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MY HUSBAND AND I SPENT LAST WEEKEND with our 25-year-old son, Sebastian, in our home. Sebastian had a ten-page paper that was due on Wednesday. My husband Adrian, an artist, was working on a beautiful still life. I was paying bills and writing a blog entry for our website. This is a pretty ordinary weekend…

Autism and ADHD are often reported to have vastly different relationships with regard to the smoking of cigarettes. Research suggests that among Autistic people, we see a reduced rate of smoking, while ADHDers generally report smoking more frequently (nearly half reported daily smoking by age 17). I believe, however, that a serious oversight has occurred

Contrary to what Judy Singer claims these days, the ideas behind the neurodiversity movement were never hers. They were the autistic community’s.

My mother taught me to love words. Her dementia taught me to listen more closely

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are increasingly popular in the social sciences, not only in medicine. We argue that the lay public, and sometimes…

DBT tells survivors that their normal responses to childhood trauma are problems.

This book includes additional material on the rise of the anti-vaccine movement and the progression of genetic research in relation to autism.

The Opposite of Good Fires is Wildfires.

Monotropism is increasingly considered to be the underlying principle behind autism and is becoming more widely recognised.

Being Autistic is a nightmare (sometimes, actually, a lot of the time). This isn't because being Autistic is inherently good or bad, but rather because we are a minority group, and as such experience direct and indirect oppression from the privileged majority. Given that the world is designed by and for that majority, and doesn't

This study examines the effect of teachers’ participation in mathematics and science professional development (PD) on student achievement in nationall…

Co-production is the word of the moment in local authorities, largely because the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment framework includes a commitment that ‘coproduction is embedded throughout …

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) are updating their Autism Guidance for Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs). Speech and Language Therapists and the public were given the opportunity to comment on the draft guidance earlier this year. The guidance is due to be published in September. A collective of speech and language […]

The most fundamental drive to learn.

In a powerful video for the Movement For Black Lives, Daveed Diggs asks: “What, to My People, is the Fourth of July?” What, to my people, is the Fourth of July? My people, who are failed every day by every

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Prior research has shown an elevation in autism traits and diagnoses in individuals seen for gender related consultation and in participants...

PDF | There is growing concern about the role of social media use in the documented increase of adolescent mental health difficulties. However, the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Autistic parent & teacher advocating for a better understanding of neurodivergence in education & mental health

Attached: 1 image Many thanks to Tanya Adkin for laying out her concept of "meerkat mode" in this article. I think a lot of people will relate to it. https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/06/06/what-is-meerkat-mode-and-how-does-it-relate-to-audhd/ @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe @autisticadvocacy@a.gup.pe #actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #adhd #audhd #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autisticburnout #atypicalburnout #schizophrenic #psychosis #mentahealth #schizophrenia #ptsd #mentalhealthawareness #eatingdisorders

Sensory Trust is a charity that helps transform the lives of disadvantaged people in the UK through inclusive and sensory nature experiences.

PBIS is just ABA with different letters