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10 Things Faculty Need to Understand About Autism

By Maggie Coughlin — 2021

Maggie Coughlin shares some lessons she’s learned in understanding her own autism and how to work with her neurodiversity and that of the students she teaches.

Read on www.insidehighered.com

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Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism

What happens when you make it to adulthood before finding out you're autistic? As A.J. Odasso writes in this anthology: “You spend a lot of time wondering what’s wrong without ever knowing why.” This anthology includes essays from a diverse group of adult-diagnosed autistic people.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network
2025
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The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum

This helpful guide focusses on the specific difficulties that can arise for people on the autism spectrum who may also experience a mental illness.

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Yenn Purkis, Emma Goodall, Jane Nugent
2016
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Meet the Accidental Genius

In 2002, Jason Padgett was the victim of a vicious beating outside a karaoke bar in Tacoma, Washington. Upon regaining consciousness, Padgett’s sight was forever altered by a condition called acquired savant syndrome.

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2016
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Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum: A Self-Help Guide Using CBT

Many adults on the autism spectrum experience isolation, interpersonal difficulties, anxiety, depressed mood, and coping problems. Award-winning author Dr. Lee A.

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Lee A. Wilkinson
2015
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11 Tips to Help with Depression in School

How do you deal with school while having depression? Studying with depression is one of the hardest things you can do. It’s difficult enough getting out of bed. Depression zaps your energy, you have zero motivation and concentration seems impossible. It’s like you have a cloudy memory.

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Depression: A Student’s Perspective

This video educates students about depression in order to minimize the stigma that is associated with the medical condition. It discusses how depression impacts lives and describes its symptoms, causes and treatment options.

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2017
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The Campus Cure: A Parent’s Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students

Did you know that one of four college students was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the last year? College students are experiencing anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and other mental health issues at alarming rates in a landscape of growing academic, social, and financial pressures.

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Marcia Morris
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Trans 101: Neurodiversity

This video was written, filmed, and edited by trans/gender diverse young people.

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2018
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Impact of ADHD on Sports Psychology from a Sports Psychiatrist

Meet Andrew J. Cutler, M.D., sports psychiatrist for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In this episode of Attention Talk Video, host Jeff Copper talks with Dr.

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2013
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

This groundbreaking book, from one of the global innovators in the integration of brain science with psychotherapy, offers an extraordinary guide to the practice of “mindsight,” the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence.

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Daniel J. Siegel, Daniel Goleman (foreword)
2010
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