Signs of anxiety Restless and agitated behaviour Unable to easily calm down Needing reassurance regarding the sequence of events and expectations Social withdrawal and isolation Speech fluency is affected by…
Research and clinical experience show that autistic individuals are amongst the most vulnerable in our society for verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Whilst it may be tempting to think…
Neurodivergent people often experience challenges in exercising skills associated with self-determination and self-advocacy. Being pinnacle life skills that drive their success in education, employment, independence and within society, with the…
The beneficial effects of a good night sleep for both physical and mental well-being are well-known. We know, for example, that sleep is the body’s natural restorative, where much physical…
In this last part of our four-part series on Exploring Autism, Professor Tony Attwood discusses prognosis and autism. In the first part of our series, Tony described autism in an…
In the third part of our four-part series on Exploring Autism, Professor Tony Attwood describes some conditions that commonly co-occur with autism. In the first part of our series, Tony…
In this four-part series Professor Tony Attwood reflects on a 50-year career in autism. In the first part of our series last week, Tony discussed autism in an historical context.…
In this four-part series Professor Tony Attwood reflects on a 50-year career in autism. In the first part of our series, he discusses autism in an historical context. In the…
Being a scientist practitioner, I turned to the research literature on yoga early on in my journey and was amazed to discover there have been at least four decades of…
In yogic philosophy the true Self is bigger than everything else in the person’s experience, including their sense of self identity. True Self is like the whiteboard, and everything else…