Neurodiversity - Part 14

How One Police Officer Helped A Non-verbal Young Man With Autism

How one police officer helped a non-verbal young man with Autism

Sometimes frustrations in communicating their thoughts and feelings make kids with autism do things like run away from home. When a 16-year-old boy who has autism and is non-verbal ran away from home this fall for the second time, the responding police officer who helped find him decided to try to prevent it from happening again.

Young Girl With Down Syndrome To Attend Modeling Convention

Young girl with Down syndrome to attend modeling convention

It took a lot of effort and a lot of time, but Kennedy Walsh, a young model with Down syndrome, has finally raised enough money to attend a modeling convention in Los Angeles in January.

It’s A Wonderful Life: Autism And The Holidays

It’s a Wonderful Life: Autism and the Holidays

December 6, 2015
Alicia Palelis
ASD, Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Autism, Neurodiversity

Alicia Palelis offers some basic tips for autism parents to help get through the holidays season - and still enjoy it!

The Club Of True Neurodiversity Champions

The Club of True Neurodiversity Champions

December 4, 2015
Harold Reitman, M.D.
Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Autism, Neurodiversity

It was at the end of July, and I’d had a good day at the U.S. Autism and Asperger Association’s national conference in Tuscon, Ariz. From my spot at the author’s table, I had met many wonderful people in the autism community...

Navigating Adult Life And Autism With A SMILE

Navigating Adult Life and Autism with a SMILE

When our son Matt graduated from high school in 2013, his daily routines and patterns, developed for years within the same safe, supportive environment, came to an end. We asked ourselves, how can we fill 168 hours each week with meaningful, purposeful activities and not allow Matt to slide backwards.

College Football Player With Asperger’s Did The ‘impossible’

College football player with Asperger’s did the ‘impossible’

December 2, 2015
Peter Bochner
Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Autism, Neurodiversity

Justin Hansen is a fifth-year defensive lineman for the Colorado State University Rams football team. He has 36 career tackles and hopes to play in the NFL. Doesn’t have to be the active roster, he’ll take the practice squad. Just to prove he can.

Findings May Prevent Early Loss Of Synapses In Alzheimer’s

Findings may prevent early loss of synapses in Alzheimer’s

By Peter Bochner One of the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease is the loss of…

Autism Coaching In The Neurodiverse School System

Autism Coaching in the Neurodiverse School System

I am a wife, daughter, mom to a son and daughter, a breast cancer survivor, a friend to many and an autism coach.

One Blogger’s Vote For Note-taking By Laptop Vs. Longhand

One blogger’s vote for note-taking by laptop vs. longhand

November 24, 2015
Peter Bochner
Neurodiversity

By Peter Bochner I recently listened to a webinar titled Engaging the Rewired Brain, in…

Global Brain Health Institute Will Focus On The Worldwide Dementia Epidemic

Global Brain Health Institute will focus on the worldwide dementia epidemic

By Peter Bochner Global Brain Health Institute will focus on the worldwide dementia epidemic…

Contrary To Popular Belief, Students’ Attention Spans Are Not Getting Shorter

Contrary to Popular Belief, Students’ Attention Spans Are Not Getting Shorter

November 19, 2015
Peter Bochner
Neurodiversity

By Peter Bochner Most people believe that technology is making the attention span of…

Boston University Researching Protein To Help Alzheimer’s

Boston University researching protein to help Alzheimer’s

November 18, 2015
Peter Bochner
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Neurodiversity

By Peter Bochner Researchers at the Brain Plasticity & Neuroimaging Lab at Boston University’s College…

New York City To Unveil Plan For Combating Mental Health Disorders

New York City to unveil plan for combating mental health disorders

November 17, 2015
Peter Bochner
Neurodiversity

Plans for a mental health initiative aimed at preventing and treating psychological disorders among New…

Rutgers Announces Initiative To Launch Center To Support Adults With Autism

Rutgers announces initiative to launch center to support adults with autism

Rutgers University is launching an initiative to establish a center that will give adults with…

ADHD – What Else Could It Be?

ADHD – What else could it be?

By Brian Udell In medical parlance, the title = “The Differential Diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”.…

For One Veteran With PTSD, Performing Stand-up Is The Pressure Valve

For one veteran with PTSD, performing stand-up is the pressure valve

Adapted by Peter Bochner When Jeremy Cessna returned home after serving as a U.S. Army…

“Sesame Street” Joins Growing List Of Shows With Autistic Characters

“Sesame Street” Joins Growing List of Shows with Autistic Characters

By Peter Bochner Sesame Street has become the latest television show to introduce a character…

Giving Autistic Kids Superpowers Via Google Glass

Giving Autistic Kids Superpowers via Google Glass

By Peter Bochner Researchers at the Stanford University are using Google Glass to help autistic…

Mental Boot Camp May Be Treatment For Concussions

Mental Boot Camp May Be Treatment for Concussions

By Peter Bochner A clinic in Provo, Utah, is claiming to have remarkable success in…

Apple ResearchKit Software Enables New Studies Of Autism And Epilepsy

Apple ResearchKit Software Enables New Studies of Autism and Epilepsy

By Peter Bochner Apple ResearchKit, an open source software framework that makes it easy for…

Anorexics Show Different Brain Activity

Anorexics Show Different Brain Activity

By Peter Bochner When choosing foods to eat, anorexia nervosa patients who took part in…

Mayor Tim Ryan On Neurodiversity

Mayor Tim Ryan on Neurodiversity

August 25, 2015
DBAdmin
Neurodiversity

Mayor Tim Ryan defines neurodiversity and contextualizes it with contemporary politics. Video included.

Limiting Choices For Someone With Asperger’s Syndrome

Limiting Choices for Someone With Asperger’s Syndrome

August 25, 2015
DBAdmin
Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Autism, Neurodiversity

The Importance For Rules And Rewards For Someone On The Spectrum

The Importance for Rules and Rewards for Someone on the Spectrum

August 25, 2015
DBAdmin
Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Autism, Neurodiversity

Creating A Safe Place For Someone On The Spectrum

Creating a Safe Place for Someone on the Spectrum

August 25, 2015
DBAdmin
Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Autism, Neurodiversity

The Neurodiverse Excel At Creative Thinking According To New Study

The neurodiverse excel at creative thinking according to new study

August 25, 2015
DBAdmin
Neurodiversity

A new study showing that people with autism display higher levels of creativity has been…

For Its Own Good, American Business Must Embrace Neurodiversity

For Its Own Good, American Business Must Embrace Neurodiversity

All businesses can take a hint from Apple and Google: if you want your business…

Sad Because You Don’t Fit In? Don’t “Bee”

Sad Because You Don’t Fit In? Don’t “Bee”

The Bee Girl It’s known as the Bee Girl music video, and if…

Asperger’s Syndrome Student’s Socialization Skills Soar, Leading To Award Nomination

Asperger’s syndrome student’s socialization skills soar, leading to award nomination

April 14, 2015
Harold Reitman, M.D.
Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Neurodiversity

Whether you want to call it a stereotype or a defining trait, if there’s one…

Autism Awareness Month: Jacqueline Laurita posts on loving her autistic son

As you may know, one of the major points of my book Aspertools is that…

Kudos to Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars”

It’s not just that they have raised over $18 million for the autism spectrum disorder…

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