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

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

By Dr Michelle Garnett & Prof Tony AttwoodOne of the core difficulties of being autistic is understanding other people, that is, reading their facial expressions and body language, and inferring what…

By Prof Tony Attwood and Dr Michelle GarnettAre the rates of bullying higher for autistic children?Many of the autistic children and adolescents we see as clinicians have experienced frequent bullying…

By Prof Tony Attwood & Dr Michelle GarnettAs much as autistic children have a different way of learning, they can also have a different way of moving. When walking or running,…

By Dr Michelle Garnett & Prof Tony AttwoodDuring a diagnostic assessment for autism with an adult it is quite common for the adult to also query whether they have attention…

By Prof Tony Atwood and Dr Michelle GarnettIntroductionThere is an association between autism and difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep and the quality of sleep, for autistic individuals of all ages…

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…