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Autistic People Make Great Social Partners if You Actually Give Them a Chance

By Scott Barry Kaufman — 2020

For many years, researchers have treated the individual traits and characteristics of autistic people as an enduring essence of their autism-- in isolation of the social context and without even asking autistic people what their social life is actually like. However, perspective matters. Who is to say it's autistic people who are the "awkward" ones?

Read on blogs.scientificamerican.com

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What Is Neurodiversity?

Neurodiversity advocates suggest there’s too much attention on the impairments that come with conditions like ADHD. They think a better approach is to focus on what someone’s good at, not what they lack.

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