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Here’s the “ten things” article about sex you won’t find in the pop psych magazines that serve as sexual literacy for the mainstream.
Many therapists who work with autistic children attempt to control or manipulate how autistic children play, deeming it inappropriate. We disagree and recommend a different approach.
Gordon Hunter, who brought us the theory of Perceptive Observational Analysis, now explores the idea that autism could be a vital process of human evolution.
To cope with the increasingly more complicated demands of adult life, Johnny Profane has relied on the adrenaline rush of fear and anxiety to push him into action and get his mind in gear.
Autism is misunderstood, as is pica. It takes a long time for some of it to be diagnosed, in my case forty-eight years for autism.
Aspergian contributors offer advice on how to deal with your autistic tween’s explosive emotions.
Those who live with and love autistic people can be among our greatest allies, but it’s been the misfortune of the #ActuallyAutistic community that many
How to coexist with an autistic friend, relative, student, or child. An open letter to loved ones.
It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.
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