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Dr. Amy Pearson on why the ability to express one’s authentic autistic self is much more complicated than an individual choice to unmask.

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Science of reading is a term that has been used variously, but its use within research, policy, and the press has tended to share one important commonality: an intensive focus on assessed reading pro...

I Am a Proud, Black, Nonspeaking Young Man With Autism. My Life Matters. – Justice Killebrew ‘Autistic while black’: How autism amplifies stereotypes – Catina Burkett What Does a Black …

A study of autistic children ages 6-11 finds a relationship between changes in the intensity of autism traits and increases in mental health challenges.

The Science of Reading and the Media:  How Do Current Reporting Patterns Cause Damage? Maren Aukerman, University of Calgary   In the field of reading education, we are in the midst of what can fairly be characterized as a media crisis. In my first previous Critical Conversations contribution, I documented how reporting on the “science […]

Adopting a new, “science-based” teaching methodology is not enough to address students’ difficulties with reading.

‘Being With’ is a process of be-coming together. Deleuze’s concept of the line of flight allows us to explore and follow meaning together

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Whilst self-care as a concept has been misappropriated by health and wellness companies, its origins are firmly placed in the efforts of female Black Power activists. For Black History Month, Hope considers the Black Panther Party’s vital role in tackling health inequality, as well as the influence

"Queer punk" might be redundant if making over-the-top statements at the top of your lungs isn't precisely what makes punk "punk" and queer "queer." Here's a guide to the genre's history and legacy.

Play is the way in which children learn best. Play-based learning programmes are part of Learnlife's learning methodologies.

Researchers discovered that early-life stress alters more brain genes than childhood head injuries, as shown in a rat study.

Rigamajig Building Kits & Geemo by inventor Cas Holman as featured in Netflix's Art of Design. Open-ended play for schools and at home.

Love, Risk, Joy, Engagement, Reflection - A revolutionary reconsideration of learning created by Ms. Cheng Xueqin in Anji County, China.

Autistic Revolution digital magazine is developed exclusively by autistic folk. Self-identified is valid. Autistic identity and culture, empowering, validating,

Audre Lorde did not intend to develop a reactionary weapon against revolutionary experimentation. It was actually quite the opposite. Speaking of her experiences as a black lesbian feminist, she derided the then-burgeoning feminist academia for its heterosexual white bias.

This September, the Hanahau‘oli community was introduced to the school’s 2023-2024 Artist-in-Residence, Howard Wolff. The Artist-in-Residence initiative benefits the school community from the daily interactions between the artist, students, teachers, and staff, as well as from the body of work produ

We Can’t Breathe Video We Can’t Breathe Toolkit (PDF or plain text) Throughout history, Deaf and Disabled people have been criminalized for their mere existence. The relationship between Deaf and D…

Standing against anti-Black police violence is a critical part of fighting for disability rights. With protests against police violence going on all over the country, we wanted to provide an accessible resource for learning about what is happening — and how all of us can help create change. Our new…

Child Psychiatry & Human Development - The present study investigated the development of executive functions (EFs) and their associations with performance and behavior at school in...

Working memory problems are one of the most common learning issues that we come across in our clinic. Working memory difficulties often co-exist with other ...

The theoretical concepts short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) have been used to refer to the maintenance and the maintenance plus manipulation of information, respectively. Although they are conceptually different, the use of the terms STM and WM in literature is not always strict. STM and WM are different theoretical concepts that are assumed to reflect different cognitive functions. However, correlational studies have not been able to separate both constructs consistently and there is evidence for a large or even complete overlap. The emerging view from neurobiological studies is partly different, although there are conceptual problems troubling the interpretation of findings. In this regard, there is a crucial role for the tasks that are used to measure STM or WM (simple and complex span tasks, respectively) and for the cognitive load reflected by factors like attention and processing speed that may covary between and within these tasks. These conceptual issues are discussed based on several abstract models for the relation between STM and WM.

Discovering the neurodiversity paradigm has changed my life for the better. My ideological transition away from the pathology paradigm has given me the confidence to manage my own education and psychiatric treatment, helped me find a community [...]

Social isolation is a core challenge associated with autism. Interpersonal relationships and the resources and support embedded in the social networks of autistic young adults could impact key adult outcomes, including quality of life, mental health, employment, and independence. However, little research systematically measures the networks of autistic young adults and network impact on key adult outcomes. This article demonstrates how social network analysis can be adapted for the field of autism to measure young adult networks. We provide examples as to how this approach could be implemented to yield key insights into the amount and quality of interpersonal relationships and the types of resources embedded in the networks of autistic young adults. The network protocol was feasibility tested with autistic adults during the posthigh school transition period (n = 17, 19–27 years). The parents of three of the recruited young adults also successfully completed a complementary network survey, allowing for the inclusion of the parent-reported network using duocentric network analysis, never before applied to parent–child networks. The implementation data collected from the study suggest feasibility of egocentric and duocentric approaches, with several important modifications to adapt the measure for the field of autism. The future potential of social network research for understanding autism in adulthood is discussed.