Leneh Buckle is autistic, an academic and a parent, although none of her children are autistic. Her biography for the conference handouts notes that as child she “was considered severely…

Sandy Starr is an adult who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome in his teens. His work for the Progress Educational Trust, a registered charity that works in the field of genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem…

Yesterday I described the introduction to a full day conference on Autism, Ethics and the Good Life. It was a very full day as the Conference Programme makes clear. So…

Monday 2nd April was World Autism Day and to mark the occasion I attended a conference at the Royal Academy entitled Autism, Ethics and the Good Life. The conference was…

The following poll has been posted on the UK Autism Linked In Group At a time of limited public funding, what in your opinion is the most important area to…

However we may judge the legacy of Sigmund Freud’s ideas, when it comes to understanding autism these ideas have been detrimental. The most recent example to make the news, The International…

Timimi et al continue to attract attention with their book, The Myth of Autism. Others have been kinder than I was in my previous post. Take this offering from The…

The Myth of Autism is an ambitious work that seeks to encompass three broad areas of enquiry. The social and cultural factors that influence our beliefs about childhood: Timimi et…

There is a lot that we know and still more that we do not know about autism. The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism is a website that seeks to disseminate knowledge…

The Myth of Autism: medicalising men’s and boys’ social and emotional competence is a new book by Sami Timimi, Neil Gardner and Mr Brian McCabe. Timimi  is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist…