Is it rude for Autistics to spend holidays in their room?
Is it rude for Autistics to spend holiday gatherings in their room, or opt out, instead of with the family? Is it promoting bad behavior? And how do you explain it to family members?
Category: Supporting your Autistic Offspring
How to Prevent Meltdowns
Meltdowns are no fun, but it is possible to avoid them. Here’s a framework for how.
Your Path to a Life You Love: Identify and Remove Hidden Barriers
Why is it that strategies to fix the obvious challenges often don’t work? It’s usually because they don’t get at what’s really going on beneath the surface.
Why I don’t recommend ABA
ABA is one of the most common interventions for Autistic kids, yet among Autistic adults it is one of the most reviled. The important question, though, is why.
A Quick Q&A on Behavior Therapy
Behavior therapies have been the standard “treatment” for autism for a long time, but are losing popularity. Here’s a little on my position in this regard.
What’s stimming really about?
Stimming is a bit different from other challenging behaviors because it’s both a result of stress and a strategy to calm down. It is one of the effective strategies we develop naturally.