By Atlanta Parent Editorial — 2021
I am autistic. I am also the mother of an autistic child, and the wife of a neurotypical (nonautistic) partner. We are a neurodiverse family.
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Developing more inclusive teaching practices can go a long way to making mindfulness accessible, especially for communities of neurodiversity.
As scientists learn more about the novel Coronavirus, the consensus is that even with more effective treatments and possible vaccines, COVID-19 will likely be with us for a long time to come.
According to a new study, one in five autistic adults may have an anxiety disorder, making them more than twice as likely to be diagnosed than their neurotypical counterparts.
Autistic traits can amplify the conditions that lead to burnout, and burnout can cause these traits to worsen.
“One of the biggest difficulties with transitioning to adulthood is trying to realize where you’ve been correct versus where you need to change, where the boundaries are between what you need to do to fit in and what other people need to do to accept certain things that are a part of who you...
“For your husband, your illness may have made him acutely aware of not just your mortality, but also his own.”
I was a cool hand, before I became a mother. Now, I’m a hopeless phobic. Whenever a child of mine gets sick, even with just a routine flu or stomach virus, every cough makes my heart race.
In low seasons, while you sit in the waiting room of life, patience is a superpower. But by adopting these seven mindsets, you can run circles around life’s challenges.
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These behaviors are more common than you might think with an estimated range of 6.4% to 30.8% of teens admitting to trying to harm themselves.
As a child psychiatrist for nearly four decades, I’ve seen that when children are also exposed to the never-ending negative news cycle—even if that just means hearing their parents talk about current events—it makes them feel unsafe, which is often manifested by sleepless nights, anxiety,...