Tag: autism
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Give care. Give love. For ever...
Robbie Pinter's 21-year-old son, Nicholas, is upset again. He yells. He obsesses about something that can't be changed. Even good news may throw him off. So Dr. Pinter breathes deeply, as she was taught, focusing on each intake and release. She talks herself through the crisis, reminding herself that this is how Nicholas copes with…
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Reading emotions… Listen to the silence…
Research shows for the first time that adults with autism can recognize complex emotions such as regret and relief in others as easily as those without the condition. Psychologists at the University of Kent used eye-tracking technology to monitor participants as they read stories in which a character made a decision then experienced a positive…
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Autism. Senses. Seeing the world as it is. Being philosophically illiterate.
Autism spectrum disorders are generally thought to be caused by deficits in brain development, but a study in mice now suggests that at least some aspects of the disorder - including how touch is perceived, anxiety, and social abnormalities - are linked to defects in another area of the nervous system, the peripheral nerves found…
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Having autism. Having a disability. So? Be indifferent. And you will cure cancer!
"I don’t look like I have a disability, do I?" Jonas Moore asks me. I shake my head. No, I say — he does not. Bundled up in a puffy green coat in a drafty Starbucks, Moore, 35 and sandy-haired, doesn’t stand out in the crowd seeking refuge from the Wisconsin cold. His handshake is…
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