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Masking Autism in Girls

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects different people in dramatically different ways. The signs and symptoms of it, and the severity to which these are present, can look entirely different in one individual…
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Sensory Issues and Autism

Many people who have autism experience sensory issues. The most recent criteria for diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in fact, includes sensory issues.Just like all other signs and symptoms of autism, sensory issues are quite unique…
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The History of Autism and Institutionalization

It may be hard to believe today, but it wasn’t that long ago that autism was considered a black mark on the individuals who had it and also on their parents. As late as the 1960s, in fact, children who were diagnosed with autism in the United…
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Individualized Education Plans (IEP) for Children With Autism

Studies have shown that children with autism who receive early intervention treatments such as applied behavioral analysis, or ABA therapy, are much more successful in building the social, communication and daily life skills with which they…
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Infantilization and Autism

As parents and caregivers, we only want what’s best for our children and those we are responsible for. We do everything we can to provide for them, to support them and to get them whatever they need and want.This is obviously a very good…
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Understanding Stigma in Autism

Our understanding of autism has come a long way in the last 20 years or so. A little more than 10 years ago, in fact, a new term was coined called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which wrapped multiple neurodevelopmental disorders that shared…