A splinter skill or a learning style? One morning (not the best time for me – getting ready for my work), my autistic son (who had...

The Flynn effect – named after Professor James Flynn of the University of Otago in New Zealand – refers to a phenomenon of rising IQ...

It is not straightforward Despite differences in approaches to define ‘intelligence’, most experts agree that intelligence is the...

Big world people [non-autistics] can be considered idiots in the autistic world, too, just as it can be the other way round. (Jasmine...

What do we measure with IQ tests? Measuring non-autistic people by [the autistic] type of development would often find them failing...

Insisting on ‘Look at me when I’m talking to you’ vs. Talking to the wall Some autistic children need an intensive interaction style that...

‘Do you want eye contact or a conversation?’ This was the question asked by someone with Asperger syndrome when he was approached with...

Research shows that young autistic children have more typical behaviour (89%) than atypical behaviour, for example, they look at people’s...

by Peter Myers Savant syndrome is the condition in which individuals with serious neurodevelopmental disabilities or other central...