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  1. Stuttermabolur

    Annoyance regarding responses

    I frequent news sites with comment sections, and one thing which really bothers me is when people do not respond to any points made in the article itself, but rather seem to have a comment ready to send which could go with any article dealing with the topic. For instance, say you are reading an...
  2. HDLSeanWiley

    A scientific journal article about autistic adults and how therapists deal with autism

    A new article from Spectrum autism research magazine covered how dissatisfied autistic adults are with how therapists deal with autism.
  3. A

    Simple article on ASD and another on alexithmia

    I am in the process of telling my family of my suspicions about me being on the ASD spectrum and having alexithymia. Most of the articles giving an overview of ASD are written with children in mind or are giving a negative view. I am looking for something short, concise (2-4 sides of paper)...
  4. Autistamatic

    Autistic empathy

    Yesterday I started work on the script for the next Autistamatic video on the subject of empathy within autism. It's always struck me that the accepted ideas of autism suggest we lack empathy yet so many of us consider ourselves to have a deep sense of empathy with others. What I thought was...
  5. dragoncat16

    Suggestion related to "New Threads" area to the right of the page

    I think the "New Threads" area is extremely useful, and I use that to do most of my navigating on the site. However, there is an issue that someone else brought up recently that when articles autism-related news are posted as new threads, such threads tend to occupy most of the space allocated...
  6. S

    Writing an Article and need one more interviewee, please help!

    Hello there my fellow Aspergians, I am being given a chance to possibly write a freelance article for VICE on the topic of dating on the spectrum, and I need your help! I have here a list of interview questions, and I'm looking for one more person diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum to answer all...
  7. S

    My young son has Asperger syndrome and is on his way to becoming an outstanding artist.

    http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2016-08-17/brilliant-artist-chris-baker-has-aspergers-being-on-tv-changed-his-life/ This article shows how far Chris has come in the last year, in my eyes he is a true inspiration.
  8. Ylva

    Legally blonde and autistic

    Came across this tumblr post:
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