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What Label Do People on the Autism Spectrum Prefer?

Neil Petersen — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:03:31 +0000

A label might be “just a label,” but when that label is applied to a person it can have significance. That’s why people with neurological or mental health conditions often have preferences about the language used to discuss those conditions. This is something I sometimes think about when writing over on the ADHD Millennial blog.…

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Can a Cartoon Character Fight Stigma Against Autism?

Neil Petersen — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:51:54 +0000

Cartoons might seem like nothing more than a fun way to pass the time. Presumably, though, children who watch cartoons are integrating the things they see into how they view the world, as they do with more or less everything they encounter. That realization that cartoons can shape children’s attitudes is probably part of the…

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Untangling the Relationship Between Autism and Schizophrenia

Neil Petersen — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:00:47 +0000

Autism is a condition that psychiatrists have never known how exactly to categorize. The debate over how to define the condition has played out again in each new version of the DSM, the diagnostic manual commonly used by psychiatrists in the United States. With the latest version of the DSM, published in 2013, the diagnosis…

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What Sets Adults With Autism Who Have Savant Skills Apart?

Neil Petersen — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:00:17 +0000

Occasionally, people with autism have special abilities where they are able to far outperform others. They might be able to perform feats of memory, create incredibly realistic works of art, or tell you without hesitating that January 31, 2021 will be a Sunday. Of course, the majority of people with autism don’t have savant syndrome,…

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