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NYC parents

ESPN Analyst's Son Brings Studio to Tears on World Autism Awareness Day

Your Kid Can Be A More Inclusive Friend With Sesame Workshop's New Autism Resources

Sesame Workshop expands resources for Autism Awareness Month to promote inclusivity and kindness among children and families.

Social justice

18 hours ago

Extending Awareness to Every Autistic Person

Autism awareness must encompass all autistic individuals, acknowledging their unseen struggles regardless of perceived high-functioning status.

fromTODAY.com

NYC parents

ESPN Analyst's Son Brings Studio to Tears on World Autism Awareness Day

Your Kid Can Be A More Inclusive Friend With Sesame Workshop's New Autism Resources

Sesame Workshop expands resources for Autism Awareness Month to promote inclusivity and kindness among children and families.

more#autism-awareness

#accessibility

14 hours ago

Fundraising

How a blind man from Mass. made it possible for others with low vision to build Lego sets

Higher education

fromwww.npr.org

23 hours ago

These blind students say their college blocked their education. A new rule could help

Blind students face significant challenges due to inaccessible learning materials in online education programs.

Science

My mission to make life more user friendly for the disability community

14 hours ago

Fundraising

How a blind man from Mass. made it possible for others with low vision to build Lego sets

Higher education

fromwww.npr.org

23 hours ago

These blind students say their college blocked their education. A new rule could help

Blind students face significant challenges due to inaccessible learning materials in online education programs.

Science

My mission to make life more user friendly for the disability community

Asking for a friend: 'My son has just been diagnosed with autism and ADHD. My husband also got tested and has ADHD. How will all this affect our relationship?'

Navigating the challenges of neurodiversity in a family can be overwhelming, especially with multiple diagnoses affecting communication and relationships.

Careers

How to help your neurodivergent employees thrive on the job

Engaging with neurodivergent employees requires curiosity, high standards, and high support to foster an effective work environment.

Psychology

Neurodivergent Mind: When Your Common Sense Is Not Common

Mental health

Why Neurodivergent People Can Be 'Canaries in Coal Mines'

Mental health

This new social network is designed specifically for neurodivergent adults

Mental health

Redefining Persistence: Goal-Setting and Neurodivergence

Asking for a friend: 'My son has just been diagnosed with autism and ADHD. My husband also got tested and has ADHD. How will all this affect our relationship?'

Navigating the challenges of neurodiversity in a family can be overwhelming, especially with multiple diagnoses affecting communication and relationships.

Careers

How to help your neurodivergent employees thrive on the job

Engaging with neurodivergent employees requires curiosity, high standards, and high support to foster an effective work environment.

Psychology

Neurodivergent Mind: When Your Common Sense Is Not Common

Mental health

Why Neurodivergent People Can Be 'Canaries in Coal Mines'

Mental health

This new social network is designed specifically for neurodivergent adults

fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News

Mental health

Redefining Persistence: Goal-Setting and Neurodivergence

more#neurodiversity

UX design

23 hours ago

This Cup Replaces the Kettle So Visually Impaired Users Make Tea Alone - Yanko Design

The Smart Cup integrates kettle, teapot, and cup for visually impaired users, enhancing safety and independence in making hot beverages.

fromDaily Mom magazine

Special Needs Summer Camp For Children, Special Needs Camp

Special needs summer camps are specialized programs designed for children and young adults with a range of disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, Down syndrome, and other developmental or physical challenges.

Parenting

How to Help Someone Have an Empathy Makeover

Empathy can be developed through structured reflection and practice, enhancing mental health and relationship dynamics.

Online learning

Social-Emotional Learning and STEM in Immersive Spaces

Virtual environments enhance science learning by fostering empathy, collaboration, and multisensory engagement.

SF parents

fromwww.bbc.com

6 days ago

My daughter has childhood dementia and may not live past 16

Sophia Scott's family faces the challenges of her rare, incurable condition, Sanfilippo syndrome, which causes childhood dementia and impacts their lives significantly.

6 days ago

Love on the Spectrum proves that we still crave wholesome reality TV

Logan is a big fan of Hannah Montana and Spongebob Squarepants. He loves model trains and watches videos of them crashing, because that way he knows that no one was hurt.

