About autism

Autistic people experience and interact with the world differently. Although some aspects of autism are experienced by many autistic people, every autistic person is different.

The following resources provide useful descriptions of autism, from a range of perspectives:

• https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/what-is-autism/

• https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/information-about-autism/understanding-autism/what- is-autism

• https://www.autismcentral.org.uk/guidance/understanding-autism

• https://autismunderstood.co.uk/

The ‘double empathy problem’ is an important concepts in understanding autism, and is explained in these research papers:

• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09687599.2012.710008

• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613221129123#body -ref-bibr14- 13623613221129123