[ad_1] Wide-eyed: Pupil responses suggest autistic people may have less ability than controls to focus their attention. Olga Ignatova / iStock Autistic people have atypical activity in a part of the brain that regulates attention, according to a new study1. The researchers measured pupil responses as a proxy for brain activity in a…
[ad_1] My mind works like a 3-D Printer; from drawing precise parts out, to cutting them out, to fusing the model pieces together. By Aaron Bouma Creativity has always been in my blood. I was fascinated with the military and military history when I was young. I started building models back in 2004 when I…
Nearly three years ago, when tech giant Microsoft announced that it was starting a pilot program to hire autistic workers, they received more than 700 resumes within a few weeks. German software maker SAP has instituted a program to bring people with autism into its workforce worldwide, and other companies are following suit. By all…
[ad_1] Photo © Sybren Stüvel | Flickr / Creative Commons[image: Frustrated white person at a computer keyboard. Theirhands are on their head covering their hair, and they are wearing glasses.] Maxfield SparrowUnstrangeMind.com Like many folks, I had not heard of Zoom before the pandemic. My friends in IT tell me they were using it for work…
[ad_1] Families of autistic children are struggling to get food from supermarkets amid the coronavirus pandemic. Parents say their children live on restricted diets and shops are being stripped bare of the foods they eat. Anna and Ben Champion. Anna says she has struggled to get the restricted range of foods Ben will eat due…
[ad_1] I wrote this last month. Then, it was just me. Now, it’s the human condition. By Lynne Rhys I’m in the middle of a major autistic shutdown. It’s the first I’ve had since being diagnosed. I’ve had them before but for the first time I know what it is. I stand at the bathroom…
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Conventional thinking suggests autism mainly affects boys. But more and more girls – and adult women – are being diagnosed with the condition. Subscribe for more Channel 4 News documentaries: http://bit.ly/LtASif. Up to 100,000 girls with autism could be still undiagnosed. Keme Nzerem has been to visit the only school in the UK that’s exclusively…
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[ad_1] Autism-Europe launches a survey on the situation of autistic people and their families during the COVID-19 spread. The measures introduced amid the COVID-19 spread in most European countries have had a major impact on the lives of autistic people and their families across Europe. To find out to which extent in more detail, Autism-Europe…