Caption: CLOSING THE GAP: "While not sexpositive, the autism world isn't "sexnegative." It wants to move forward, and it does move forward, but at such a slow pace that the discrepancy is beyond noticeable and the knowledge gap grows steadily between us and the
neurotypical world."
She is the Co-Author of "Measurement in saliva from
neurotypical adults of biomarkers pertinent to autism spectrum disorders" published in Future Science OA.
The researchers measured brain activity from three groups: teens with autism who received PEERS, teens with autism who were in a waitlist group (meaning they received PEERS after the first group was finished), and
neurotypical teenagers who did not receive the intervention.
ALBIE is seven, and is what the doctors call
neurotypical. OLIVIA - or Livvy - is mad about cats.
Holmes, Blacksil, and Haley showed in a study published in the International Journal of Toxicology that hair analysis done on children with autism compared with
neurotypical children showed normal children to have a higher level of mercury than children with autism.
Although some studies have shown that children and adults with autism disorder show reflexive orienting to eye gaze cues (see [4], for a review), other studies have shown that these individuals look less at the eye region of the face (e.g., [6,7]), engage in less mutual eye gaze behavior (e.g., [8]), and show more deficits in gaze following behaviors (e.g., [9]) than
neurotypical individuals.
Perhaps the most important lesson to be garnered from the book is Bromfield's view that all children with Asperger's need to be loved and honored to the same extent as
neurotypical children.
1450) compared urinary porphyrin concentrations in
neurotypical children and autistic children of the same age.
Compared to what my needs were as a 23-year old (such as $5 per night or less to pitch my tent), I was actually rolling in money On that trip, I accrued independence and job skills that went far beyond the provincial lessons experienced by my
neurotypical peers.
Uniquely Normal provides astounding insights into the fascinating minds on the autism spectrum, and much-needed guidance to parents of
neurotypical and atypical children alike.