Autistic Women* and Health Communication

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Prof Tony Attwood Autistic individuals generally experience more health issues than non-autistic individuals (Weir, Allison & Baron-Cohen, 2022). Autistic women face a range of health concerns…

Autism and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Prof Tony AttwoodResearchers and clinicians in the autism area have known about the association between hypermobility and autism for a long time (Tantam, Evered & Hersov,…

Autism and Friendship at High School

By Prof Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett Last week we discussed the friendship challenges that autistic children can commonly encounter, and programmes that can help. In our blog this…

Autism and Friendship at Primary School

By Prof Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett The diagnostic criteria for autism include criterion A3, …difficulties in making friends…(APA 2022). We would add from our clinical experience that when…

Being Autistic and having ADHD as a Female*

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Prof Tony Attwood Both autism and ADHD are characterised by difficulties with executive function, and they tend to co- occur. Research has shown over several…