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Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) is a trademarked proprietary treatment program for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), based on the belief that the development of dynamic intelligence is the key to improving the quality of life for autistic people. The program's core philosophy is that autistic people can participate in authentic ...
Another early researcher, Leo Kanner described "autistic disturbances of affective contact" in the group consisting of eight boys and three girls. [7] Today, Autism Spectrum Disorder is commonly defined as a neurological developmental disorder with symptoms of poor social communication, repetitive behaviors, sensory sensitivities, executive ...
Nonverbal and living with autism, 19-year-old Michaela relies on her mother, Nataly Perez. “Every day, we work through challenges that many people don’t even notice,” Perez said in Spanish.
Scientists with the Autism Research Centre at University of Cambridge, using data from 600,000 adults in the UK, concluded in August 2020 that adults who were transgender or gender diverse were three to six times more likely to have an autistic diagnosis than those who were cisgender, and suggested that between 3.5 and 6.5% of transgender and ...
The scientific consensus is that there is no relationship, causal or otherwise, between vaccines and incidence of autism, [17] [18] [16] and vaccine ingredients do not cause autism. [ 19 ] Nevertheless, the anti-vaccination movement continues to promote myths, conspiracy theories and misinformation linking the two. [ 20 ]
She switched her child to a Catholic school where the girl thrived after being taught phonics. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Susie Coughlin, 43, an interior designer. It ...
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Autistic respondents were more than twice as likely to say they had been the victim of rape and over three times as likely to report unwanted sexual contact. [11] In 2018, a large scale study found that autistic girls were almost three times more likely to be a victim of sexual abuse compared to non-autistic girls. [12]