Each color helps represent autism, which is a spectrum, much like a rainbow. However, their connections to different organizations have led to different levels of recognition, support, and backlash among the au
The theme color of the World Autism Awareness Month is bright royal blue. The Puzzle Piece Ribbon is a symbol of the distress that people with autism faces and the intricacy of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Also, since every puzzle piece is unique in some manner, it accurately symbolizes ...
This April, we celebrate Autism Acceptance Month to shine a light on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and those affected by it. And asWorld Autism Awareness Dayofficially falls on Wednesday, April 2nd, we aim to increase awareness about the autism spectrum – specifically the various colors and s...
What is Neurodiversity? Blog Maureen Bennie April 12, 2016 As most of you knowWorld Autism Awareness Daywas on Saturday, April 2nd. Every year, the United Nations determines a theme for this day and this year it is Inclusion and Neurodiversity. Most people understand the concept of inclusion,...
Autistic masking, camouflaging, or compensating is a conscious or unconscious suppression of natural autistic responses. It is hiding or controlling behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that may be viewed as inappropriate in situations. Autistic people may feel the need to present ...
World Autism Awareness Day, which is April 2, encourages awareness about the existence of autism and the roughly 4 million autistic individuals around the world.
And yet color is the simplest sensations the brain has. What may surprise you is that even at this most basic level we never see the light that falls onto our eyes or even the real-world source of that light. Rather, neuroscience research tells us that we only ever see what proved ...
Because it feels like gravity is trying to drag your uterus down to hell. But, with a blood sacrifice, you get to keep it! And those pesky demons have to wait a month to try again. Every month for years until they finally lose and for winning this battle you get to experience “the...
Balloon bouquet:Gather a balloon in each color of the rainbow and pose your belly or your baby with it. Poetic letterboard:Spell out a special message or poem and include the month your rainbow baby will be born. Wording ideas: "Without the rain there would never be rainbows," or "Our...
107 Signal Detection Theory 109 AP PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY Subliminal Perception: Working Up a Thirst 110 Perceiving Sensory Stimuli 111 Sensory Adaptation 113 The Visual System 113 The Visual Stimulus and the Eye 114 Visual Processing in the Brain 116 Color Vision 119 Perceiving Shape, Depth, Motion,...