Autism: Feeling lonely in a hyperconnected world
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. –Helen Keller Hyperconnectivity is a modern word that is rapidly making inroads into our colloquial […]
Tag Archives: mood disorder
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 […]
Sexual Abuse and Autism
Every ninety-eight seconds a person somewhere in our country is sexually assaulted. One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some time in their lifetime. […]
Autonomic Dysfunction and Anxiety in Autism
For many years now, I have been interested in the role of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The ANS innervates our internal organs and takes […]
New recommendations for managing children and adolescents with depression
The Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC) now include new recommendations to aid in diagnosing and managing depression in children and adolescents. Among the recommendations: Universal depression screening […]
The Autistic Buddha and Theory of Mind
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” -Serenity Prayer In my book […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cortical Chauvinism 