A new study led by Flinders University finds both autistic and non-autistic suspects may be judged more harshly if any idiosyncratic behaviours in interviews stray beyond what observers consider as normal.

The research also undermines the widely held perspective – referred to as the ‘double empathy hypothesis’ – that autistic people can better ‘read’ differing intentions and motivations in other autistic people, more than non-autistic people can.

When the DSM-5 was published in 2013, it combined most of the previous "pervasive developmental disorders" under a single label, autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It indicated that parts A & B of its diagnosis criteria should each get separate severity ratings: 1, 2 or 3. And the diagnosis reports should also indicate with/without intellectual and/or language impairment (see https://a4.org.au/dsm5-asd). 

We've always known there is no single experience of autism. It can look very different from one person and one family to the next. At AAA, we've tried to reflect that in the stories we tell, the resources we create and the issues we advocate for.

The NDIS often espouses a "key worker" model for delivering multi- or trans-disciplinary therapy for children with autism or developmental delay. Sometimes, the expectation of key worker services are written into NDIS plans. 

The NDIS does not describe what this means. Searching the NDIS website finds no useful information. The NDIS's response to a Freedom of Information request for their information about key worker model showed they