Do Animals Think Like Autistic Savants?Animals' brains are more like "neurotypical" humans than they are autistic humansdoi:10.1016/S0262-4079(08)60447-9Plos BiologyNew Scientist
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Other colleagues have also remarked that on occasion one of the animals they're watching seems to be very unusual. But we never thought to call the out-of-the-ordinary individuals autistic or bipolar. "Perhaps, to be consistent with arguments about evolutionary continuity and emot...
When Evil Lurks –Set in rural Argentina, this film involves two brothers who discover that people and animals in the area have been showing signs of demonic possession. The ultimate goal of the demon is to be reborn into the world, but along the way it works a lot like a disease, spre...
As my own daughter — an autistic 13-year-old — says, "I love the way London is so inclusive — they make space for everyone and I feel welcome, I don't feel like I shouldn't be there. London appreciates people for who they are." ...
“Mexico has just achieved a groundbreaking victory for animals – and it’s all thanks to compassionate people like you!“ 18 November 2024:two updates from the UK’s National Autistic Society 30 October 2024:Good news from PETA 13 September 2024:“Today the High Court quashed the Conservative...
Of course, we still don’t know for a fact that all this really happens in the brains of creative people. But one thing does seem clear, many psychiatric conditions, in addition to schizophrenia, may be related to the imbalance of signals reaching the PFC. ...
For that reason, anyone working with autistic people, children or adults, should have a basic understanding of neurology and how these changes might affect the perceptions, cognition, and behavior of the people they work with.Most BCBAs don’t know what the cerebellum does and can’t talk to...
Then she said her evil princess was autistic, and couldn’t understand the good princess’ emotions. Yeah I walked out of that. I was done. That’s ableist as shit. A word to other writers. Don’t make your good guy a privileged group and your villain a vulnerable group, and have th...
Right that’s it! This is one of those articles I hope to add to and see evolve over time. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below, whether you have misophonia yourself or you are a parent, sibling, partner or friend of someone who does.Subscribe...