Autistic couple bound to each other – and their art

Gilles Tréhin spends his days working on a project he loves, in the flat he shares with Catherine, his girlfriend. Nothing unusual there - except that both Gilles and Catherine are autistic. By Charlotte Moore

Say it loud, autistic and proud

For many, it's a condition which evokes pity and even fear. But a campaigning group of activists is determined to change the way we view autism by dealing not with its many downsides, but by focusing on its positives. Jerome Burne reports.

I discovered I was autistic at 41

Paul Wady: I am a high-functioning autistic, yes, but definitely autistic. This means I can't be entirely certain that everything you are about to read is right.

Curious incidents

Harriet Stewart is moved by Charlotte Moore's George and Sam and Paul Collins's Adventures in Autism: both parental accounts of living with autistic children

Pack of truths

Discovering a child has autism can be bewildering for families, but a scheme in Scotland aims to help. By Louise Tickle.