Blog | Olga Bogdashina

Jun 10, 20232 min read

Examining the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for autistic individuals (and their parents)

At present, mind-body therapies (such as mindfulness and meditation) are often used with and by autistic children and adults. There are...

Jun 3, 20233 min read

Autism & Dementia (3):

Similarities and differences in conceptualisation, diagnosis and research Similarities: ASD and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are...

Apr 29, 20237 min read

Autism and Dementia: (2)

Overlaps in biological pathways, clinical features and behavioural expression Although Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and ASD are etiologically...

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...

Feb 11, 20234 min read

Telepathy:

Is it a supernatural or natural phenomenon? It depends. For example, if we see ‘telepathy’ as something ‘unscientific’ and ‘not worthy’...

Jan 6, 20233 min read

Jigsaw Puzzles and a Bit of Linguistics

Thirty years ago, I could not even imagine that the symbol of the jigsaw puzzle (in the context of autism) could have negative...

Dec 23, 20222 min read

Clarke's Error

Arthur Clarke, one of the great predictors of future discoveries, whose non-fiction essays contain analytical analysis of past, present...

Dec 9, 20223 min read

Conscious and subconscious perception and how it is reflected in memory and thinking

The way we perceive the world affects the way we store and use information. The conscious mind is not the only way of receiving...

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,...