Sophisticated echolalia:
Imitation as a Social Tool in Autism Though the broken mirror hypothesis predicts that autistic individuals should show severe...
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Aug 155 min read
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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Jul 52 min read
The second book in the ‘Autism: Becoming a Professional Parent’ series has been released
After examining sensory perception in autism in the first book, the newly released second instalment focuses on communication and...
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Apr 174 min read
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Autism (2):
Challenges in diagnosing Diagnosing Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) can be difficult as individuals with this disorder often...
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Mar 216 min read
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Autism (1):
Overlapping symptoms and differences Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and ASD are two distinct condition. However, they share...
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Feb 235 min read
Personality Disorders and Autism: (2)
Overlaps, prevalence and comorbidity Overlapping symptoms It is now recognised that ASD and personality disorders (PDs) have a variety of...
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Feb 176 min read
Personality Disorders and Autism (1):
Is there a hidden connection? Personality Disorders (PDs) and ASDs are distinct yet interconnected psychiatric disorders/ psychological...
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Aug 25, 20234 min read
Psychosis and Autism (3):
Distinct features and diagnostic challenges of psychosis in autism Although there is a considerable overlap in symptoms, it is important...
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Aug 14, 20234 min read
Psychosis and Autism (2):
Prevalence and comorbidity Comorbidity, or the coexistence of two or more disorders, is common in both autistic individuals and people...
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Jul 28, 20236 min read
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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Jun 3, 20233 min read
Autism & Dementia (3):
Similarities and differences in conceptualisation, diagnosis and research Similarities: ASD and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are...
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Apr 29, 20237 min read
Autism and Dementia: (2)
Overlaps in biological pathways, clinical features and behavioural expression Although Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and ASD are etiologically...
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Mar 18, 20234 min read
Autism and Dementia: (1) Prevalence
- Hello, where are you? - I am at home. - At home? Where? - I have one home, in England. Why? What’s happened? - Why did you leave...
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Dec 3, 20212 min read
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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Aug 27, 20214 min read
AutismS, Fruit Salad and a Bit of Linguistics
Let’s start with linguistics: The way we label things around us means a great deal. Let’s look at the widely used terms in an ‘autistic...
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Apr 23, 20214 min read
Infantile reflexes in autism
“[After the assessment] I was surprised to learn that most of [the infantile reflexes] were still present and uninhibited in me at the...
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Apr 8, 20214 min read
Motor problems in individuals with ASD are the rule rather than the exception
Why motor problems are a sign of ASD and how identifying them at a young age can lead to better results for the child.
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