
My Problem with Autistic Meltdowns
Autistic meltdowns are an inevitable and necessary part of our lives. When they become part of the shame-rage cycle, we start to see problems.
Autistic meltdowns are an inevitable and necessary part of our lives. When they become part of the shame-rage cycle, we start to see problems.
After a poorly-timed meltdown at a wedding, Jude Clee thinks about what she wished people understood about meltdowns.
I am a passionate advocate of EQ as an essential part of early years formal education. I know for sure that some of my issues would never have taken root so deeply had an education system been in place which valued the growth of the individual.
Matthew Rushin, a young Black autistic and ADHD man, was a mechanical engineering student at Old Dominion University when a traffic accident lead to a sentence which would
Autistic people have difficulty with being interrupted, and this is often considered to be rigidity or related to emotion regulation. The truth is complicated.
Being diagnosed with PTSD was one of the most validating things I’ve ever experienced. Not only did it lead me down a path of healing,
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