Neurotransmitters Flow in this Autism Mind: Publications

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Autistic Inertia

I have a new article out in APS Observer

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/student-notebook-autistic-inertia-srinivasan.html

Brilliant and helpful article by Hari Srinivasan, an academic researcher and expert by experience. Thank you for broadening our knowledge, Hari!!

Highly informative article, Hari. I wish I had encountered this as a resource many years ago. Thank you for publishing it.

New Paper Alert - Anxiety in Autism

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/25739581251366856

Beyond Common Reassurances of "Its OK" - The Reality of Anxiety in Autism

"For many autistics, anxiety isn’t just an occasional system alert—it’s a back-
ground process running at max capacity, constantly consuming resources, leading to overheating, and at times, triggering a full system shutdown (meltdown)... Instead of expecting autistics alone to constantly overclock their processing power just to function, we need a fundamental shift in the
base model’s architecture itself."

This article really resonated with me — it captures Autistic anxiety authentically, holistically, and compassionately. I’d highly recommend reading it (if you have access to Autism in Adulthood).

It underlines why schools so often generate anxiety for Autistic children: they function as an intensified microcosm of society, inherently anxiety-evoking in their structures and demands.

Caught Between Tears and Stoicism

Autistics are often criticized for being too unexpressive or showing the wrong emotions...But when someone openly shows emotion, it’s suddenly inappropriate. Society can’t have it both ways—criticizing us for showing too little emotion and then too much.

Read Full Article at

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202409/caught-between-tears-and-stoicism

Caught Between Tears and Stoicism

Expecting neurodiverse individuals to either suppress or exaggerate emotions to fit societal comfort zones places an unfair burden of emotional labor on them.

Read Full Article at

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202409/caught-between-tears-and-stoicism

Does Autism Magic Away in Adulthood

Psychology Today: Do You Grow out of Autism?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202410/do-you-grow-out-of-autism

Who Autism Research Leaves Out

Read at https://time.com/6299599/autism-research-limited-essay/

If genuine progress in autism research and the development of real solutions are to be achieved, we must expand the zone of the researchable autistic.

-Hari Srinivasan, Time

My other list of Publications: https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/p/published-work.html

Disability and Multilingualism

Embracing multilingualism and disability inclusion means valuing and integrating these diverse forms of communication into our educational systems, workplaces, and communities.

Read Full Article at unesco.org...

Autism and Loneliness

https://time.com/6551520/loneliness-autism-essay/

Caught Between Tears and Stoicism

It’s a catch-22: If we don’t show emotion, we risk being labeled as "cold" or "unexpressive"; if we do, we might be seen as "overly emotional."

Read Full Article at

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202409/caught-between-tears-and-stoicism

Disability and Multilingualism

Just as ramps and elevators, which were initially designed for wheelchair users, can aid travelers with suitcases and families with strollers, solutions that support those with significant support needs in the autism community can enhance accessibility and inclusion for all.

Read Full Article at unesco.org...

Oversampling

Read at https://time.com/6299599/autism-research-limited-essay/

Just as psychology research had its WEIRD (“western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic”) sampling bias, autism research has not only a WEIRD sampling bias, but also has essentially oversampled the same, narrow band of what are considered the easily “researchable autistics,” and expected those findings (as well as the applications and interventions that resulted from them) to apply to everyone.

-Hari Srinivasan, Time

My other list of Publications: https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/p/published-work.html

Participant Selection Bias

Read at https://time.com/6299599/autism-research-limited-essay/

"Research participant selection bias is especially problematic in... autism because research [not only] provides explanations [but] also influences policy priorities, interventions, treatments, who gets access to funding, access to spaces, and even societal attitudes. Most importantly, research leads us to applications and solutions."

-Hari Srinivasan, Time

My other list of Publications: https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/p/published-work.html

Caught Between Tears and Stoicism

The varied responses to emotional display reflect ingrained ableist attitudes about how disabled people should behave.

Read Full Article at

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202409/caught-between-tears-and-stoicism

When Independence fuels loneliness

https://time.com/6551520/loneliness-autism-essay/

Perceived reduced networking and socialization

Mainstream discussions around remote and hybrid employment models often focus on productivity, or the perceived reduced networking and socialization.

Paradoxically, these very reasons serve to increase productivity for many disabled people, including the autism community.

- Hari Srinivasan, Fortune

Read full article at https://fortune.com/2023/07/27/flexible-work-critics-using-same-arguments-were-used-oppose-disabled-ramps-closed-captioning-equity-access-never-optional-remote-work-careers-hari-srinivasan/

My other list of Publications: https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/p/published-work.html

Hari’s ultimate aspiration is to combine policy with research to effect meaningful change for marginalized populations globally.

Read Full Article at unesco.org...

Intensified Mourning

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202402/the-spectrum-of-loss-grief-through-the-autistic-lens

Sensory Overload and Communication Challenges intensifies autistic mourning experiences - Hari Srinivasan

Caught Between Tears and Stoicism

When society expects the neurodiverse to conform to neurotypical standards of emotional expression, it reinforces a narrow view of what it means to be human.

Read Full Article at

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202409/caught-between-tears-and-stoicism