High functioning depression
The following infograph was sent to me by Marie Miguel, an avid internet researcher who likes to write about health related issues. She thought the same would complement a previous […]
Tag Archives: anxiety
Social Connectedness and Autism
According to a popular parlor game (Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon), people in the planet, regardless of their profession or geographical location, are separated from each other by an average […]
The War on Autism
In the field of autism advocacy some proponents believe that using terms like “War on Autism” is a pejorative term that emphasizes violence. For those that believe that they do […]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Autism
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT is a therapeutic intervention used in higher functioning autistic individuals as a way of overcoming problems related to anxiety (including obsessive compulsive disorders), depression, and […]
AUTISM: THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND THE INTERNET
Socialization is a Darwinian trait that has allowed us to succeed where other more physically adept species have failed. Robin Dunbar, a Professor of Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Ecology at […]
Adolescence as a risk factor for depression in autism
It has been said that you can’t understand a mind except in the context of the world it lives in. Often an inability to shift your frame of reference may […]
How to handle life adversities? Coping mechanisms
Maybe I am on a nostalgic trip but for whatever reason I have been reminiscing about my life and immediate family for the past few weeks. In a certain sense […]
The body plan in autism: stiffness and anxiety
While writing this blog I find myself attending an international autism congress in Burgos, Spain. Thus far all of the lectures have been excellent. I have enjoyed the hospitality, the […]
Chronic stress and autism
Many years ago Robert Sapolsky wrote a book entitled: “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers”. The basic idea of the book was that acute stressors (e.g., a lion attacking a zebra) […]
What makes for good outcomes in autism?
I have given a large number of lectures in regards to autism and tend to learn more from the questions of the audience than from my own lecture preparations. Usually […]
