How Autistic People Helped Shape the Modern WorldCarl Zimmer
My point is, Autistic people can thrive in many careers. All of these careers had a social aspect that included speaking to hundreds of people at a time. We are not going to hide in a room or a laboratory because “Autistic people are loners”. Society is driven by what social groups ...
I haven't told many people this, but in my head, I've got thousands of secret worlds all going on all at the same time. I am also autistic. 我并没有跟很多人说过这个, 但是在我的脑海中, 有成千上万个神秘的世界在运转 在同一时间涌出。 我同样是一名自闭症患者。 People tend to diagnose...
The Brick-by-Brick program helps uplift autistic children through LEGO® play. Here’s George’s story
Autigender:Having a gender identity that feels to be closely related to being autistic. Autogender:Having a gender experience that is deeply connected and personal to oneself. Axigender:A gender identity that is between the two extremes of agender and any other type of gender. Both the genders...
Financial difficulties are also faced by those trying to help the autistic community—many schools run in huge amounts of debt and struggle to pay overhead to keep themselves running. Li Xiaojiao, founder of Lingxing Community Service Center, a private school that looks after 67 autistic student...
Is it a good or bad thing for autistic children? What should parents look for when seeking out a new clinician? Myths about Black neurodiversity “So masking in the neurodiverse world refers to basically acting like a neurotypical person. The biggest one is eye contact. In the neurotypical ...
Kathryn: Yeah. Another point -- it's absolutely growing. There are four people that I went to high school with, and we're still in touch and three of us have kids on the spectrum. Dan: Wow. Kathryn: That is just unbelievable to me. Mine being the youngest, but I mean, seriously?
"We learned that theevidence baseis emerging, meaning that more rigorous, high-quality studies are needed," said McGhee Hassrick. "Also, many autistic people were underrepresented in the study. There is little research about autistic women, autistic transgender people, autistic racial/ethnic minoriti...
Still, in spite of the positive legislation meant to ensure equal opportunity for all, persons with disabilities continue to be the victims of considerable discrimination and social inequi- ties. For example, in many European countries, unemploy- ment for people with disabilities is approximately ...