Brendan Mahan explains why simple things can be so difficult.
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Up to 85% of the Asperger’s population are without full-time employment, though many have above-average intelligence.
This book teaches drama and immersive theatre-based activities for parents and professionals working with children and young people on the autism spectrum.
In a work world dominated by automation, digitalization, and increasing incivility, the need for one group of workers, those whom I call “sensitive strivers,” has never been greater.
Neurodiversity, sensitivity, and how the status quo snubs 20–30% of us.
Transgender or gender-fluid people are more likely to be neurodivergent, and vice versa. Here’s what that’s like.
Sometimes it feels like the world wasn’t designed for sensitive people. Here are ways to take care of yourself.
Anecdotal observations from my own dealings.
As a successful Harvard- and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms”—only ever labeled as anxiety—were considered autistic and ADHD.
Does your child exhibit... Over-responsivity—or under-responsivity—to touch or movement? A child with SPD may be a “sensory avoider,” withdrawing from touch, refusing to wear certain clothing, avoiding active games--or he may be a “sensory disregarder,” needing a jump start to get moving.
For people with ADHD or ADD, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria can mean extreme emotional sensitivity and emotional pain—and it may imitate mood disorders with suicidal ideation and manifest as instantaneous rage at the person responsible for causing the pain. Learn more about potential treatments here.
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