (N = 8) gave an insight into their perceptions of the impact TV programmes and films have on their understanding of disability and teaching style. Th...
Prithvi Perepa works as the black and minority ethnic (BME) development officer for the National Autistic Society in London. He is currently studying for his doctorate, which focuses on the expectations of parents of children with ASD from ethnic minorities. In this paper, he shares his experiences of setting up a project that aims to make services...