Parents of children on the autism spectrum hear a lot about what their children “should” be doing socially. But according to Michigan State University’s Barbara Thompson, autistic children are not simply failing to process social information; they may be processing it...
Adhara Pérez Sánchez. Photo © 2024 Nuestro Stories..She was told she'd never fit in. Now she's aiming for Mars. The Latin phrase "ad astra per aspera" means "to the stars through struggle." It means that building resilience and overcoming challenges are necessary for...
If you've ever fallen down a rabbit hole of TikTok videos about ADHD, stumbled across an autism "awareness" post on Instagram, or asked an AI chatbot whether you might be dyslexic, you're not alone. Millions of people turn to the Internet every day looking for answers...
Armani Williams. Photo © Team Reaume..Armani Williams is proof that autism doesn't have to slow you down. Moving at speeds of nearly 200 miles per hour, there is no room for a wandering mind. For Williams, the first openly autistic driver in NASCAR, this high-stakes...
Stories teach us how to see each other. When we watch a character struggle, laugh, love, or succeed, we carry something of that character with us into the real world. For the roughly 1 in 36 children in the United States diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and...
If you have an autistic teenager or young adult, you may have seen them struggle to find employment, even if they are college graduates. You would think these problems were a thing of the past, especially given DEI initiatives and the many tech company billionaires...
Much Much Spectrum published an interesting post this week on LinkedIn about athletes at the Winter Olympics who have ADHD. It made us wonder how much the hyper-focused nature of sports intersects in any way with neurodivergence. For many professional athletes, ADHD...
Starting a coaching business can be a meaningful way to support neurodivergent individuals and families. Many people seek guidance in areas such as executive functioning, social skills, career transitions, and daily living routines. A thoughtful, respectful approach...
If you or your child live with ADHD, you know the hardest part isn’t “knowing what to do”—it’s getting started, staying with it, and recovering quickly when your attention slips. The right mobile app won’t “fix” ADHD, but it can act like a set of training wheels for...
When people say a famous person or historical figure was “probably autistic,” they usually mean the person’s surviving letters, biographies, and reported habits sound consistent with common autism traits, such as differences in social communication and interaction,...
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