#autism

#autism

Genomic testing, once reserved for rare or complex cases and ordered by specialists, is rapidly becoming a standard tool in pediatric care.

Sean Stephenson, an 18-year-old from Charlton, was arrested at Tokyo International Airport on June 21 on suspicion of drug smuggling. He was allegedly found with over a kilo of methamphetamine.

"The auditory system cares about sound waves in a particular frequency range. The visual system, similarly, only cares about a narrow band of the visual light range. But the somatosensory system cares about tactile stimuli, thermal stimuli, chemical stimuli, proprioception..."

The invitation to the birthday party indicates that your son is already being held in mind by peers, which is a positive sign for his social integration.

The pain of betrayal is one of the ways that I think autism makes my life much harder.

"There's no reason he should have gotten any farther than the bus stop, and I just don't want that to happen again to him or to any other child or vulnerable person."

John Carpenter's "Starman" represents emotional catharsis and an idealistic America, marking a nostalgic film experience for the author since their childhood in 1984.

Most portrayals of autism in media can fall into one of a few different familiar tropes, including the autistic savant, autism as "inhuman," "straight white male" autism, and the autistic burden.

When being given the news that someone in your life is autistic, saying "we are all on the spectrum" invalidates the news you are hearing. It's a way of swatting away the cognitive strain of trying to understand your friend with a new lens.

Hendrix's outburst drew widespread condemnation online, with many emphasizing the inappropriateness of targeting a child, especially one with autism.

Riding the horse provides 3,000 to 6,000 steps in one session, depending on the length of the ride. You're getting 3,000 to 6,000 inputs into the body.

The versions presented in works that claim to home in on the autistic experience often make the mistake of being clinically specific, leaving characters feeling more like anthropomorphized passages.