Is it a good idea? The National Autistic Society (NAS), the self styled UK's leading charity for people on the autism spectrum and their families, has announced a study called Spectrum 10k, launched by a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge, including the Autism Research Centre, the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University …
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Hyperlexia – autistics who speak early
This is not me, dyslexia is in my family, hyperlexia is the opposite. Both of these exist outside of autism, but both are more common among autistic people. Hyperlexia is identified, usually in childhood, in someone with a reading ability which is well advanced for their age and a fascination with numbers or letters. It has …
Vaccine reluctance
I was going to post something else today, but on the day I started writing and researching for that post on autism the name of former Prime Minister Tony Blair was trending on Twitter. The usual crowd were saying the usual thing, axes were being ground, one political commentator wrongly said, "We kicked his a**e …
Disturbing intrusive thoughts
Disturbing intrusive thoughtsthat make you worrythat you’re a bad person I get these thoughts. When I see the schemes of the bad guys in a James Bond film I think that it is tame, either they could just shoot Bond, or they could do something like suspend him over a tank of hungry piranha fish, …
A challenge to ABA therapists.
My challenge is this: If you claim that there is proof that ABA has proof or has a scientific basis, can you show any evidence that has either evidence from a double blind test*, or a test with a significant (in the high hundreds or in the thousands) sample size. The challenge is any one …
What goes in and what comes out — Matthew 15:10–14
The concern of Jesus — part 2 40 blogs of Lent — day 13 This passage is personal to me because of how it has been used in the past. I goes something like this. If I am walking with a cup of tea and someone knocks into me what spills out is not tomato …
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I resolve to be more awkward than ever in 2021
There are things you just can't change Many New Year's resolutions are negative, You hate yourself for being overweight so you resolve to lose weight or join a gym. Thanks to Katherine May for this, So instead of focusing on something about myself I feel bad about, and will feel bad if I do not …
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Not being involved in criminal activity is a sign that you are deficient.
Yes, you read that right. That is what research from psychologists says. This one: Right temporoparietal junction underlies avoidance of moral transgression in Autism Spectrum Disorder They say that that autistic people are less likely to act immorally, even when consequences or chance of being found out are low, is apparently a 'deficit'. Yes really. …
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Gelatophobia
Fear of ice cream? Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com Gelatophobia is not the fear of gelato, or any other type of ice cream, but the fear of being laughed at. Although not exclusive to autistic people there it is more common in this group. An investigation from 2010 showed that gelatophobia is more likely …
A challenge to ABA therapists
1 Show me the numbers I am trying to get to the bottom of this controversy. You claim that the science shows that ABA works? Please show the evidence. Comments on this blog will be accepted, though abuse will be redacted. But I need decent science, which means a decent sample in the research. Autism …
Making an ass of myself 