By Dr Michelle Garnett and Prof Tony AttwoodIntroductionThe term PDA stands for Pathological Demand Syndrome and was first coined by Elizabeth Newson, a developmental psychologist, in the 1980s in the…

By Prof Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettAutistic children and adults who do not develop speech can express their thoughts and feelings by body language. There can be conventional body…

By Dr Michelle S. Garnett & Prof Tony AttwoodAutistic adults appear especially vulnerable to feeling depressed, with about one in three adolescents and two out of three autistic adults having…

By Dr Michelle Garnett & Prof Tony AttwoodAutistic adults appear especially vulnerable to feeling depressed, with about one in three adolescents and two out of three autistic adults having experienced…

By Dr Michelle Garnett & Prof Tony AtwoodAutistic children have an unusual profile of learning abilities that can often be recognised in very early childhood. Some pre-school autistic children have…

By Dr Michelle Garnett & Prof Tony AttwoodIntroductionIf you live with, teach or work with an autistic teenager, it is very likely that you have noticed that many days seem…

By Prof Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettThe term nonverbal autism is used to describe an autistic child or adult who has little or no spoken language. However, does that…

By Dr Michelle Garnett & Prof Tony AttwoodIntroductionEver since the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5; APA, 2013), you will have heard people…

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettIntroduction to the Emotional Toolbox Part 2Autistic children and adults often have a limited range of emotion repair mechanisms and are less likely…