Francesca Happé
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, King's College London
I'm a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at King's College London, and I've spent the last 30 years researching autism. I’m really fascinated with understanding the differences in the autistic mind and how autistic people understand the world. In my work, I’ve studied why they find social interaction difficult, but also why they’re so talented in many other areas.
EXPs by Francesca Happé
We’ve moved from thinking of autism as a discrete entity, something that’s completely different from anything else, to thinking of autism more dimensionally.
Autistic people show a much higher rate of special talents than any other group, and fascinatingly, these tend to occur in set areas.
We can appreciate autistic individuals for who they are and for their unique way of understanding the world.