Autism

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Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance in children

28 Jun 2021 6 minute read 0 comments SA_Sam1971

"We think your son has Pathological Demand Avoidance." I had no idea how to respond to that, least of all because I had no idea what the Head Teacher had just said to me, and given it started with the word "Pathological", it sounded pretty damn scary...

Campaign unites Bitcoiners on autism awareness day

2 Apr 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Mamaecrypto

Original Article by Gustavo Marinho - Cointimes.com.br - Translated by: Michelle Mafra Mammycrypto.com     On World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, the cryptocurrency community comes together to help Joana, a 5-year-old child, perform stem cell treatm...

Teaching Dog To Talk

29 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments joshyoung

If you read my bio you know that my wife is in ABA Therapy and I am an aspiring dog trainer. One thing that has hit our radar are buttons that you press and a recorded sound is played.  The Goal: teach our dog (Tommy Pickles) to press buttons to comm...

Is Autism the "Next Step" in Human Evolution? -Thoughts on Neurodiversity

29 Nov 2019 1 minute read 5 comments LeftAntiPC

I've seen this stance gaining popularity in recent years among politically correct autistic people online - somehow labeling them as lacking in social skills is wrong, yet they should be labeled as inherently gifted. Let me ask this question in the m...