Neurotransmitters Flow in this Autism Mind

https://www.dailycal.org/2018/04/05/access-ramp-volunteering

Happy Thanksgiving

In Thanksgiving's embrace,

gratitude whispers the profound truth:

life's richness resides in acknowledging its simplest gifts.

- Hari Srinivasan

I signed up today for a Twitter (X?) account for the first time because I read the Newsweek article "A Dual Approach for Autism." I'm married to an autistic man and my grandson is also autistic, and my hopes and wants for/from them are vastly different. I loved your perspective.

And here is the article https://www.newsweek.com/dual-approach-autism-opinion-1818062

Restless Echoes

https://youtu.be/AchJvZVdgdQ

Find my poetry on my YouTube Channel and on this blog.

Time

What an insightful and well written article. I applaud you! As a pediatrician I too have felt frustrated with the limited information we have to provide parents and children once they receive a diagnosis of Autism. Interestingly, I have noticed that many of my patients with Autism are gifted with almost "special" abilities. For some it is art, for others music for others it is academics. I had 2 patients that went on to study aerospace engineering and amazed me with their knowledge in the office. I have always felt that as a society we should expose children with autism to a vast array of things and concepts to see what resonates with them and then nurture that, instead of forcing them to conform to "how we think children should be". It would be interesting to create a longitudinal study that follows children after a diagnosis over a lifetime to see what helped them develop their skills (parenting styles, conventional schooling and therapies, unconventional..) I feel like with the diagnosis of Autism there is so much we don't know and so much we can learn from them too. Its like untapping parts of the brain we never knew existed. I wish you luck on your advocacy efforts and agree 100%!

Article Link: https://time.com/6299599/autism-research-limited-essay/

Spectrum Serenity

https://youtu.be/Ikeg80SOLuc

Find more of my poetry on my YouTube Channel and on this blog

https://www.newsweek.com/dual-approach-autism-opinion-1818062

To drive true progress and improve the quality of life of all autistics we need BOTH Strengths_based_Opportunities AND Challenges_based_Solutions.

It is not Either-Or.

#Autism #Research #Strengths_based_opportunities #Challenges_based_solutions.

Spectrum of Cosmic Curiosity

Spectrum of Cosmic Curiosity

https://youtu.be/msks8efFVCc

Crimson Friday

If Blue is Monday BLUES, then I assign color CRIMSON for Fridays - Fridays are playing a fiery catch up rush, on all that was due this week, not quite making the cut and knowing you are adding to next week's already big pile.

https://youtu.be/J9lNuScDMzY

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OMG I have so much, too much work left to do!!! #gradschoollife

In the thick

Event hosted by Spectrum at Cal during my undergrad years.

Panel on Autism Research

Now I'm in the thick of doing Autism Research. How about that!!

And this is the area I will be looking at https://youtu.be/TG67gYXyz1o

https://www.dailycal.org/2018/04/12/compulsion-complexity