Visual Sensitivity and Autism
The technical term for an abnormal sensitivity to light is photophobia. People with photophobia are bothered by light regardless of whether its source is natural or artificial. They avert looking […]
Tag Archives: sensory abnormalities
Temple Grandin Talks About Autism and Sensory Issues
I finished reading the latest book by Temple Grandin and though of doing a book review on the same. I bought the book from Amazon for $9.23. The paperbound edition […]
Abnormalities in the size of cortical modules in autism: are they wider or narrower?
Several weeks ago a good friend of mine, Alycia Haladay, asked me to write a criticism of Steven Chance’s recently published article in Brain. The criticism would be posted as […]
We already know what is happening to the brain in autism
The following is a link to a lecture that I provided at Autism One 2014. The same is laden with some medical verbiage but it was meant to illustrate my […]
The importance of desensitization massages in autism
When my first grandson was born it was a time of rejoicement. My daughter took good care of herself and had stressed all sorts of precautions. She exercised, took her […]
The Squeeze Machine
The squeeze machine is known by many names, e.g., hug machine or hug box. I prefer calling it the squeeze machine to prevent confusion whenever I ask one of our […]
Cortical Chauvinism 