By Stephen Frost — 2021
The top skills employers are looking for closely correspond to those who have dyslexic thinking skills—yet many employers remain unaware of these dyslexic skills.
Read on www.forbes.com
CLEAR ALL
For many years, researchers have treated the individual traits and characteristics of autistic people as an enduring essence of their autism-- in isolation of the social context and without even asking autistic people what their social life is actually like. However, perspective matters.
We don’t all meditate the same way—nor do we need to. Sue Hutton offers helpful tips and practices, informed by the autism community, to make mindfulness practice truly accessible.
Attempts to normalize abnormal development could prevent individuals in need of help from seeking it.
The most radical act you can perform as an ally to Autistic people is to accept them exactly as they are and beyond that to celebrate them and their neurotype.
Although synesthesia is not as rare as it was once believed, synesthetes (people who experience synesthesia) typically don’t realize their unique abilities are not common to everyone. Another fun fact: it’s also believed synesthesia could be linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Embracing, not fixing, mental differences
Our brains don’t all work the same way. One New York–based software company sees that as a competitive advantage.
Anthony Hopkins, Wentworth Miller and others are showing us that autism is more varied than it once seemed to be.
Transgender or gender-fluid people are more likely to be neurodivergent, and vice versa. Here’s what that’s like.
Getting an official diagnosis as an adult is hard – but this year I got to know what being female and neurodivergent means.