Becoming Autistic

Dr Rachael Sharman is a senior lecturer and researcher in psychology at the University of the Sunshine Coast, specialising inchild and adolescent development.Dr Sharman's research is focused on the optimal and healthy development of the paediatric brain and she has published over 30peer reviewed journal articles and two book chapters. Dr Sharman is a volume editor for The Encyclopedia of Child and AdolescentDevelopment and a special issue editor for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.Dr Sharman is an enthusiastic and engaging public speaker with a weekly guest spot on ABC radio, and has had articles published invarious newspapers, Time magazine and on the The Conversation online. She has appeared as an expert guest on television includingon The Project and SBS Insight.