Autism and Dementia: (1) Prevalence
- Hello, where are you? - I am at home. - At home? Where? - I have one home, in England. Why? What’s happened? - Why did you leave...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
Hypersensitivities (often misinterpreted as ESP) and other phenomena in autism
Sometimes sensory hypersensitivities are misinterpreted as extrasensory perception (ESP) as ‘normal’ people not only fail to see, hear,...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 4 min
Autism: Sensations last too long
A painful truth Sensory stimuli can be experienced very differently by autistic individuals. Just because we may not feel something, it...
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- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
'Involuntary echolalia'
There are other types of echolalia that are difficult to explain, for example, involuntary echolalia, when the person blurts out words or...
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- Sep 16, 2022
- 5 min
Communicative echolalia in autism
Though echolalia can be non-communicative, in many cases it is used for communication. Parents of autistic children (with echolalia) can...
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- Sep 2, 2022
- 4 min
Non-communicative echolalia in autism:
If it’s not for communication, what’s the point? As I didn’t know much at the time, I made a mistake thinking that as soon as my son...
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- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min
Placebo and Nocebo Effects
The placebo effect can be defined as the power of the mind and the unconscious to heal in response to something (whether sugar pills or...
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- Mar 4, 2022
- 4 min
The Role of Sensory Perceptual Differences in Autism:
The Intense World Syndrome and other ‘sensory theories’ Although already in the very first descriptions of autistic children, researchers...
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- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
Empathy in autism (and alleged lack of it)
Autistic people are said to be (severely) impaired in their ability to empathise with other people which is reflected in the...
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- Sep 3, 2021
- 4 min
Looking for triggers of ‘challenging behaviours’ in autism.
It is not as simple as ABC When we come across a behaviour that’s difficult, there’s a popular method that’s used to help parents and...
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- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
AutismS, Fruit Salad and a Bit of Linguistics
Let’s start with linguistics: The way we label things around us means a great deal. Let’s look at the widely used terms in an ‘autistic...
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- Apr 16, 2021
- 5 min
A MODEST PROPOSAL
April is Autism Awareness Month. 30 years ago, parents of autistic children were doing their best to bring autism awareness 12 months a...
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