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Here you'll find a selection of articles and opinion pieces written by professionals and autistic people who share their knowledge, good practice, research and advice for anyone working with autistic people. These articles have been migrated from the Network Autism website and will continue to be added to over the next month.

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Online support for autistic women and girls

Dr Catriona Stewart and Charlene Tait discuss the Right Click for Women and Girls programme which offers online support

Autism, relationships and marriage

Nicholas Marshall gives a personal insight into relationships as an autistic man

Anxiety and autism in the classroom

Sarah Hendrickx discusses the topic of anxiety and autism in education.

Social communication skills in the classroom

Victoria Honeybourne discusses social communication difficulties and offers some strategies to help autistic students.

Epilepsy and autism

Dr Roberto Tuchman and Angela Barker share their knowledge on the relationship between epilepsy and autism

Autism support: an interview with Gina Davies

Gina discusses the work her focus on meaningful engagement and how she implements this within classroom settings

Autism stigma and the role of ethnicity and culture

Dr Chris Papadopoulos explores the role that ethnicity and culture play in the stigma surrounding autism

Dentistry and autism: parental experiences

Nicole Thomas research on parents' views of visiting the dentist with their autistic child

Top autism tips: employment - reasonable adjustments

Top tips for reasonable adjustments in the workplace

Top autism tips: employment - recruitment and interviews

Top 5 autism tips for autistic people and employers on recruitment and interviews

Supporting autistic people with eating difficulties

Dr Elizabeth Shea discusses autism and eating difficulties and how best to support autistic people

Autism and eating: compassion and connection

A look at food and the role it plays from an autistic perspective

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What catastrophising is, why autistic people may be prone to it and support options

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