Comorbidities and Autism
I have often spoken about comorbidities in autism; meaning, the presence of one or more chronic disorders coexisting with their primary diagnosis. With aging, comorbidities become a common complaint of […]
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The world: a confusing and intimidating environment for autistic individuals
Balint’s syndrome is a rare inability to perceive one’s visual surroundings as a whole. This causes a loss in the sense of “whereness”; that is, in the relation of oneself […]
Igor Stravinsky and Autism
I once heard a story about the famous composer Igor Stravinsky describing how as he lay on his deathbed he kept knocking with the ring of his finger at a […]
