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Connection & autism

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3 Qualities of Lasting Friendships (Making and Keeping Autistic Friends)

Autistic friends can be some of the best you'll ever have. It turns out there are some qualities of lasting friendships.

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The Rosie Project: A Novel

The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife.

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The dinner club helping Sydney's autistic community come together | 7.30

Steve Drakoulis didn't want his autistic son George to feel isolated or lonely, so he started the Autism Community Network. Now George and many other meet regularly for dinner and games.

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Love and Asperger’s: Practical Strategies to Help Couples Understand Each Other and Strengthen Their Connection

Everyday techniques to strengthen empathy and connection in neurodiverse couples Life with a partner whose neurotype is different than yours is filled with moments that are surprising, unique, and sometimes challenging.

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Neurodiversity–The Key that Unlocked My World | Elisabeth Wiklander | TEDxGöteborg

What do you think about, when you hear the word “autism”? No diagnostic manual can truly explain the multifaceted experience of autism. It’s a neurological difference with a vast spectrum of representation within its population.

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The Rosie Result (Don Tillman Series, 3)

Don and Rosie are about to face their most important project. Their son, Hudson, is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn’t fitting in with the other kids, and they'd like Don and Rosie to think about getting an autism assessment.

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Do People with Synethesia Draw Out Expression in the Autistic?

Anecdotal observations from my own dealings.

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Connection Interventions in Play Therapy for Children with Autism

In this clip, Dr. Robert Jason Grant demonstrates three AutPlay connection interventions that can be used in play therapy when working with autistic and neurodivergent children.

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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s

Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)—had earned...

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The Concept of Neurodiversity Is Dividing the Autism Community

It remains controversial—but it doesn’t have to be. We need to embrace both the neurodiversity model and the medical model to fully understand autism.

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