Television

This Theory Explains Why Neurodivergents Are Burning Out

Neurodivergent individuals experience higher burnout rates, necessitating accommodations to balance job demands and resources.

Psychology

Neurodivergent Identity Is Not About Being Special

Recognizing neurodivergence or giftedness aligns identity with natural cognitive needs rather than claiming superiority, promoting congruence and better mental wellbeing.

This Theory Explains Why Neurodivergents Are Burning Out

Neurodivergent individuals experience higher burnout rates, necessitating accommodations to balance job demands and resources.

Psychology

Neurodivergent Identity Is Not About Being Special

How to Stop Taking Things Personally When You Have ADHD

ADHD can intensify the tendency to take things personally due to emotional processing and past experiences.

Mental health

Why Making Friends as an Adult With ADHD Can Feel So Hard

I Spent A Year Talking To ADHD Experts. Here's What I've Learned As A Mom.

ADHD parenting focuses on recognizing patterns and making gradual improvements rather than seeking perfection.

The Late-Diagnosed Mind: ADHD and Autism in Adults

Undiagnosed ADHD and autism in adults lead to significant psychological costs, including high rates of anxiety and depression.

ADHDers in Love

Neurodivergent adults frequently exhibit insecure attachment that shapes romantic relationships, increasing vulnerability to rejection fears and requiring neuro-affirming predictability and clear communication.

'You Don't Outgrow ADHD and You Don't Outlast It'

Persistent ADHD into adulthood is associated with worse physical health outcomes: smoking, higher BMI, substance use, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and increased mortality.

How to Stop Taking Things Personally When You Have ADHD

ADHD can intensify the tendency to take things personally due to emotional processing and past experiences.

Why Making Friends as an Adult With ADHD Can Feel So Hard

Adults with ADHD often find forming genuine friendships challenging due to neurological factors affecting attention and emotional intensity.

I Spent A Year Talking To ADHD Experts. Here's What I've Learned As A Mom.

ADHD parenting focuses on recognizing patterns and making gradual improvements rather than seeking perfection.

The Late-Diagnosed Mind: ADHD and Autism in Adults

Undiagnosed ADHD and autism in adults lead to significant psychological costs, including high rates of anxiety and depression.

Psychology

ADHDers in Love

Mental health

'You Don't Outgrow ADHD and You Don't Outlast It'

Leading While Autistic

Autistic leaders thrive in organizations that embrace diverse talent, challenging stereotypes about autism and leadership.

Autism in Women: TikTok Diagnosis or Self-Correction?

Late-diagnosed autism is increasingly recognized in high masking women, raising debates about social media influence and historical treatment in mental health.

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

6 Ways Schools Undermine Autistic Students' Self-Advocacy

Autistic students face systemic barriers in self-advocacy at school, requiring structural solutions beyond individual efforts.

Medicine

New study challenges an old assumption about autism diagnosis

Public health

As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this Ayer family is raising twins with it

Social justice

Autism Barbie? I'm Not a Fan

Leading While Autistic

Autistic leaders thrive in organizations that embrace diverse talent, challenging stereotypes about autism and leadership.

Autism in Women: TikTok Diagnosis or Self-Correction?

Late-diagnosed autism is increasingly recognized in high masking women, raising debates about social media influence and historical treatment in mental health.

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

6 Ways Schools Undermine Autistic Students' Self-Advocacy

Autistic students face systemic barriers in self-advocacy at school, requiring structural solutions beyond individual efforts.

Medicine

New study challenges an old assumption about autism diagnosis

Public health

As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this Ayer family is raising twins with it

Social justice

Autism Barbie? I'm Not a Fan

Neuroinclusion Isn't Special Treatment

Workplace design often reflects unexamined assumptions about people, which can negatively impact neurodivergent employees and overall productivity.

fromwww.npr.org

New autism group meets to counter MAHA's 'ideological agenda'

We in the autism science and advocacy community were just appalled at the way he went about selecting members. The current committee has been hijacked by a narrow ideological agenda that does not reflect either the broad autism community or the state of autism science.

