Mental health and interpersonal challenges can make it difficult for autistic people to hold down jobs, or thrive in the job they have. Seeking out support can often help.
Mental health and interpersonal challenges can make it difficult for autistic people to hold down jobs, or thrive in the job they have. Seeking out support can often help.
Personal perspective: Focusing on effort, rather than results, can help neurotypical people improve their relationships with their autistic loved ones.
Personal perspective: Focusing on effort, rather than results, can help neurotypical people improve their relationships with their autistic loved ones.
Their brain works differently, but communicating with your autistic (ASD) child is possible, and also helps decrease anxiety, strengthens your connection and helps them thrive.
Their brain works differently, but communicating with your autistic (ASD) child is possible, and also helps decrease anxiety, strengthens your connection and helps them thrive.
Recent research suggests that disorders such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, dyslexia, autism, and schizophrenia might actually exist to aid group survival.
Recent research suggests that disorders such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, dyslexia, autism, and schizophrenia might actually exist to aid group survival.
A Personal Perspective: We know that the mind and the body are one inseparable whole. So why do we keep trying to distinguish between emotions and thoughts?
A Personal Perspective: We know that the mind and the body are one inseparable whole. So why do we keep trying to distinguish between emotions and thoughts?
Despite boasting the highest scientific support for effectiveness in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum, controversy surrounds ABA practice.
Despite boasting the highest scientific support for effectiveness in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum, controversy surrounds ABA practice.
The majority of children on the autism spectrum experience atypical sensory sensitivity, associated with behavioral, emotional, and learning challenges.
The majority of children on the autism spectrum experience atypical sensory sensitivity, associated with behavioral, emotional, and learning challenges.
Personal perspective: Autistic people often struggle to appraise emotionally-triggering situations and may hide their emotions in order to appear calm.
Personal perspective: Autistic people often struggle to appraise emotionally-triggering situations and may hide their emotions in order to appear calm.
While nonverbal mirroring can enhance interpersonal relationships in therapy, new research suggests it could be ineffective for those with eating disorders.
While nonverbal mirroring can enhance interpersonal relationships in therapy, new research suggests it could be ineffective for those with eating disorders.
This sports analogy can help parents make more sense of their children's neuropsychological testing results and understand the multiple intelligences model.
This sports analogy can help parents make more sense of their children's neuropsychological testing results and understand the multiple intelligences model.
Parents of children on the autism spectrum want schools to be open to conversations about modifying the environment to consider their children's unique learning styles.
Parents of children on the autism spectrum want schools to be open to conversations about modifying the environment to consider their children's unique learning styles.
The "spectrum" in autism spectrum disorder suggests a linear progression. Representing autism as a pie chart instead could better show the diversity of experience.
The "spectrum" in autism spectrum disorder suggests a linear progression. Representing autism as a pie chart instead could better show the diversity of experience.
Surprising ways that gut microbiota may help diagnose and treat anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and other brain-based conditions.
Surprising ways that gut microbiota may help diagnose and treat anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and other brain-based conditions.