Sunday, 21 December 2025

Theory of Mind, Autistic Children, and the Sally-Anne Test

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  There is an old belief that autistic people lack 'theory of mind'.  In other words, can't understand that others have differen...
Sunday, 14 December 2025

But my autistic child needs to learn to join in festivities?

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I've seen a few parents and carers talking about Christmas festivities and other festivals, and how important it is to them to make thei...
Saturday, 12 July 2025

Autistic Meltdown and Shutdown - 'The Last Straw'

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  "Sam was so unprofessional in today's meeting.  OK, so we forgot to arrange a room that had natural lighting and there were fluor...
Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Autistic People - Where are we in 2025? The Positives and Realities

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  Autism. Here we are, 100 years on from the work of Sukhareva, and 80 years on from the original misunderstandings in the 1940s.   So, what...
Sunday, 8 December 2024

"Inappropriate Behaviour". Is it?

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  In the media, a lot of current discussion about celebrities who behave very inappropriately with some others, e.g. men who target younger ...
Saturday, 10 August 2024

Autism escaped from the Clinic? We were never in there.

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One of the retired Professors was reflecting on a lifetime in autism work. She said that a big change was the 'escape' of autism fro...
Tuesday, 16 July 2024

The quest for a cure for autism?

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  I was listening to the radio, a few mornings ago.  They were interviewing a scientist who was working towards a cure for disease.  He expl...