Terra Vance posits that Autistic people experience empathy and emotions differently because the way autistic identity is structured differs from non-autistic people’s identity constructs.
If you want to stop autistic meltdowns, you will need to understand why they happen and what causes them. You can prevent them by using your position of authority to be an accomplice in co-regulation.
It is because of Soma Mukhopadhyay and her son, Tito, that thousands of nonspeaking and minimally speaking autistic people around with world have access to reliable communication.
NeuroClastic introduces a free visual tool you can use to create your own “Brain story.” Map out your sensory story to learn more about yourself and communicate your differences to others!
If your child— or you— find reading to be a chore, it could be caused by a sensory processing deficit. Here’s how to figure out if that’s the case and how to accommodate your children, your students, or yourself.
As soon as a parent is aware that their child is autistic, they often ask, “What therapies does my child need?” Terra Vance walks readers through what to prioritize.
Proponents of the Judge Rotenberg Center’s use of electroshock as punishment on disabled children and adults claim that nothing else works. What about access to appropriate communication?
There are a lot of parents who are anxious about the upcoming school year because their autistic children may not be dressing or toileting without assistance. This article explains why many autistic children and adults may experience incontinence.
NeuroClastic board member Marcia Eckard has collected information on thousands of opportunities for autistic job seekers. We have the vision, you made the donation, and now we are building our job board with a talented autistic web developer.
People expect that we all have the same communication instincts, but there are at least two communication styles that, without knowledge of them, will result in a lifetime of missed connections.
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