As many folks in the autistic community are aware, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has increasingly come under fire.
Long considered the “gold standard” in autism therapy, there is increasing anecdotal...
Communication is like a dance. It requires the participation of both parties. It requires focus and attention. And, as we discussed in previous chapters, it requires energy.
For our purposes,...
The FACE Personality Model is based on the four primary brain functions: Feeling, Access, Consideration, and Excitement – FACE. These are the...
PDA is not uncommon in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) community.
In my experience, there is no specific neurological basis for PDA. It is a learned behavior as a response...
For many folks, especially those on the ADHD/ASD spectrum, interviews can be both challenging and stressful.
This is completely understandable in that many of us have spent our lives struggling...
Most adults on the autism spectrum are familiar with masking.
In its simplest form, masking is pretending to be normal or behaving in such a way as to appear normal....
Autism and Trust
While it can be tough for anyone to always know who to trust, this can be particularly problematic for autistic folks as well as folks with ADHD,...
As a person on spectrum, I spent most of my years struggling with sleep and bedtime. I would often lay in my bed 4 hours trying to fall asleep. If...
Cathy: Why is our educational system now failing to educate almost one out of every four children in the US? Why are many more children struggling just to get by?
It is easy to take time for granted. When we’re young, we have more than we know what to do with. Like our beating heart, time ticks away every minute...
Be it Fear, Anger, or Stress, intense emotions can interfere with our daily lives. For many dyslexic, ADHD and Autistic persons, these strong emotions can interfere with a number of...