[Fwd: [ABA-UK] Attitudes to dietary intervention (OT)]

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Hi all

I've been asked to encourage parent participation in this interesting study.

You may know that Prof Le Couteur has been trying to a long while to get

funding for a dietary intervention trial. I get the feeling that the survey

might be useful to support this ... Please do spend a little time visiting

the link below, and encourage others to do the same.

Thanks.

Virginia

The study

Researchers at Newcastle University would like to find out about parents'

and child health professionals' experiences of autism research and their

attitudes to the use of the gluten- and casein-free diet as an intervention

in ASD. We are carrying out two web-based surveys; one for parents/carers

and the other for child health professionals who support children with ASD

and their families. The results of these surveys will help us plan the

design of UK research studies into biomedical and complementary and

alternative therapies for children with ASD.

Participants

Parents/carers of pre-school or primary school-aged children with a

diagnosed autism spectrum disorder, and child health professionals who

support children with ASD and their families, are invited to take part.

What happens next?

If you are interested in taking part, please visit our website:

<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cargo-ne/PADIA.html> www.ncl.ac.uk/cargo-ne/PADIA.html

When you follow this link, you'll go to a web page that tells you more about

the study, and will ask you to enter some details.

We will then send you a letter of invitation with a unique ID number and the

link to an information sheet. This information sheet has the link to the

web-based survey.

If you would like any more information about this study, please contact:

Professor Ann Le Couteur

Tel: 01912 821 384

Email: <mailto:padia@....uk> padia@....uk