By Emma Hinze, Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. Depression is a significant mental health concern affecting many individuals worldwide. In autistic children and adolescents, it presents unique challenges.…
By Emma Hinze, Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. Camouflaging behaviours in autistic individuals have received increasing attention in research and clinical practice. These behaviours often begin in childhood, continue…
By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. There is a popular belief that having an Autistic child causes so much parental stress and discord that the divorce rate is…
By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. The most common traumatic social experience for Autistic individuals is bullying. The social isolation experienced by many Autistic individuals means they are…
By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. Trauma can take many forms. The DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) requires the experience of overt catastrophic events such…
By Dr. Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony Attwood. Becoming a neurodiversity-affirming family is an important goal because it will assist all family members to embrace autism and/or ADHD within a…
By Emma Hinze, Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. When experiences are extremely emotionally painful, cause psychological distress and significantly overwhelm an individual's capacity to cope, we refer to…
By Dr. Michelle Garnett, Professor Tony Attwood and Emma Hinze *The terms female, girl and woman, when used in this article, refer to individuals assigned female at birth. Our current…
By Dr. Michelle Garnett, Professor Tony Attwood and Emma Hinze In recent years, there has been a significant shift in how autism and other forms of neurodivergence – such as…
By Dr. Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony Attwood Differentiating between trauma and autism can be challenging because both can present with overlapping behaviours, such as social withdrawal, communication difficulties, and…