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Paige Hennekam (born August 2, 2000), better known as Paige Layle, is a Canadian ADHD and autism acceptance activist and author. They [a] are known for discussing their experiences with ADHD and autism on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube since 2020. Their first book, But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life, was released ...
Image credits: Crumplesock The author faces a choice of placing her son into care or splitting her family apart, but she’s unsure if she’s being unreasonable for considering those options
An autistic child. The struggle for services. The 911 calls. This is the harrowing story of how one mom scrambled to get help for her son and keep her head above water.
Autism spectrum disorder [a] (ASD), or simply autism, is a neurodevelopmental disorder "characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts" and "restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities". [11] Sensory abnormalities are also included in the diagnostic manuals ...
Autistic burnout is defined as a syndrome of exhaustion, skill loss/regression, and sensory hypersensitivity or intensification of other autistic features. [1] Autistic people commonly say it is caused by prolonged overexertion of one's abilities to cope with life stressors, including lack of accommodations for one's support needs, which tax an autistic person's mental, emotional, physical ...
He needs assistance with things, and I will be responsible for him when my mom dies. My twin brother was diagnosed with autism when he was 2. He needs assistance with things, and I will be ...
Both the film and Autism Speaks have received heavy condemnation from autistic people and groups advocating for autistics, [13] with complaints about the film including that it portrays autistic people as tragic burdens than as actual human beings who happen to be autistic - which most of them do not want to be "cured" of or see it as a bad ...
Despite the growing diagnosis of autism, which has been estimated to affect more than 2 million children and teens across the country, experts and advocates have bemoaned glaring gaps in services ...