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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- Apr 15, 2022
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Guidance for communicating and interacting with autistic people
Autistic people have unique ways of communicating and interacting that are rooted in their unique ways of thinking and experiencing the...
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- Mar 4, 2022
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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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- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Laughing is not always a laughing matter
In autism, there is laughing/giggling and ‘laughing/giggling’. There can be numerous reasons to laugh, which are difficult to understand...
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- Oct 29, 2021
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Lack of expressive verbal language – ‘autistic muteness’:
Why can’t my child speak? It was estimated that about one third (Bryson 1996) to one half (Lord & Paul 1997) of autistic people never...
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- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
Non-Verbal Languages in Autism
We assume that language is necessary verbal (i.e., comprising of words). That is why we say that children are verbal if they can talk (no...
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- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
Is Atypical Cry an Early Biomarker for Autism?
At about the same age all typically developing children, no matter what culture they are born into, manifest similar patterns of speech...
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- Oct 1, 2021
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Theory of Mind (and alleged lack of it) in autism
According to some researchers (e.g., Ramachandran 1995), it is mirror neurons that allow us to "read" and understand another's...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
'Broken mirror neurons’ are said to explain autism:
But do they? Giacomo Rizzollati and colleagues (1992) conducted experiments on monkeys, recording signals from parts of the frontal lobes...
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- Sep 17, 2021
- 4 min
Autistic inertia:
Can’t start – can’t stop Another problem autistic individuals experience is ‘inertia’ (Dekker 1999) – difficulty in starting, stopping,...
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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
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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 20, 2021
- 4 min
Many faces of catatonia in autism
Thomas, a 12-year-old autistic boy has a long history of some features of anxiety and depression. For the past several months, he has...
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- Jun 25, 2021
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Direct vs indirect communication:
Insisting on ‘Look at me when I’m talking to you’ vs. Talking to the wall Some autistic children need an intensive interaction style that...
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- Jun 18, 2021
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Direct vs. Peripheral Perception:
‘Do you want eye contact or a conversation?’ This was the question asked by someone with Asperger syndrome when he was approached with...
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- Jun 11, 2021
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Autism: Lack of Response to One’s Name Or Auditory Shutdown?
Research shows that young autistic children have more typical behaviour (89%) than atypical behaviour, for example, they look at people’s...
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- May 21, 2021
- 4 min
Sensory Synaesthesia in Autism:
Seeing or tasting sounds, hearing colours, being touched by sights… Alyosha was about 9 years old when he tried to account for a panic...
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- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
Face Blindness: ‘Hello, whatever-your-name-is’
- ‘Mum, on my way home from school I met a very nice lady. We chatted. She sent you her best wishes.’ - ‘But who was this nice lady?’ -...
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- Apr 30, 2021
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Gait in Autism: The way they walk
Heel-to-toe, here we go When my son started walking (at the age of 12 months), his posture and gait was very strange: Alex started...
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