US news

The Erasure That Altered Who "Counts" as Autistic

In 1925, Sukhareva clearly described older boys who were writing for a school newspaper in a great literary style, playing musical instruments, creating art, connecting deeply with nature and select individuals, and holding on to their ethical principles. They also had sensory sensitivities, limited motor coordination, intense idiosyncratic interests, and difficulties with socializing.

Writing

Medicine

Autism in older adults: the health system must recognize its effects

Autism research neglects adults, yet older autistic individuals face higher rates of heart disease, Parkinson's-like symptoms, osteoporosis, and dementia, requiring systematic investigation and adapted healthcare pathways.

fromLos Angeles Times

Autistic people are more likely to experience suicidal crisis. 988 is changing to serve them better

The 988 Lifeline is a crucial resource for suicide prevention, but autistic individuals face unique challenges when using it.

What Gossip and Small Talk Means for the Neurodiverse

Gossip historically served social cohesion purposes but now primarily makes people feel better about themselves, while neurodivergent individuals who avoid gossip face vulnerability to bullying and social alienation.

When a Diagnosis Becomes Your Entire Identity

Diagnosis can aid understanding and community, but over-identifying with it can harm personal growth and self-identity.

Stop Telling Anxious People to Be Resilient

Resilience frameworks wrongly attribute anxiety to individual weakness rather than systemic issues, leading to harmful consequences for those affected.

Relationships

Responding to a Partner's Neurodivergence With Understanding

Partners with different brain types can experience relationship strain through miscommunication, but understanding each other's perspectives and communication styles can resolve conflicts.

#caregiving

Parenting

Life with my autistic sons: How do you explain all the worries, the sleepless nights?'

fromBuzzFeed

Parenting

I Made My Son A Promise When He Was Born. 20 Years Later, I Was Devastated To Break It.

Parenting

Life with my autistic sons: How do you explain all the worries, the sleepless nights?'

fromBuzzFeed

Parenting

I Made My Son A Promise When He Was Born. 20 Years Later, I Was Devastated To Break It.

Miscellaneous

Why a Formal ADHD Diagnosis Matters for Parents

4 weeks ago

How ADHD diagnosis helped my mental health | Letters

ADHD and autism are neurodevelopmental conditions with distinct neurological differences, not spectrum traits everyone possesses; diagnosis provides crucial self-understanding and validation rather than limiting labels.

Miscellaneous

Why a Formal ADHD Diagnosis Matters for Parents

4 weeks ago

How ADHD diagnosis helped my mental health | Letters

Epistemic Injustice: The Great Gaslighting of Autistic Lives

Autistic people face epistemic injustice when researchers and authorities dismiss their self-knowledge and lived experiences, treating them as unreliable narrators of their own lives.

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Fostering Independence in Teens and Young Adults with ADHD

Parenting teens with ADHD requires balancing safety with autonomy while building executive function skills through intentional capacity-building rather than rule enforcement.

#profound-autism

Public health

New autism diagnosis under consideration by experts

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Public health

A new diagnosis of profound autism' is under consideration. Here's what parents need to know

Public health

New autism diagnosis under consideration by experts

Public health

A new diagnosis of profound autism' is under consideration. Here's what parents need to know

more#profound-autism

#invisible-disabilities

Mental health

Living a Great Life With an Invisible Disability

Mental health

The Hidden Struggles of Invisible Disabilities

Living a Great Life With an Invisible Disability

Invisible disabilities are medically real conditions affecting millions, requiring accommodation despite lacking visible signs, and deserve recognition without judgment or assumption of fraud.

more#invisible-disabilities

Mental health

The Hidden Struggles of Invisible Disabilities

Science

Daily briefing: What we know about autism and ageing - and what we don't

Autism diagnoses among adults are rising while the effects of autism on ageing remain poorly understood.

#iep

Education

3 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew About IEP Meetings

Education

6 Things I Wish I Knew Before My Kid's First IEP Meeting

Education

3 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew About IEP Meetings

Education

6 Things I Wish I Knew Before My Kid's First IEP Meeting

Needed: Providers Who Can Diagnose and Treat Adult ADHD

Adult ADHD affects 6% of U.S. adults annually and ranks as the second most common psychiatric diagnosis, yet most clinicians lack training in its assessment and treatment.

