Predictions are constantly generated about future sensorial inputs based on incoming stimuli and associated prior knowledge, to be compared to current inputs. Whenever the prediction error is higher than the expected variability of sensory inputs, the priors must be updated to solve future discordance...
from accurately inferring the meaning of stimuli or making predictions. The social domain would be particularly impacted as it is a complex, dynamic, and noisy domain, where predictions need to be frequently updated and adjusted to the context. Non-social symptoms, such as repetitive behaviors or ...
One of the things that many parents seem to be unhappy about when their child is labeled “Autistic” is this: “But they will not have play dates.” Friendship, “socializing,” and human interaction are seen as central to our very humanity. Females often fly under the radar for...
I mentioned inAn Autistic Education, about the fallacy of parents repeatedly sending their children into school, making the same mistake over and over again, watching their child crumble before their eyes, yet unable to break the cycle even though they can see what is happening to them: Youhav...
Naturally, I didn’t feel like going to my class the next day, but I knew I had to. Although I managed to convince myself to attend class, I had a lot of trouble paying attention. The grief and agony followed me around everywhere like a shadow monster, constantly taunting me with tha...
Belated A1: focus on autistic parents & parenting. Many reasons, including reliance on parent-child play as a measure used in research. We need a sense of how autistic parents play with their children so we can adjust our normative views of “correct” forms of play.#AutINSAR ...
33)It’s easy to trick us as kids. As a child I had no concept of other people lying to me just because they thought it would be funny. 34)I mentioned earlier that autistic people are very different to each other. So please don’t assume after reading this that everyone with mild ...