“Some people can intend to have one or two alcoholic beverages and stop drinking, but other people just keep going. This impaired control over drinking is one of the earliest indicators of alcohol use disorders, and we know stress contributes to both impaired control over drinking and dysregulat...
When I began seriously suspecting that I was autistic, I told nobody. I went ahead and got the assessment. However, I’ve come to realize that had I told certain people who knew me well enough, they wouldnothave doubted the possibility I had ASD!
“My wife Tina, who is asthmatic, contracted COVID and she took ages to recover.We were constantly worried one of our adopted twin boys Oliver and Charlie, both autistic and only eight, would be struck down. It was a scary time, for everyone, everywhere, and not just for us.” ...
Autistic savant Kim Peek is one of the world’s foremost speed-readers. The real-life inspiration for Dustin Hoffman’s character in the 1988 movieRain Man, Peek reads at between 10,000 and 20,000 words per minute and has a 98% comprehension rate. His method is to read two pages simult...