When my son was in high school, he had the opportunity to participate in a research study on the neurobiology of ADHD in children and adolescents. My son has always been open about his ADHD, so I ...
Tapping a pen, shaking a leg, twirling hair—we have all been in a classroom, meeting, or a public place where we find ourselves or someone else engaging in repetitive behavior—a type of ...
People with autism often face a stigma for stimming, repetitive behaviors to regulate emotions that can sometimes look like someone flapping their hands or wiggling their fingers. The children’s book ...
People with autism often face a stigma for stimming — a repetitive behavior to regulate emotions that can sometimes look like someone flapping their hands or wiggling their fingers. The children’s ...
When you’re anxious or stressed, do you find yourself biting your nails or chewing the inside of your cheek? Or maybe when you’re trying to stay focused in a meeting, you shake your leg under the desk ...
It's a film made by autistic people, not about autism”, Robin Elliot Knowles says. He is a member of the NeuroCultures Collective, a group of five neurodiverse artists who have collaborated with ...
LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Five autistic artists take audiences on a visceral journey through the world as they perceive it in "The Stimming Pool", a hybrid documentary feature screening at the London ...