Cognitive Synaesthesia:
When Wednesdays are blue, numbers are as cities, and 5 + 2 = yellow … After one of the ‘incidents’ (panic attacks), Alyosha attempted to...
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May 21, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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May 7, 20214 min read
Attention! – Pay Attention to Attention in Autism
During a science lesson, the teacher shows a picture of a plant and explains what different parts of the plant do. ‘The root holds the...
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Apr 30, 20212 min read
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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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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Apr 8, 20214 min read
Motor problems in individuals with ASD are the rule rather than the exception
Why motor problems are a sign of ASD and how identifying them at a young age can lead to better results for the child.
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