By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettEmpathyWe know that there are three forms of empathy, cognitive, affective, and behavioural, and that the expression of each is underpinned by similar…

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettMany autistic women* deliberate about whether or not they should seek a formal diagnosis of autism, weighing up the potential costs and benefits.…

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettAs clinicians, we work with families that have one or several autistic children and we have increasingly been able to recognise the subtle…

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony AttwoodWhat do we know about the interplay between hormonal changes and autism for females*?Our current understanding of how hormonal changes impact autistic individuals,…

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

By Professor Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettThe value of an explanationOur clinical experience indicates that it is extremely important that autism is explained to a child or adolescent as…

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

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

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

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