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 […]
Tag Archives: maladaptive behaviors
Comorbidities and autism
I recently wrote an editorial about comorbidities in autism which was published in Frontiers in Psychiatry on November 2020. One of the reasons for writing the editorial was to honor […]
Personal Space and Autism
My first experience with a group of autistic individuals in a social setting came in the very early 1990’s. A group of friends had come together to discuss the possibility […]
Autistic personality and maladaptive behaviors
I have written in previous blogs about an autistic personality. These are the combination of behaviors and emotional patterns that persist over time with some variations being accrued due to […]
Behavioral inflexibility and autistic burnout
Incidents in life disturb us to different degrees according to our personality. Some people may experience changes in daily routines by taking them in stride, while others may feel mortified. […]
El Uso de Canabinoides en el Autismo
Durante mucho tiempo he estado interesado en el uso de extractos de plantas de cannabis como una forma de tratamiento para las convulsiones, ansiedad y conductas inadaptadas observadas en los […]
Foster Care and Autism
Foster care is a temporary placement within the United States for children who cannot live with their families. In a policy article on Spectrum (https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/many-children-autism-end-foster-care/) it was reported that children […]
The Autistic Buddha
I finished reading The Autistic Buddha by Thomas Clements. It is a short book (204 pages) published by Your Stories Matter in England. The paperback edition can be bought from […]
How Much Screen Time Is Safe For Teens?
‘‘Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented between when […]
Neuromodulation and Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder: IIA Electroshock Therapies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Modern medicine is an atavism. Our way of thinking hasn’t changed much since the ancient Greeks, only the ways of implementing cures have made any progress. Several centuries before Christ […]
Cortical Chauvinism 