Not the terrible twos; he was profoundly autistic and he never spoke again.Giles was the first resident in the first house of the first charity that I set up to pioneer services for autism. And then there's bee...
From childhood onward, autistic people are often ostracised or singled out by other people. Even when they haven't experienced this type of behaviour, they're often aware of the effort they have to put into just getting through the day and the fact that their e...
Autistic people may have trouble connecting with others and find it difficult to feel empathy. If autistic people have difficulty feeling empathy, then, researchers hypothesized, they shouldn't be susceptible to contagious yawning. Yawning Behavior in Autistic Children To find out, Senju and his ...
Since autism is a disorder that can affect a person's social interaction skills, including the ability to empathize with others, the autistic kids' lack of yawning when watching others do so could indicate they're less empathetic. The study also found the more severe a child's autism, the ...
Philanthropy is all that I do now. I need never worry about getting lost because several charities would quickly come and find me. (Laughter) Its one thing to have an idea for an enterprise, but as many people in this room will know, making it happen is a very difficult thing and it...
But depending on how bad “the bad” is, I start to change my stance. Eventually, it’s time to go, and this change in stance helps me to justify moving on. As I’m about to do from Japan very shortly. It’s almost like a defence mechanism. But more than that, it’s about ...
There are many reasons why you might find parts of communication difficult, including being on the autistic spectrum, having social anxiety, and dealing with other neurological differences or mental health struggles. Nobody should have to change who they are in order to be more palatable to ...
I stated ‘autistic’ because I was his sole caregiver. He was my whole life. It was just him and me for 14 years. He passed suddenly when his heart stopped while he slept. I was and still am devastated. My sister, who lives 12 hours away did come to the funeral. I have not see...
When I wrote my memoir,the publishers were really confused.Was it about me as a child refugee,or as a woman who set up a high-tech software company back in the 1960s,one that went publicand eventually employed over 8,500 people?Or was it as a mother of anautisticchild?Or as aphilan...
Do not ignore difficult emotions; face them willingly, with curiosity and kindness. 2. See yourself as a chessboard, filled with possibilities, rather than as any one piece on the board, confined to certain preordained moves. 3. Your core values provide the compass that keeps you movi...