Open Society

This paper is one of two which bring together leading educational researchers to consider some of the key challenges facing democracy and education during the twenty-first century, including rising...

The 10-year history of this week's cover story began with an introduction to Octavia Butler's influence, followed by the powerful personal impact of reading her work.

There is currently no response biomarker with sufficient evidence to inform ASD clinical trials. This review highlights methodological imperatives for ASD biomarker research necessary to make definitive progress: consistent experimental design, correction for multiple comparisons, formal replication …

“Short🧵on biomarkers in autism research. Autism is behaviorally defined, meaning there's subjectivity in the diagnostic process. Biomarkers have appeal because, theoretically, they may increase objectivity and perhaps enable earlier detection. However...”

ADHD and Autism infographics, resource guides and digital products.

An overview of common misdiagnosis of Autism and and occurring diagnoses

ADHD and Bipolar can be tough to distinguish from one another as there are many overlapping symptoms/traits/experiences. It is essential to distinguish them from one another as the treatment of these conditions is very different and requires different pharmaceutical interventions.

Centering Disability Justice: Hosted by the UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work

Grades are not only statistically useless, they have been acting as academic gatekeepers for millions of students, unjustly sorting, sifting, and selecting which students get to go where and why.  Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.

Online courses are an excellent option for challenged learners, who have unique learning needs often not met in traditional classrooms.

“"the term ‘autism’ was consistently the most popular across all country groups (91.1%-96.3% endorsement)" https://t.co/7Wh0uWYijY language preference survey results from N=654 English-speaking autistics in 30 different countries, mixed methods study, free”

There has been a lot of debate about what language should be used to talk about autism. In our study, we assessed the language preferences of 654 English-speaking autistic people from multiple differ...

If Autism is a neutral source of human diversity, why the hell would we need to diagnose it?

Case in point: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria in kids with ADHD or Autism.

Now, thanks to the rise of resistance movements on social media, these networks may have no choice but to change.

Meaningful Speech has compiled a list of research and resources on gestalt language processing.

Your child/client has been identified as a gestalt language processor in the early stages and they have many “in context” single words. They unable to expand upon them or build off of them. You’re unsure how to best support them. Sound familiar? This week's blog post discusses what you should know.

One of executives’ biggest worries about remote work is the reduction in spontaneous meetings and conversations with employees. But is this worry justified? New research on meetings shows that it might not be. It turns out that employees have more short, one-on-one meetings compared to 2020, and those meetings are increasingly spontaneous (meaning they weren’t set up in advance on the calendar). While there are limitations to this data, it does suggest that employees are finding new ways to connect with each other — and that there are steps organizations can take to encourage them to continue to do so.

Despite a growing acknowledgement of the importance of understanding the impacts of trauma on therapeutic approaches across human service disciplines, discussions of trauma have been relatively infre...

Let’s talk about why this so-called ‘high-functioning’ ADHD leads to burnout.

National Education Association survey data shows that 55% of educators are prepared to leave the profession earlier than planned.

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Hello everyone, I thought I’d share some information I found on Pinterest that compares Autistic Traits and Autistic Trauma. I found this interesting and the person left the link to the actual twitter...

We were trapped in the circular logic and language of letter grades and points: I got an A so I must have learned it, and I know I learned it because I got an A. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.

Firearm injury mortality is a leading cause of death in the United States, and recent trends show its burden worsening.1 This burden is not distributed equally, and recent increases in firearm mortality rates are most pronounced among the demographic groups and regions that were already among the...