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Handling Tactile Defensiveness
Tactile symptoms are among the most commonly reported sensory symptoms described by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) . Children displaying tactile defensiveness may also exhibit self-stimulating behavior...
Handling Tactile Defensiveness
Tactile symptoms are among the most commonly reported sensory symptoms described by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) . Children displaying tactile defensiveness may also exhibit self-stimulating behavior...
Children with Autism and Noise
One of my son’s most frequent questions is, “What’s that sound, Mommy?” I often can’t hear what he’s hearing. He can hear the school bus when it’s still half a mile from...
Children with Autism and Noise
One of my son’s most frequent questions is, “What’s that sound, Mommy?” I often can’t hear what he’s hearing. He can hear the school bus when it’s still half a mile from...
Simple Ways to Help Your Child with ASD Sleep W...
Sleeplessness affects children with autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and other conditions, which can cause difficulties in learning and produce challenging behavior in the child. Most often,...
Simple Ways to Help Your Child with ASD Sleep W...
Sleeplessness affects children with autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and other conditions, which can cause difficulties in learning and produce challenging behavior in the child. Most often,...
Sound Sensitivity and Autism
Hyperacusis is an increased sensitivity to sound that is commonly found among people with autism. This means that certain noises, such as classroom bells, the radio or the TV, may...
Sound Sensitivity and Autism
Hyperacusis is an increased sensitivity to sound that is commonly found among people with autism. This means that certain noises, such as classroom bells, the radio or the TV, may...
Reflections on being diagnosed as an adult
It’s been over a year and a half now since I first began to realize I was autistic, and what originally kicked off that process of self-discovery was that the...
Reflections on being diagnosed as an adult
It’s been over a year and a half now since I first began to realize I was autistic, and what originally kicked off that process of self-discovery was that the...