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…

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,…