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Building Social Skills for Teens: The Ultimate Guide
The teen years bring major changes in how kids socialize. Girls form tight-knit cliques, boys compete to one-up each other, and friend groups shift, making classrooms feel like social minefields. For...
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Autism and Hugging: Understanding Social Challenges
Hugging is a common way for people to express affection to each other. However, many people have different comfort levels regarding physical contact, making respecting personal space very important....
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Parallel Play in Autism: Benefits and How to Support It
Play is a vital part of childhood development, offering opportunities for learning and connection. For many children, including those on the autism spectrum, autism parallel play can be an important...
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Understanding The Effects of Masking Autism
For many autistic individuals, masking is a strategy used to avoid feeling out of place or facing judgment from others. However, while it may help in the short term, it often leads to significant...
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Pretend Play and Autism: Supporting Imaginative Growth
As children develop, they will experience many types of play. The dynamic between pretend play and autism highlights how imaginative activities can help children explore roles, practice social...
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Teaching Relationship Skills to Autistic Children and Young Adults
Parents play a pivotal role in encouraging healthy relationship-building for their children on the spectrum. Teaching relationship skills to autistic children involves fostering an understanding of...
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Do Autistic People Have Empathy?
When someone we love is sad, we often feel their pain. This is called empathy. But do autistic people have empathy? Despite a common misconception, individuals on the spectrum do experience deep...
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Flat Affect and Autism: Understanding Expression Differences
Does someone in your family have a limited range of emotional expression? Maybe they seem stoic? Do they rarely get excited? This is called flat affect, and it is common among people diagnosed with...
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Understanding Black and White Thinking in Autism
One day, my son, Jeremy, was playing a video game. Despite winning the game, he decided he had failed because he didn’t get a perfect score. At this moment, his black-and-white thinking in autism...
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These Simple Steps Helped My Autistic Son Build a Social Network
Over the past ten years, one of my chief goals has been to help my son develop strong social skills and a social network. I recognize that socializing isn’t his preferred activity, but as a savvy...
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Autism Face Recognition: Understanding the Challenges
When we were kids, one of our most vivid memories was probably learning to recognize faces. Autism face recognition may differ from that of neurotypical individuals, and that’s completely okay. For...
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Autism and Self-Esteem: How to Help Your Child Feel Confident
We all know that person who can’t see their own value, even when we can. They may struggle with low self-esteem. But for those with autism spectrum disorder, self-esteem can present itself...
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Developing social skills is a crucial aspect of every child’s growth, and learning how to help an autistic child with social skills is important for many families. While the way autistic children...
View ArticleEmotional Intelligence and Autism: What Every Parent Should Know
Emotional intelligence and autism are often discussed together when exploring how emotions are understood and expressed. Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to how a person acknowledges and manages...
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Is It Oversharing or Just Autism? What Parents Should Know
Have you ever met someone who shares everything? They seem to have no filter when it comes to anything they tell you. This is known as oversharing, and it can be concerning, depending on the social...
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Social Challenges for Girls
Recognizing autism in girls can provide understanding and support. When most people think about autism, they often picture what research and media have historically shown: a young boy, perhaps with...
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How Does Autism Affect Thinking? From Overthinking to Deep Focus
Parents often wonder what is happening inside their autistic child’s mind. Why do they get stuck on certain thoughts? Why does sarcasm confuse them? Or why can they focus intensely on one topic for...
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Alone vs. Lonely in Autism: Key Signs and Support Strategies
Knowing the difference between preferred distance and loneliness can support emotional well-being. Many autistic individuals have different social needs, enjoying solitude in their areas of...
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Essential Strategies for Teaching Autism Social Skills: Why the Reason Matters
A psychologist and therapist explain the benefits of teaching your child the reason for social skills and concepts, in an interest-based manner. To meet the diagnostic criteria of autism spectrum...
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Clever Autism Social Hacks: Practical Strategies For Everyday Social Skills
An undiagnosed neurodivergent mom shares her top tips for navigating social skills and behaviors in a neurotypical world. I have three grown children on the spectrum. Though in the 1970s, when I was...
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