August 2020

The Importance of a Safe Place (Sanctuary)

Shelter /

For individuals on the autism spectrum, life can feel more intense because of increased sensory sensitivity to inputs like: loud noises, bright lights or colors, strong smells, peculiar air flow, rough surfaces, abnormal temperature, people talking, traffic, etc. Human interactions are especially intense because there is so much information to process so quickly – and […]

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The Autism Quotient (AQ) Test

Diagnosis /

When I was told that I may be autistic, I went online to search for assessments and tests to confirm whether or not it was true. The test that seems to be most commonly used is the Autism Quotient test. It was developed by a British psychologist in 2001 for people to roughly self-gauge their

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