And while autism isn’t a mental health disorder that needs treatment, autistic people can very successfully manage OCD or social anxiety with ERP. How does ERP work? By practicing “exposures” (a.k.a. opportunities to face your triggers head on) under the guidance of a specially-trained ...
Lewis and my partner’s Chihuahua mix, Choo Choo. Many people who have just lost a dog will say to others, “Hug your babies today, give them treats.” Some will say to act as if every day is your pet’s last day because you never know if it might be. I ran that last one thr...
26]. These results bring important arguments to consider sport and physical activity as effective intervention tools to address both social and sensorimotor skills in autistic people. Indeed, review articles have reported that various physical activity programs ...
Autism is classified as an autistic spectrum disorder, which means there is a range of symptoms, ranging from autism symptoms to IQ testing results that may indicate higher intelligence. Often times the autism diagnosis is made after a series of evaluating tests, although a definitive diagnosis is...
Triggers can be either internal (e.g., by a thought, feeling, or image) or external (situations, places, people). Typically, patients describe the sudden switch back to normal, immediately following a suicide action, such as cutting, overdosing, or jumping from high places. A prominent ...
autistic children don't process faces normally, which interferes with their interactions with people. Another is that they don't have the special interest in biological as opposed to inanimate things that normal children have. And another idea is that they can't figure out what's going on in...
Sensory overload can happen to anyone, but it is more common in autistic people and people with ADHD, PTSD, and certain other conditions. It causes feelings of discomfort and being overwhelmed. Moving away from sources of sensory input, such as loud sounds or strong smells, can reduce these...
In an autistic meltdown, the person is not aware of self-control, as they are in the throes of distress, and typically the meltdown situation will have to calm itself down, meaning, it cannot simply be “turned off.” People with autism can experience a meltdown whether they are a chil...
Both synesthesia and autism are examples ofneurodivergence. Autistic people with synesthesia may commonly experience tactile/physical sensations without actually being touched, brought on by observing someone else being touched, sounds, words, and more.8 ...
at 3 a.m. and then trashing the town. I suspect she was not alone in her prejudices. How wrong these common perceptions are. I think being an academic, and being a student, is one of the worst careers for aggravating, even causing, mental illness. The job has the following triggers....