Below are the best articles we could find on Child’s Autism and add adhd.
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There’s a saying in the community: “If you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.” Virtually any generalization is going to be wrong.
This page is written by Temple Grandin and describes her journey and challenges as a woman affected by autism. Temple outlines the support she received, discusses sensory and auditory difficulties, tactile problems, her squeeze machine and many other topics.
When a medication is being evaluated to modify the behavior of a person with autism, one must assess the risks versus the benefits.
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Temple was asked to identify those factors that facilitated her successful transition and employment. Below is a short article from Temple on making the transition from high school to the workplace.
Good teachers helped me to achieve success. I was able to overcome autism because I had good teachers.
I am becoming increasingly concerned that intellectually gifted children are being denied opportunities because they are being labeled either Asperger’s or high functioning autism.
Embracing, not fixing, mental differences
Brain differences such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia are not something to be cured, but something to be embraced as part of human diversity.
It is hard for those who do not parent a neurodivergent child to understand how complex, sad, and draining it can be to see your child constantly triggered, flaring up in ways beyond the child’s ability to control and your ability to resolve.
Neurodiversity has become a word frequently bandied about when we talk about schooling, acceptance, psychology, and workplace integration. What is neurodiversity, and why is it so important?
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