Dental care and autism
A few years ago Temple Grandin came as my guest to Louisville, Kentucky. I had the opportunity to pick Temple up from the airport and then take her to the […]
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Temple Grandin en la Sociedad de Autismo de America 2014
Recientemente tuve la oportunidad de ponerme al día con Temple Grandin en la Sociedad de Autismo de América 2014 celebrada en Indianápolis. Habíamos planeado el reunirnos en la susodicha conferencia […]
The body plan in autism: stiffness and anxiety
While writing this blog I find myself attending an international autism congress in Burgos, Spain. Thus far all of the lectures have been excellent. I have enjoyed the hospitality, the […]
Self-injurious behaviors, clumsiness, motor stereotypies, faulty facial recognition, the bothersome nature of change, joint attention and theory of mind in autism: putting it all together
I will always remember seeing Mel Kaplan examine autistic patients for a prism lens study that was being conducted at my laboratory. One young participant, despite having his parents around, […]
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 […]
