Alexithymia and Autism (2): The complex interplay
Alexithymia is considered a “sub-clinical phenomenon” (Silani et al. 2008) and doesn’t identify a personality disorder per se but is a...
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Nov 244 min read
Alexithymia and Autism (1): Intersections of two distinct conditions
The connection between alexithymia and ASD was initially explored in the 1990s through clinical studies on individuals with eating...
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Aug 155 min read
Chronic Pain in Autism (2):
The Diagnostic Difficulties Chronic pain is quite common in autism , yet it is often unrecognised (and undiagnosed). The diagnosis of...
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Jul 195 min read
One of the Myths About Autism:
‘Autistic people don’t do metaphors’ Because of their literal interpretation, autistic children do experience difficulties in...
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Mar 216 min read
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Autism (1):
Overlapping symptoms and differences Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and ASD are two distinct condition. However, they share...
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Mar 18, 20234 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20224 min read
'Involuntary echolalia'
There are other types of echolalia that are difficult to explain, for example, involuntary echolalia , when the person blurts out words...
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Sep 16, 20225 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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 23, 20214 min read
Infantile reflexes in autism
“[After the assessment] I was surprised to learn that most of [the infantile reflexes] were still present and uninhibited in me at the...
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Apr 16, 20215 min read
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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