Tag: autism
With a limited on-screen presence, autistic characters have emerged in another...
Jonathan Alexander, University of California, Irvine and Rebecca Black, University of California, Irvine
In one Harry Potter fan fiction story, Hermione Granger anxiously awaits the...
Expecting autistic people to ‘fit in’ is cruel and unproductive; value...
Peter Sun San Wong, Southern Cross University
Just 16% of adults with autism are in full-time paid employment, and this situation is not improving. The...
How parents can help autistic children make sense of their world
Allyssa McCabe, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Glenn, a high-functioning seventeen-year-old with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), comes home from school and tells his mother...
Autistic people are more creative than you might think
Anna Remington, UCL Institute of Education
Autism is commonly, if mistakenly, associated more with logical thinking than creative expression. But new research suggests we might...















