Friends Like Henry – Autism dogs
Nuala Gardner is the mother of Dale and Amy, who are both on the autism spectrum. Now an expert on autism dogs, Nuala’s career has…
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Simple Autism Strategies for Home and School
Sarah Cobbe has worked in the field of autism for more than twenty years, in a career that has involved teaching, writing and training. In this…
Stories of Autism Advocacy from Parents around the World
From America to Australia, and stopping off in every continent in between, these stories from the parents of autistic children highlight changing attitudes to autism.…
Food Refusal and Avoidant Eating in Children
Take note of these Five Top Tips for mealtimes from Dr Gillian Harris ahead of her new book, co-authored with Dr Elizabeth Shea, Food Refusal and…
Telling a Child About their Autism
This blog is a helpful, in-depth exploration of deciding on the right time to tell a child about their autism diagnosis, and judging whether they…
Working with Girls and Young Women
Anyone who works with autistic young people will know there’s a real lack of information out there that relates specifically to girls and women. This…
Developing Resilience: Top 5 Tips for Parents of Autistic teens
Announcing the second book in the Parents’ Practical Guide to Resilience range, authors Jeanette Purkis & Emma Goodall take us through their top tips for…
Anxiety and the Autism Spectrum – book extract
As it’s Autism Awareness Month, we’re sharing a series of key extracts from some of our best and most popular books for autistic adults here…
Autism as Difference Not Disorder: Insights from the Author
Drawing on 30 years of professional experience and detailed research, Difference Not Disorder: Understanding Autism Theory in Practice exposes the myths around autism and provides practical guidance…
An Adult With an Autism Diagnosis
It’s Autism Awareness Week in the UK this week and, while we want to foreground the voices of our autistic authors as much as possible…