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From Deficit to Superpowers: Is It Ableist to Focus on Neurodivergent Strengths?

By Nancy Doyle — 2021

Let’s move beyond superpowers but not forget to keep promoting our strengths.

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The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum

This helpful guide focusses on the specific difficulties that can arise for people on the autism spectrum who may also experience a mental illness.

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Yenn Purkis, Emma Goodall, Jane Nugent
2016
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Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person | Alane Freund | Talks at Google

In this talk, Alane Freund, LMFT, an expert consultant working with the trait of high sensitivity, talks about how to use your strengths as an HSP, coping mechanisms for dealing with overstimulation, ways to improve your relationships, and the latest developments in research about highly sensitive...

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2019
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Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)

Highly sensitive people make up 15-20% of the population. There's a lot of advantages that come with being a HSP but also a lot of challenges. Because of how challenging it can be, many HSPs wish they weren't born that way but born like everybody else.

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2018
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Sense and Sensitivity: How Highly Sensitive People Are Wired for Wonder

Deborah Ward is a Highly Sensitive Person, and her blog, 'Sense and Sensitivity' (Psychology Today), has helped thousands of readers to better understand and manage their HSP personality traits.

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Deborah Ward
2020
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The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person: A Workbook to Harness Your Strengths in Every Part of Life

Do you experience more emotional intensity than others? Do you tend to be more easily overstimulated or process information more slowly? You may be an empath or a highly sensitive person (HSP).

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Amanda Cassil
2020
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Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World

In today's fast-paced, increasingly public society, we are expected to be resilient, to have the energy to manage a packed work schedule, social calendar, and a large network of friends, both online and offline, day and night.

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Ilse Sand
2016
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Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

Groundbreaking and comprehensive, Driven to Distraction has been a lifeline to the approximately eighteen million Americans who are thought to have ADHD. Now the bestselling book is revised and updated with current medical information for a new generation searching for answers.

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Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
2011
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Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking

Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking is a collection of essays written by and for Autistic people.

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Julia Bascom
2012
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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

Drawing on the latest research and her own work, animal scientist and author Temple Grandin identifies the core emotional needs of animals. Then she explains how to fulfill them, and teaches us to challenge our assumptions about animal contentment and honor our bond with our fellow creatures.

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Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
2010
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior

Why would a cow lick a tractor? Why are collies getting dumber? Why do dolphins sometimes kill for fun? How can a parrot learn to spell? How did wolves teach man to evolve? Temple Grandin draws upon a long, distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experiences with autism to deliver...

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Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
2006
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