Cite this article as: Hardimon, M. Autism spectrum disorder (Part 3) – Is this autism?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15452Charlie is sitting in the corner of your room and refuses to look or speak to you. He has no interest in you or your room. Mum wants to know…is he just naughty or…
Cite this article as: Hardimon, M. Autism spectrum disorder (Part 2) – why is this happening to me?!, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15447You have been referred Charlie, a 2yo boy, by his general practitioner who suspects that he has autism. He attends your room with his mother who feels helpless surrounding this…
Cite this article as: Hardimon, M. Autism spectrum disorder (part 1) – what’s in a name?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15442Since being first described by Dr Leo Kanner of John Hopkin’s University in 1943, the terminology used in the diagnosis and reference to autism spectrum disorder has changed multiple times making it…
Cite this article as: Hardimon, M. The fidget spinner craze – the good, the bad and the ugly, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.12234Unless you have been walking around with your eyes closed, you will have noticed fidget spinners are everywhere! If not in the hands of your little patients, then in the…
Cite this article as: Chait-Rubinek, L. Caring for children with disabilities, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.12145`I recently completed my first rotation as a doctor in the Emergency Department. Prior to entering the medical workforce, I had spent most of my employed life as a respite carer looking after and assisting children with…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. What is autism?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2014. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.5235As paediatricians we may not be required to diagnose autism, but we should be able to understand and recognise the main features. There are two main diagnostic areas under the new DSM V criteria A. Persistent deficits in social…