Having intense or “special” interests and a tendency to focus in depth to the exclusion of other inputs, is associated with autistic cognition, sometimes framed as “monotropism”. Despite some drawb...

The community has come together to support the Palestinian people. The result is an incredible ebooklet edited by Lisa Chapman and Kim Mears.

Despite an increasing focus on autism, neurodiversity and inclusion in the education sector, there remains limited awareness of the experiences, needs and strengths of autistic educators. This gap ...

An extract from The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook by Dr Maeve Kavanagh, Dr Anna Day, Davida Hartman, Tara O'Donnell-Killen and Jessica K Doyle.

Based on new and emerging clinical research, this book is here to guide you through creating a neuro-affirmative child autism assessment process for your practice.Moving away from a deficit-based medi...

The greater than three-fold increase in autism diagnoses among students in special education programs in the United States between 2000 and 2010 may be due in large part to the reclassification of ind...

Every April Autistic people find themselves under fire in online spaces. The key debate that causes this comes down to whether April should be known as Autism Acceptance Month or Autism Awareness…

Functional analysis (FA) is often considered an integral component of treating severe challenging behavior (e.g., aggression, self-injury). Given its essential nature, there are a growing number of pu...

Welcome! This is my collection of posts, writing, art, poetry, research and everything else by and about nonspeaking people, and others with communication disabilities. Because our work and our lives…

Recent autism research focuses on cures, not care.

Autistic young adults often experience challenges in the transition to adulthood, including loss of childhood services and difficulties managing the complexities of adult life. Additionally, quality o...

A one hour webinar including Q&A with Natalie Russ Psy. D in conversation with Erin Stevens.

Drama is a subject through which pupils can explore and develop their social learning. Previous research into drama-based pedagogy has predominantly centred on outcomes that benchmark Autistic social....

Organisations that profess to represent a given community must at all costs work to include all voices within that community. Mattering is a...

After years of traumatic experiences for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream and specialist, and for us as a family, we have ...