How Autistic Individuals Adapt to a Neurotypical World
Autistic individuals align their behavior with social expectations, at a cost.
Is Camouflaging Autistic Traits Associated with Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours? Expanding the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide in an Undergraduate Student Sample - PubMed
The current study explored whether people who camouflage autistic traits are more likely to experience thwarted belongingness and suicidality, as predicted by the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide (IPTS). 160 undergraduate students (86.9% female, 18-23 years) completed a cross-sectional …
hat.talks - AuDHD Speech & Language Therapist 🌈🧠 on Instagram: "I had some sessions this week that focused on monotropic attention so I thought I’d share! 🧠 We talked about different attention styles and the impact of this. We drew diagrams of our brains and what we feel takes us most of our brain space. We also talked about the contrast with monotropism and ADHD 🤯 My clients felt they learnt so much and even went home and into school to tell adults about the different ways they process information and pay attention! Love that it’s enabled them to advocate!! 👏🏻 This is why psychoeducation and post identification support is so vital ☝🏼 #AuDHD #Monotropism #Monotropic #ADHD #Autistic #Psychoeducation #Autism #AutismSupport #AutismEducation #Neurodiversity #PostDiagnosticSupport #SpeechTherapy #Speechie #SpeechTherapist #SLP #SpeechLanguage #SelfAdvocacy #AutisticAdvocacy"
589 likes, 13 comments - hat.talks.uk on May 3, 2024: "#AuDHD #Monotropism #Monotropic #ADHD #Autistic #Psychoeducation #Autism #AutismSupport #AutismEducation #Neurodiversity #PostDiagnosticSupport #SpeechTherapy #Speechie #SpeechTherapist #SLP #SpeechLanguage #SelfAdvocacy #AutisticAdvocacy I had some sessions this week that focused on monotropic attention so I thought I’d share! 🧠 We talked about different attention styles and the impact of this. We drew diagrams of our brains and what we feel takes us most of our brain space. We also talked about the contrast with monotropism and ADHD 🤯 My clients felt they learnt so much and even went home and into school to tell adults about the different ways they process information and pay attention! Love that it’s enabled them to advocate!! 👏🏻 This is why psychoeducation and post identification support is so vital ☝🏼 ".
ActuallyAutistic
The #ActuallyAutistic hashtag was created as an alternative to the #autism hashtag to be for blogs or blog posts created by autistic people. How the ActuallyAutistic hashtag is used on the Art of Autism | The Art of Autism A common question from those new to the ActuallyAutistic hashtag is: “is it inclusive of self-diagnosis?” Yes, […]
📚🌈♿️ An Encyclopedia of Disability and Difference
Stimpunks is a treasure trove of everything important to the neurodivergent and disabled community. Feedback from a reader This site is like Wikipedia because it effectively is an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of disability and difference. It’s chock full of answers and knowledge and experience on living in this world as neurodivergent and disabled people. Learn about […]
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