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Nov 285 min read
Alexithymia and Autism (2): The complex interplay
Alexithymia is considered a “sub-clinical phenomenon” (Silani et al. 2008) and doesn’t identify a personality disorder per se but is a...
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Nov 244 min read
Alexithymia and Autism (1): Intersections of two distinct conditions
The connection between alexithymia and ASD was initially explored in the 1990s through clinical studies on individuals with eating...
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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 195 min read
One of the Myths About Autism:
‘Autistic people don’t do metaphors’ Because of their literal interpretation, autistic children do experience difficulties in...
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May 244 min read
Narcissistic Personality Disorder & Autism (4):
Hypersensitive Narcissism and Hypersensitivity in ASD
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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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Jul 2, 20236 min read
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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Sep 30, 20224 min read
'Involuntary echolalia'
There are other types of echolalia that are difficult to explain, for example, involuntary echolalia , when the person blurts out words...
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Sep 2, 20224 min read
Non-communicative echolalia in autism:
If it’s not for communication, what’s the point? As I didn’t know much at the time, I made a mistake thinking that as soon as my son...
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Jan 22, 20223 min read
Bilingualism in Autism:
To speak (another language) or not to speak (with an autistic child)? Typically developing children in multilingual families tend to pick...
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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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Nov 5, 20212 min read
Late talkers
Not much is known about the language trajectories of non-verbal and minimally verbal children yet. However, the number of research...
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Oct 22, 20214 min read
Early vocalisations and babbling in autistic babies
At the age of about four months the baby starts babbling and producing different sounds. Vocalisations Interestingly, during the first six...
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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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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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Aug 13, 20215 min read
Selective Mutism
Helen, an 11-year-old girl with autism, goes to mainstream school and does very well at all the subjects. But no one at school has ever...
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May 28, 20214 min read
Cognitive Synaesthesia:
When Wednesdays are blue, numbers are as cities, and 5 + 2 = yellow … After one of the ‘incidents’ (panic attacks), Alyosha attempted to...
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May 21, 20214 min read
Sensory Synaesthesia in Autism:
Seeing or tasting sounds, hearing colours, being touched by sights… Alyosha was about 9 years old when he tried to account for a panic...
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