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Foreword to Serbian translation of The Science of Evil
The following Foreword to ‘Zero Degrees of Empathy’ (‘The Science of Evil’) was invited by Dr Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, Department of
Psychology, Belgrade University, Serbia. I am grateful to him for his careful translation of my book from English into Serbian.
I sent him the Foreword by email on June 2nd 2012 and heard nothing more. Evidently, the publisher, Clio, decided not to include it
in my book – I assume because it refers to an uncomfortable period of Serbian history (1992-1995). Strangely, they put a Serbian
translation of my Foreword on their blog at
blog.clio.rs
on the 24th April 2013.
PDF download:
English Translation
Original Serbian foreword
The Transporters DVD teaches young children with autism to recognize emotions. Developed and evaluated by the ARC in collaboration with Culture Online, it has
just been translated into German by the University of Zurich.
Deutsch Webseite
English website
Nederlandse website
The Erosion of Empathy: Video highlights on YouTube of Simon Baron-Cohen's presentation at TEDx, Houses of Parliament.
A video of the presentation, exploring the idea that autism is linked to minds that are wired for science.
Cambridge and Peterborough CLAHRC are developing Quick Referral Guides to help front line clinicians (GPs, Health Visitors, etc.,) in their decision about
whether to refer a patient for a specialist assessment relating to possible ASC.
More details here.
Briefing paper:
Applied research in autism in the CLAHRC CP
The NICE Guidelines covering screening and diagnosis of and interventions for adults with autism spectrum conditions were
announced on June 27th 2012. Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the ARC, chaired the Guideline Development Group, made up of GPs,
neurologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, parents, people with autism, educators, and charity
representatives, among others. They were supported by systematic reviewers and health economists. A summary of their
recommendations is published in this article in the British Medical Journal. One of their recommendations is for GPs and
other primary health workers to use the AQ-10 as a brief screener for adults suspected of autism, as an aid to deciding if
the person needs a full diagnostic assessment.
BMJ article ...
Download AQ-10 Test ...
NICE guideline ...