The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Introduction: Autistic adults with speech, language and/or cognitive abilities challenges are often excluded from research, ...

Many of us make best friends in childhood and young adulthood, when we’re seeing people every day and sharing tons of experiences. But making new, close friends as an adult can be much harder without ...

Correspondence to Dr Melanie A Ferguson; Melanie.Ferguson{at}curtin.edu.au Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the Curtin University Human Ethics Committee (HRE2023-0024). All ...