Autism: fear and maladaptive behaviors
What would happen if fear became your predominant mood? For many autistic individuals fear is an ever-present state of mind. Patients with autism live in fear that “nothing is what […]
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Autism and the Sedentary Life
Many autistic individuals live a sedentary life. Reclusion prevents them from stressful social interactions and shields them from the emotional impact of unforeseen changes to their routines and general environment. […]
Spirituality in Children
It is interesting that in talking to autistic individuals their concept of religion is usually enmeshed within previous sensory experiences of the scratchy clothes they had to wear in church […]
How to handle life’s 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 […]
Cortical Chauvinism 