Environmental Sensitivity: A Transdiagnostic Trait?

Environmental sensitivity is a biologically-based, heritable trait involving heightened reactivity to physical, emotional, and social stimuli that functions as a transdiagnostic risk factor for mental health problems.

When Autism and ADHD Travel Together

AuDHD—being both autistic and ADHD—affects 50-70% of autistic people and 20-65% of ADHD individuals, yet remains underdiagnosed due to diagnostic overshadowing and historical clinical restrictions.

UK news

fromwww.bbc.com

Anger over Alton Towers changes for visitors who are autistic or have ADHD

Merlin Entertainments will restrict ride access passes for conditions such as autism, ADHD and anxiety, limiting use of the disability queuing system this February half-term.

fromenglish.elpais.com

The incidence of autism is similar in boys and girls, although boys are diagnosed earlier

The findings of a study conducted on a sample of 2.7 million people in Sweden over a 35 year period, and published this Thursday in the medical journal BMJ, suggest that the male to female ratio of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has decreased over time. In early childhood, before the age of 10, the male to female ratio is 3:1 (the most widely accepted ratio a few years ago was 4:1).

Medicine

#eamon-ryan

Miscellaneous

'You don't really have time for grief. And you don't have any choice. The day-to-day reality with Tommy is for us a very rich one.' Eamon Ryan on his son who has autism

Miscellaneous

'He had a late-onset autism, when he was about four or five. He met most of his markers when he was a baby': Eamon Ryan on his son, Tommy

Miscellaneous

'You don't really have time for grief. And you don't have any choice. The day-to-day reality with Tommy is for us a very rich one.' Eamon Ryan on his son who has autism

Miscellaneous

'He had a late-onset autism, when he was about four or five. He met most of his markers when he was a baby': Eamon Ryan on his son, Tommy

Night of Science: Fact, Fiction, and the Future of Autism Research (SF)

An evening public event presents Dr. Matt State and Victoria Colliver for talks and a fireside chat on autism and neuropsychiatric research, followed by a public Q&A.

3 Green Flags of Neurodiversity-Affirming Autism Evaluations

Neurodiversity-affirming autism assessments center the individual's lived experience through respectful, collaborative evaluation and avoid stereotype-based diagnoses.

The Science of Belonging for People With IDD

Developmental disabilities are actually quite common. In the United States, about 1 in 6 children has a developmental disability (CDC, 2024). Intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions usually present at birth that affect the trajectory of a person's physical, intellectual, and/or emotional development (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2021). Conditions such as Down Syndrome, Autism, Fragile X, Cerebral Palsy, and others are examples of intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Public health

The AuDHD Strength of Being Attuned

Attuned AuDHD individuals have heightened perceptual and emotional sensitivity that fosters deep empathy and insight while increasing risk of sensory and emotional overload.

Is It Time to See Dyslexia as a Superpower?

Dyslexia often reflects distinctive cognitive strengths under the MIND framework rather than only a reading disorder, enabling specialized learning styles and potential advantages.

Do You Have an Attention Problem? Or Does everyone?

Attention is effortful and humans are naturally attracted to novelty; minimize distractions and schedule demanding tasks when freshest, with breaks to sustain focus.

Chronodiversity: A Forgotten Aspect of Neurodiversity

Most people's sleep-wake timing is misaligned with societal schedules because chronodiversity causes varied circadian regulation across individuals.

Autism and Headphones: Beyond the Stereotypes

Noise-canceling headphones reduce steady background noise but can increase sensory overwhelm and make sudden sounds unexpectedly harsher, especially for autistic listeners.

fromenglish.elpais.com

ADHD overdiagnosis is harming gifted children

Gifted children's selective attention and rapid processing are often misdiagnosed as ADHD due to educational mismatches and insufficient teacher training.

Strengths That Autistic Adults Often Bring to Work and Life

Autistic adults often have strengths like hyperfocus, deep knowledge, and attention to detail that, when recognized, improve quality of life, careers, and relationships.