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Aspie Shutdown and Withdrawal: Dealing with Sudden Emotional Withdrawal in Relationships

2020

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Aspie shutdown and withdrawal is a big part of how autism affects relationships. See more...

06:29 min

‘Clients Say It Feels Like We’ve Always Known Each Other’: The Mental Health Experts Who Believe Their Autism Has Turbocharged Their Work

Therapists, psychologists and nurses who are autistic say it has made them better at their jobs, but that misconceptions about the condition are forcing them to keep their diagnosis a secret.

Autism May Be Linked to Mirror-Touch Synesthesia, the Ability to Physically Feel What Others Feel

Although synesthesia is not as rare as it was once believed, synesthetes (people who experience synesthesia) typically don’t realize their unique abilities are not common to everyone. Another fun fact: it’s also believed synesthesia could be linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Andréas RB Deolinda

The Mirror-Touch Synesthetes Who Can Literally Feel Your Pain

People with the unique neurological condition aren't just sensitive to the emotions and physical sensations of others—they feel them like it's their own.

The Man Who Tasted Words: A Neurologist Explores the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses

What we perceive to be absolute truths of the world around us is actually a complex internal reconstruction by our minds and nervous systems.

Dr. Guy Leschziner

What Happens When Our Brain Lets Us Taste Words?

Our five senses evolved to help us know the world. But sometimes, a tripped wire or two in the brain lets us perceive in completely bizarre ways.

We Are All Synesthetes

Given the right circumstances.

Is Synesthesia a Brain Disorder?

In a provocative review paper, French neuroscientists Jean-Michel Hupé and Michel Dojat question the assumption that synesthesia is a neurological disorder.

The Many Types of Synesthesia Explained

Research and understanding of synesthesia are currently quite fluid, with new findings being regularly reported. The scientific community has, however, established somewhat consistent descriptions of the most common ways in which the various types of synesthesia manifested.

Nicola Kirkpatrick

‘We Can Literally Feel Our Patients’ Pain’: From a Neuroscientist to a Massage Therapist, We Speak to Some of the Rare Few Healthcare Professionals with ‘Mirror-Touch Synesthesia’

Mirror-touch synesthesia is a rare neurological trait that makes people highly empathic, allowing them to feel what others do by looking at or touching them.

What’s It Like to See Ideas as Shapes?

Thoughts and feelings are constellations in the mind of a man with a rare form of synesthesia.

Alissa Greenberg

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