Drug Addiction and Autism
Substance use disorders (SUD) are quite common. In 2014, 20.2 million adults in the USA aged 18 years or older reported a substance abuse disorder. The majority (16.2 million) had […]
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Autism Families and Building Resilience
Building resilience is an important source of support for families with children who have disabilities. I define resilience as the ability to resist stress. It can be described as that […]
Finding meaning in autism
Sometime ago I remember attending a lecture by John Robison at IMFAR regarding his life experiences as an autistic individual. John expressed that despite his success, autism had provide a […]
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 […]
That Curious Word “Dysthimia” and How It Relates to Autism
Subjective well-being (SWB) is an area of interest in psychology that focuses on how people experience quality of life. Ultimately it is a subjective field based on people’s introspection and […]
Cortical Chauvinism 