stronger social mimicry skills, and differences in how autism presents itself in females," notes Dr Warlow, adding that woman and girls are socialised to prioritise relationships and conformity, and their autistic traits, such as subtle social struggles or socially acceptable special interests, are le...
Now, try to think of a time when you had a strong support network—maybe a job with the very best co-workers, your crew of friends in high school or college, or an especially cohesive group of roommates. Research indicates that these times in our lives are likely to be characte...
as opposed to (covert) visual attention which is generally inferred from differences in manual reaction times. Gaze is here defined as the act of directing the eyes toward a location in the visual world, i.e., I thus always consider gaze as being directed somewhere or ...
For this study, we focused on neurodivergent students (as opposed to focusing on a single neurotype). The origin of the term “neurodivergent” is attributed to neurodivergent and autistic activist Kassiane Asasumasu, and the term draws on sociologist Judy Singer’s conceptualization of “neurodive...
SEE ALSO:5 things autistic people should know about cooking Sharing plans in depth is a must, I like to know all the Ws (who, what, where, when and why) and it must have a clear and concise logic about it. Try hard to not get annoyed if a neurodivergent person asks "unnecessary qu...
“We remove all of the bias, all of the unconscious bias, and all of the challenges that many of the autistic people face in the traditional hiring process,” Coyle said. Auticon’s mission includes promoting neurodiversity to businesses, in a mutually beneficial way. ...
masking sound source. For assessing alterations in CI outcomes for clinical and research applications, a critical demarcation in CRM thresholds is imperative. A CRM change that surpasses the critical divergence will correspondingly lead to a substantial improvement or a noticeable deterioration in the ...
In addition to the high numbers of children diagnosed with ASD and comorbid mood disorders, there are likely a considerable number of autistic children who do not get diagnosed because they either present atypically or, once again, have one disorder masking the other. Depression and anxiety may ...
“But you don’t look autistic,”“I never would have guessed if you didn’t tell me,” or making a comparison between my autism andthat ofanother autistic person, saying I am “higher functioning” (which is harmful since it denies me support I may need, and denies the other person ...
Dr. Eamon Laird added: “Here we see observational evidence of a link of vitamin D with mortality. Optimizingvitamin Dintake to public health guidelines will certainly have benefits for overall health and [will] support immune function. Research like this is still exploratory and we need further...