Autism Foundation Posts – Spectra.Blog’s FAQs and key posts and articles on autism
Within the Spectra.Blog website, there are some key posts which we describe as our Foundation Posts on autism, covering the key areas of interest with autism spectrum disorders. (In date order…)
They are as follows (and will be added to over time!) –
AUTISM AND ANXIETY – IF A IS FOR AUTISM, THEN IT IS MOST DEFINITELY ALSO FOR ANXIETY
WHAT IS AUTISM? SPECTRA.BLOG EXPLORES THE DEFINITION
ECHOLALIA – AN EARLY SIGN OF AUTISM?
BLACK & WHITE OR INFLEXIBLE THINKING – COMMON IN AUTISTS
AUTISTIC MASKING – EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW
AUTISTIC BURNOUT – WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO AVOID IT
SO, YOU’VE HAD YOUR ADULT AUTISM ASSESSMENT – WHAT NOW?
GAINING AUTISM ASSESSMENT IN THE UK – INCLUDING PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE OR PDA
“PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME – MY WALLS CAME FALLING DOWN” – AUTISTIC SHUTDOWN
WHO CURATES THE AUTISM RESOURCE, SPECTRA.BLOG?
TOP SIX THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A PARENT WHO SUSPECTS THEIR CHILD MAY BE AUTISTIC:
MYTH-BUSTING: EXPLAINING EYE CONTACT FOR CHILDREN & AUTISTIC ADULTS
AUTISTIC BADGES; DO WE NEED “HIGH-FUNCTIONING” OR “LOW-FUNCTIONING” LABELS?
DO YOU ASK YOUR ASPIE LOVED ONE OR FRIEND HOW IT FEELS TO BE AUTISTIC? IF NOT, WHY NOT?
CLARITY – EXPLAINING THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR AUTISM
CLEAR AS MUD; DOES CONFUSION REIGN IN THE FIELD OF AUTISM DIAGNOSIS?
THE EMOTIONAL CUTLERY DRAWER OF SPOONS, AND THE ‘SOCIAL HANGOVER’ (ASD, ASC, ASPERGER’S)
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