Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the
conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from …

The concept of autism is a significant contribution from child psychiatry that has entered
wider culture and public consciousness, and has evolved significantly over the last four …

This paper presents the concepts of “neurodiversity” and the “neurodiversity approaches”
towards disability and discusses how confusion regarding the meaning of these concepts …

Autistic masking is an emerging research area that focuses on understanding the conscious
or unconscious suppression of natural autistic responses and adoption of alternatives …

'Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements' are characterised as core features in the
diagnosis of autism, yet many autistic adults (and the neurodiversity movement) have …

Based on Francesca Happé's best-selling textbook, Autism: An Introduction to Psychological
Theory, this completely new edition provides a concise overview of contemporary …

Autism spectrum conditions comprise a set of early-onset neurodevelopmental syndromes
with a prevalence of 1% across all ages. First diagnosis in adulthood has finally become …

Within research into neurodevelopmental disorders, little is known about the mechanisms
underpinning changes in symptom severity across development. When the behavioural …

A New York Times bestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A
groundbreaking book that upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a …

Abstract Background Hans Asperger (1906–1980) first designated a group of children with
distinct psychological characteristics as 'autistic psychopaths' in 1938, several years before …