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Some people feel that autism causes them to have a very different understanding of their gender than is expected of them. [29] [30] Some autistic individuals use the term "autigender" to describe the unique experience they have with their sense of gender. [31] Autigender is often incorrectly interpreted as saying that "autism" is one's gender. [30]
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum.ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.
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 ...
Regardless of how long your depression lasts, learning how to manage it is crucial. There are different types of depression, ranging from major depressive disorder to dysthymia, a low-grade ...
The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. [2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people ...
Alex Trebek made a personal phone call to an autistic man who'd become deeply depressed upon learning of the icon's pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Alex Trebek calls autistic 'Jeopardy' superfan to ...
Autism is associated with several genetic disorders, [4] perhaps due to an overlap in genetic causes. [5] About 10–15% of autism cases have an identifiable Mendelian (single-gene) condition, chromosome abnormality, or other genetic syndrome, [6] a category referred to as syndromic autism.
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