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Autism seems more common now largely because we have become better at recognising it. Diagnostic criteria have broadened, awareness has improved and people who might once have been misunderstood, given a different label or left to struggle alone are more...

Autism and executive function can affect how someone plans, starts, sequences and completes everyday tasks. A job that looks simple from the outside may contain dozens of decisions, making it much harder to begin or finish. Executive function refers to...

Every Harry Specters box begins in our Ely factory, where chocolates are made, checked, de-moulded, packed and prepared by people with different roles and strengths. The finished chocolate matters first. The workplace behind it matters too. Harry Specters was founded...

Interoception is your inner body sense - the system that helps you notice what’s happening inside you, like hunger, thirst, needing the toilet, feeling hot or cold, or a racing heart. Most of us rely on interoception all day without...

Routine can sound boring to some people. For many autistic people, it’s the opposite - routine is what makes life feel manageable. A routine isn’t about being rigid for the sake of it. It’s a way of creating predictability in...

Burnout can happen to anyone. When life asks too much for too long, something has to give. Autistic burnout is often described as a particular kind of crash that can happen when an autistic person is living with ongoing, cumulative...