I recently received the following query from a non-spectrum or nonspectrum (NS) wife of a man with autism (previously referred to as Asperger’s Syndrome): Question: I would love to understand why an ...

If the autistic child acts out (making odd noises, screaming, thrashing about), caregivers report feeling as though “electrocuted” (their term) by social anxiety – dreadfully shocked, stiff, with a ...