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Ann Memmott PGC🌈
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Let's do some rewording."Talks about things that no-one is interested in".Reality:"My own brain can only take in a tiny bit of information about a subject before wanting to move on.
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How we stigmatise groups.Suppose I said to you, "This is a questionnaire about people with blue eyes. Have you ever been attacked by someone with blue eyes? Please list out
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-020-04840-6 New study re the views of nonautistic people towards autistic individuals. The aim - to move away from negative stereotypes. But the 'sample fictional autistic person' is
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How many people know they're autistic, so far.These are the studies from various countries and teams.England & Scotland data taken from the official school records.The problem is, not everyone knows
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Important addition to the work around autistic children and barriers to getting good test results in schools by @thewoodbug and @HappeLab I found this table fascinating. I've highlighted three items
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New Book Warning.This is out in the next few days. Another book claiming that autism is a mistaken behaviour and by normalising and modifying the child, you get rid of
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https://unherd.com/2020/12/is-autism-a-superpower/ I don't know where to start with this, other than noting KCL is working with Autism Speaks on the AIMS-2 'cure/treat autistic people' project.I wish people didn't invent non
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https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/29344/ Yale are worried. Spot the holes in the defence OK, first up in this study of how to frighten autistic toddlers using vampire masks and mechanical spiders etc..Allegedly things
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So. That study where toddlers were shown vampire masks and giant spiders to see how much they screamed.The nearly $2 million in funding for it is linked to two funding
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Next up in today's reading, a behaviourist team traps children in a room so they can't escape. No mention of sensory accommodations in room.Enforce workload. If child fails to comply,
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V important new research into extreme sensitivity to noise, in autistic people (hyperacusis). Most autistic people suffer this.It's a major barrier to everyday life, jobs, education, everything.At the moment, little
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Today I want to talk about how autistic children might express love for their parents/carers. Thread/There is a well known book about 'five love languages' saying that these are:Words of
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