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…
By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. Autism in females has historically been under-diagnosed due to a lack of professional understanding about what has been labelled ‘the female phenotype’ of…
By Dr. Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony Attwood. Entering a new workplace can be a daunting experience for anyone, but it can be especially challenging for autistic people. Navigating the…
By Emma Hinze, Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett. Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of women seeking diagnostic assessments for autism.…
By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett.In the previous article in this series, Sensory Perception and Autism: Part 1, we described sensory perception differences across the auditory, tactile, visual,…