By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett Being autistic brings both gifts and challenges. For example, we have often noticed that a dash of genius is within autism, manifesting…

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett The value of an explanation Our clinical experience indicates that it is extremely important that autism is explained to a child or…

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett There is considerable research which confirms a high level of psychiatric conditions co-occurring with autism, for example, Lever & Guerts (2016) found…

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony Attwood In this two-part series, we provide many useful recommendations and strategies for assisting an autistic student to thrive in your classroom. Whilst we…

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony AttwoodIn this two-part series we provide many useful recommendations and strategies for assisting an autistic student to thrive in your classroom. Whilst we have…

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett There is considerable research which confirms that a high level of psychiatric conditions co-occur with autism, for example, Lever & Guerts (2016)…

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Prof Tony Attwood Being able to determine the difference between clinical depression and autism is a skill that requires not only a good knowledge of…

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle Garnett Over the last decade we have seen an increasing number of mature adults seeking confirmation of autism in their developmental history and…

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Prof Tony Attwood Introduction Over our combined 80 years of clinical experience in this area we have found that awareness and knowledge of autism is…

By Prof Tony Attwood & Dr Michelle Garnett Introduction This blog is for clinicians, therapists, and counsellors to help identify the characteristics of autism in a client who has not previously…