Alexithymia (1): A Closer Look at the Emotional Unknown
The term “alexithymia” was coined by psychotherapist Peter Sifneos (1973) to describe a relative constriction in emotional functioning,...
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Chronic Pain in Autism (2):
The Diagnostic Difficulties Chronic pain is quite common in autism , yet it is often unrecognised (and undiagnosed). The diagnosis of...
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Psychosis and Autism (1):
Overlapping symptoms and differences Psychosis Psychosis is not a diagnosis in and of itself but rather a cluster of symptoms present in...
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The Spectrum of Perception:
Distinguishing between hallucinations and “hallucinations” Hallucinations are said to be false perceptions that occur in the absence of...
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Hypersensitivities (often misinterpreted as ESP) and other phenomena in autism
Sometimes sensory hypersensitivities are misinterpreted as extrasensory perception (ESP) as ‘normal’ people not only fail to see, hear,...
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Autism: Sensations last too long
A painful truth Sensory stimuli can be experienced very differently by autistic individuals. Just because we may not feel something, it...
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Apr 15, 20222 min read
Guidance for communicating and interacting with autistic people
Autistic people have unique ways of communicating and interacting that are rooted in their unique ways of thinking and experiencing the...
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The Role of Sensory Perceptual Differences in Autism:
The Intense World Syndrome and other ‘sensory theories’ Although already in the very first descriptions of autistic children, researchers...
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Laughing is not always a laughing matter
In autism, there is laughing/giggling and ‘laughing/giggling’. There can be numerous reasons to laugh, which are difficult to understand...
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Oct 29, 20215 min read
Lack of expressive verbal language – ‘autistic muteness’:
Why can’t my child speak? It was estimated that about one third (Bryson 1996) to one half (Lord & Paul 1997) of autistic people never...
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Oct 15, 20214 min read
Non-Verbal Languages in Autism
We assume that language is necessary verbal (i.e., comprising of words). That is why we say that children are verbal if they can talk (no...
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Oct 8, 20215 min read
Is Atypical Cry an Early Biomarker for Autism?
At about the same age all typically developing children, no matter what culture they are born into, manifest similar patterns of speech...
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Oct 1, 20213 min read
Theory of Mind (and alleged lack of it) in autism
According to some researchers (e.g., Ramachandran 1995), it is mirror neurons that allow us to "read" and understand another's...
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Sep 24, 20213 min read
'Broken mirror neurons’ are said to explain autism:
But do they? Giacomo Rizzollati and colleagues (1992) conducted experiments on monkeys, recording signals from parts of the frontal lobes...
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Sep 17, 20214 min read
Autistic inertia:
Can’t start – can’t stop Another problem autistic individuals experience is ‘inertia’ (Dekker 1999) – difficulty in starting, stopping,...
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Sep 10, 20213 min read
Empathy in autism (and alleged lack of it)
Autistic people are said to be (severely) impaired in their ability to empathise with other people which is reflected in the...
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Looking for triggers of ‘challenging behaviours’ in autism.
It is not as simple as ABC When we come across a behaviour that’s difficult, there’s a popular method that’s used to help parents and...
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Many faces of catatonia in autism
Thomas, a 12-year-old autistic boy has a long history of some features of anxiety and depression. For the past several months, he has...
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Direct vs indirect communication:
Insisting on ‘Look at me when I’m talking to you’ vs. Talking to the wall Some autistic children need an intensive interaction style that...
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Direct vs. Peripheral Perception:
‘Do you want eye contact or a conversation?’ This was the question asked by someone with Asperger syndrome when he was approached with...
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