The propensity of boys to engage in violent, risky, self-destructive behaviors is increased by their often responding to maternal distancing by building defensive fantasies that they are encased in “autistic shells” that make them invulnerable to dangers and that “hide their tender parts” f...
but it's on a completely new level because of this visceral physicality that we respond more intensely to than to images on a screen. When we behave violently towards robots, specifically robots that are designed to mimic life, is that a healthy outlet for violent behavior or is that trainin...
My rude awakening surrounded the graphic and at times vile exploitation of women (and let’s get it right – more like little girls) in anime and video games. Now, I’m all for some racy content in the right context, but this stuff was everywhere, for adults and children, women and ...
After Storm Éowyn, Ireland must do what Sweden did 20 years ago Signals coming from Trumpland could hardly be worse for Ireland and its economy Some of his friends have been in touch with the Department, to try to push for his evacuation, he said. “So I wil...
Humans can do them, but they get sick and unhappy. So how do we design jobs that humans enjoy and that keep them healthy and vital? For example, we want to see our children, spend time with our friends, and take time off to regain energy. How do we encourage flexible working...
But for autistic children, who can’t get a read on other people’s emotions, eye contact is terrifying. When they do look at f... A. will be used to teach people how to interact with machines B. can be the major means to cure autistic patients C. can be most proficient and ...
Classic Rett syndrome is a postnatal developmental disorder characterized by disruption of normal development, loss of acquired language and motor skills, and onset of autistic regression, ataxia, seizures, stereotyped repetitive hand movements, and autonomic dysfunction in 12–18-month old children. The...
You cannot ask parents to transition their own children and say nothing either. You cannot ask me as the mum of an autistic son to not be concerned about the transitioning of those with autism. You cannot ask me to ignore my sixty years of female culture and call me cis, a uterus ...
It is every parent’s nightmare to get the call that his or her child has been the victim of a shooting. The call I fear is that my child is the shooter. My handsome, blue-eyed son—we’ll call him Russell—is autistic and mentally ill. Now 18, he is at that vulnerable stage wh...
Autistic children seem to have specific deficits in joint attention andare greatly handicapped in learning language and acquiring otherculturally transmittedskills. At the end of thenormal developmentalsequence, children understand that other people are intentional agentswith motivations like their own. Thus...