Traits & Co-Occurances – Page 2 – Autistic Nottingham

PDA

1/4 Understanding Autism Pathological Demand Avoidanceat a glance “PDA is considered to be a distinct profile of the autism spectrum, characterised by the avoidance of everyday demands and the use of ‘social’ strategies as part of this avoidance.”Tony, PDA Society 2/4 These traits:autism spectrum condition– Differences in socialcommunication and social interaction– Restricted, repetitivepatterns of behaviour,interests,Continue reading “PDA”

Autistic Friends

Full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361320908976 #AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: Crompton & colleaguesJournal: AutismPublished: 2020Title: ‘I never realised everybody felt as happy as I do when I am around autistic people’: A thematic analysis of autistic adults’ relationships with autistic and neurotypical friends and familyAutistic friendsdespite common stereotypes, many autistic people do want to have friends, andContinue reading “Autistic Friends”

#AccessibleAcademia Theory of Autistic Mind (Williams, 2021)

You can read this paper in full for the remainder of June 2021 here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.616664 1/20#AccessibleAcademiaNothing about us without usWho: WilliamsJournal: Journal of PragmaticsPublished: 2021Title: Theory of Autistic Mind: a Renewed Relevance Theoretic Perspective on So-Called Autistic Pragmatic ‘Impairment’.Theory of Autistic MindQ: How many times do you think the queen has ridden a whale? 2/20Background:Lots ofContinue reading “#AccessibleAcademia Theory of Autistic Mind (Williams, 2021)”

#AccessibleAcademia Transgender & Gender-diverse individuals & autism – Warrier et al 2020

#AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without us Who: Warrier and colleagues Journal: Nature Communications Published: 2020 Title: Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals Transgender and gender-diverse individuals are 3-6x more likely to be autistic than cisgender individuals. This study used a massive sample of people,Continue reading “#AccessibleAcademia Transgender & Gender-diverse individuals & autism – Warrier et al 2020”

Stimming (Understanding Autism)

Autistic Nottingham Understanding Autism Stimming Stim is short for self-stimulatory behaviour. Stimming is an important part of autistic body language. It can look like fiddling, rocking, flapping, tapping, spinning, toe walking, and many more. Because we can get overwhelmed by unpredicted or complex sensory stimulation, stimming provides a predictable pattern of stimulation, which can beContinue reading “Stimming (Understanding Autism)”

Talking about interoception — Neurodiversity in Academia

What’s interoception? Interoception is the perception of sensations from inside the body. This includes sensations like your heart beat, whether you’re too hot or too cold, whether you’re hungry, or thirsty, or need the bathroom. Autistic people tend to be over- or under-sensitive to different forms of stimuli, including interoceptive stimuli. What does this mean?This […]Continue reading “Talking about interoception — Neurodiversity in Academia”

autistic (meta-)communication

Autistic (meta-)communication I’m autistic. Do you want to know why I refer to myself as having a communication difference, rather than a communication deficit?It’s because the way I communicate is different, not deficient. Let me explain. By: BRI, 2021 See, when I talk to Jack, the intent behind my communication is usually the literal, donotative*Continue reading “autistic (meta-)communication”

Executive Dysfunction Thread from @sayitslp Jana O’Connor

12:21 AM · Oct 25, 2019·Twitter Web App Original Thread here. 1/ (Thread) #NeurodiverseSquad no one has ever explained #ADHD or #executivedysfunction to me quite like Sarah Ward (@swardtherapy) and I need to share the awesome. (I’m a speech therapist with an 8yo son with ADHD, for background.) 2/ First, memory. You have two broadContinue reading “Executive Dysfunction Thread from @sayitslp Jana O’Connor”