6 articles in this issue
Laurence Arnold
This is part of a rolling programme of publication and will be modified as further articles are added to this edition.
Sara Danson
Considerable attention has been given to deciphering the unique social impairments associated with autism. However, little is known about how these social deficits affect the individual’s ability to understand sex and relationship education (SRE) in schoo... see more
Russell Foster
The recent history of AS has been perhaps the most controversial since the first publication relating to the syndrome in 1944, especially regarding its nosology. For example, the latest (5th) version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) publis... see more
Elizabeth Hughes
I do not suggest that it is only girls with Asperger’s syndrome (AS) who go undiagnosed and unsupported. But it was becoming involved with a family friend, and others driven to distraction trying to get their daughters' needs recognised, that motivated me... see more
Aaron Rhinehardt Deris,Cynthia F DiCarlo
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a weighted vest or a pressure vest on increasing attention and decreasing self-stimulatory behavior in a child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which is a common intervention practice by... see more
Freestone Wilson
One of the aims of Autonomy is to include a previously published article from the internet, that is in danger of being lost in cyberspace. Freestone Wilson, in what was originally a usenet post in response to the question “Is autism on the increase” advan... see more