This was originally posted at a group blog that I'm part of: We Are Like Your Child. It primarily addresses parents of young autistics, but I'm reposting here because I thought other autistic adults might have helpful tips to add or their own wishlist of
“Interventions are increasingly shifting their focus from trying to make autistic people look more like non-autistic people, to adjusting the environment and other people's perceptions about autism so that autistic people can be better accommodated,” says Kristen Bottema-Beutel, director of the Auti...
People with autism need a heads-up about those types of things. Another example is if you’re planning to call upon an autistic person to give a report or share comments, spontaneously, it’s usually not going to go well. But if they’re told a...
They areone and the same. The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the clinical definition for autism. Some people chose to be referred to as “an autistic person”, while others prefer to be referred to “a person with autism”. What are the 3 different types of autism? The three types ...
Sport is beneficial for autistic people, but there is a need to respect specific recommendations regarding dose and type of activity, that are still difficult to extract from the literature. Basically, there is no contraindication for any sport to be practiced with an autistic population, although...
Autism is a disorder, not a disease. There are many brain disorders that fall into the autism category such as autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified, and Asperger syndrome (Asperger's syndrome). ...
1 Page Open Document Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of conditions that cause people to have difficulties with social communication, to have narrow interests and repetitive behaviours, or to be over-sensitive or under-sensitive to taste, touch, sight or sounds. ...
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make it challenging for synesthetes to filter and focus on specific sensory inputs. In addition, if an individual has another form of neurodivergence, such as the case with autistic people, they may be hyper-sensitive to sensory experiences, which could lead to more frequent sensory overload...
Autism is a disorder, not a disease. There are many brain disorders that fall into the autism category such as autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified, and Asperger syndrome (Asperger's syndrome). ...