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You may know that ABA is a questionable therapy. But since not every parent can avoid ABA, what can those parents do to protect their kids?

Interpretations of the goals and meaning of the neurodiversity movement (NDM) have varied within scholarly, advocacy, and general public communities, as it has ...

This study explored the caregiving and attachment relationships of parents of autistic children, analysing 16 Parent Development Interviews conducted as part of...

830 likes, 45 comments - autistic.thought on February 16, 2023: "Because I think more in pictures and concepts, its hard to clearly articulate my feelings. But I feel. Deeply. Often. Its like putting an emotional label on it is diminishing the experience. Its part of why I'd say I have hyper empathy. I might not understand cognitive empathy as well, but I feel someone else's feelings in my own body. What if none of that difference is a problem? I dont think we have to be able to translate our experiences into words in order to address them. While I'm thankful for the time I've spent learning to name my emotions and communicate my experience to others (its a great skill set to sharpen), I think there are ways to approach emotional regulation without having to translate my experiences into a more neurotypical format. #autismacceptance #audhd #autisticwomen #autisticmasking #adhd #neurodivergent #neurodiversityacceptance #autisticjoy #onthespectrum #latediagnosedautistic #autismcommunity #autisticadults #latediagnosisadhd #aspergers #actuallyautistic #explore #explorepage #fyp #mentalhealth #alexithymia #bpd #anxiety #emotionaldysregulation #shutdown #meltdown".

Our collective understanding and perceptions of autism—or more importantly, autistic people—continue to evolve for the better and truer. The visual symbols that represent autism have morphed in tandem.

The best way to get autistic minds is in terms of a thinking style which concentrates resources, rather than distributing them widely. Here’s what that means.

An extract from The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook by Dr Maeve Kavanagh, Dr Anna Day, Davida Hartman, Tara O'Donnell-Killen and Jessica K Doyle.

Research showed parents of children who struggle with attending school regularly feel the effects of school distress across all aspects of their lives, rating i

The author identifies as a radical researcher feeling out of place in academia, criticizing its foundations in oppressive systems like white supremacy and patriarchy. They question whether reform i…

From anxious children unable to cope with school to those with more complex, profound disabilities, support for Send children in England is broken. The Guardian meets parents and children to get a sense of the scale of the issue

New research shows that social behaviors often misunderstood by interviewers can overshadow qualifications, leading to unfair hiring decisions.

© Ombre Tarragnat 2024 With the concept and framework of ethodiversity, I am trying to contribute to a more-than-human and more-than-neurological turn in neurodiversity studies.

For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.

His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.

While unfortunately some organizations are still making decisions about on-site office work that are based on old management principles and as a distraction, many are trying to evolve for a better …

Caroline Keep is a founding GEC expert. She speaks for us at events and helps QA our content for the GEC Platform. Here she discusses and educates us, using her lived experience as an award-winning teacher, PhD researcher and diagnosed “autistic ADHDer”.

Interpretations of the goals and meaning of the neurodiversity movement (NDM) have varied within scholarly, advocacy, and general public communities, as it has ...

Based on new and emerging clinical research, this book is here to guide you through creating a neuro-affirmative child autism assessment process for your practice.Moving away from a deficit-based medical approach to child autism assessment (identification), this comprehensive and detailed handbook covers the most up to

Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.