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My Son Doesn’t Want to Be Autistic
About two years ago, we sat our then nine-year-old son down to review test results from the child psychologist he’d visited a few weeks earlier. “Did she say…
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Auditory Processing Disorder in Autism
Do you remember those hearing tests in elementary school? A test administrator would plunk bulky headphones over your ears and ask you to raise your hand every time…
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Obviously, I Missed the Obvious!
I always seem to miss the obvious. I miss a vital piece of non-verbal communication needed to lead me to an obvious conclusion. Or miss making a connection…
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Finding Balance: How an Autism Diagnosis Helped Me Be a Better Mom
Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had…and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed. Linda Wooten It’s no secret that working moms have…
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Putting Words First: Why Eye Contact Shouldn’t Be Used to Measure a Person
When I was a child, my parents encouraged – well, more like forced – me to make eye contact. “Look me in the eyes when I speak to…
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Autistic Women and Facial Expressions
Facial expressions are a form of non-verbal communication that accompanies a verbal message and can help convey the intent behind the message and the speaker’s emotional state. In…
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