What is Powdered Dog?

This website started as a fourth year psychology course project where I had to create a research based parent resource. The topic I chose was "Should I tell my child about their autism diagnosis"? I became interested in this topic when I was reviewing an article on autistic identity and it reported that more than half of the participants in the research study had not been told about their diagnosis by their parents. I wanted to explore this further and the parent resource project provided the opportunity.

When I presented my project concept another student suggested another topic I could research if I wanted to keep the website going. I liked the idea and decided to use the website as a research based resource. Everything I present on the site will be based on relevant, peer reviewed articles. I will do my best to present the information in easy to understand language. I have set up a contact page so if you have a question you want me to explore let me know. I will do my best to provide a comprehensive answer, based on the available literature and the time of publishing on the site.