Gary Chapman wrote a book called, The Five Languages of Love: The Secret to Love that Lasts. If you or your partner are autistic, you may feel you have enough trouble communicating socially with your loved one in one language. Five languages? How does that even work? Tchiki Davis wrote [More...]
CONNECTING WITH THE KIDS ON YOUR CASELOAD WHEN YOU CAN’T MEET FACE-TO-FACE
If you work with children via telehealth now, you know how difficult it can be to foster that personal feeling of being connected with your students. It's hard for children to cope with multiple online sessions for school, speech therapy, OT, ABA, and often more. Whether they’re on the autism [More...]
AUTISTIC GIRLS & WOMEN: The Myth, The Mask, The Message
The Myth Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has historically been regarded as a condition which affected males significantly more often than females. In 2016 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) gave a ratio of approximately 1:4, with boys being diagnosed about four times as often as girls. But [More...]
Interoception for Autists: SEE & ACT for Self-Care
You may already know about proprioception (body awareness) and exteroception (outward awareness using the five basic senses) but we don't hear as much about interoception: our felt experience of the inner workings of our body. This usually has to do with digestion, awareness of our heartbeat, and [More...]
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