What Do I Do When I Suspect My Student Is Autistic?
By Dr Michelle Garnett & Professor Tony AttwoodI think my student is autistic, what do I do?For some students’ autism can present in subtle ways that only start to become…
As a Parent or Carer: How Can You Help Your Autistic Adolescent with Friendship? by Prof Tony Attwood
Foreword by Dr Michelle Garnett This is the fourth part of a five-part series on friendship in autism during the teen years, a new and original series of articles written…
The Anxious Autistic Child at School Part 2: Underlying Reasons By Tony Attwood and Michelle Garnett
Anxiety is one of the most common reasons for the referral of an autistic child for assistance. The high levels of anxiety experienced are more challenging than the diagnostic characteristics…
The Anxious Autistic Child at School Part 1: Signs of anxiety in the classroom by Tony Attwood and Michelle Garnett
One of the challenges an autistic child or adolescent can face at school is for their behaviour to be interpreted as being ‘naughty’ or oppositional and defiant. Whilst autistic children,…