Autistic people are not only more likely to feel lonely but are also more likely to experience it more acutely than non-autistic people according to new research.
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New research sheds light on how autism affects how we feed our babies, and vice versa.
Autism health passports are a tool designed to help autistic people access healthcare more easily.
Agatha Christie never explicitly said so, but many of her Belgian detective’s character traits could be interpreted as being autistic.
A review of government services has found that autistic people are being failed in health, education, employment, poverty and housing.
Masking or camouflaging is where people conceal certain traits and replace them with neurotypical ones to avoid being recognised as visibly neurodiverse.
Many autistic people struggle to get mental health support, or are missed by the healthcare system entirely.
Our new book explores the autistic mind – and shows that we’re not as different as we might think
Autistic and artistic, you can be both.
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Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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PhD Candidate, Cardiff University
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Assistant researcher in Public Health, Swansea University
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Professor of Cognitive Science in the School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin
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PhD Candidate and Neurodiversity Project Manager, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor, Durham University
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Professor of Psychology and Mental Health, Newcastle University
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Visiting Senior Fellow in English and Creative Writing, University of Suffolk
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Research Officer, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies, Leeds Beckett University
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Research Officer in Public Health, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Cognition, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor of Mental Health and Autism, University of Nottingham
