The University of Bath’s newest building was officially opened today by psychologist Dame Professor Vicki Bruce, providing space for the expansion of the Department of Psychology. It also...
autism
Saturday 2 April is World Autism Awareness Day, so we thought we would take the opportunity to re-launch our October 2014 special as a new edition in our app. A new contribution, led by...
On 2 April, it's the 8th annual World Autism Awareness Day. But what should we be aware of?
[If you are reading this online rather than in our app, you can find much more on autism in a free special edition within the app,...
Set in the idyllic scenery of the Lake District, with a hint of brooding darkness to come, The A Word is a character-driven drama about an ordinary, loving, mildly dysfunctional, gobby extended family. Except something...
This week marks the first ever Schools’ Autism Awareness Week, which aims to encourage schools to educate students about the behaviours and characteristics of...
The Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction has been won for the first time by a science writer, with Steve Silberman picking up the award for Neurotribes: a book on autism and its history.
Neurotribes was selected from...
Award-winning gardener-turned-TV-presenter Alan Gardner has Asperger’s Syndrome. In this recent TV series, Alan re-designs gardens for neurotypical clients with his five-strong team of trainees; all amateur gardening enthusiasts and all on the autistic spectrum. His...
I have worked for a small autism charity, Action for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), for over three years now. I originally started working at the charity as a volunteer; this was a placement I organised for myself upon listening to...
For six months Limpsfield Grange School for girls in Surrey opened its doors allowing the cameras to film their teachers and students, the majority of whom have autism.
The school, which offers boarding, takes a unique approach to preparing the girls for life after the...
With regard to the recent correspondence in The Psychologist regarding the diagnosis of autism (Letters, December 2014, March–May 2015), I would like to propose that all of the...