Welcome to my page! I provide neurodiversity affirming psychological assessments for those wondering if they may be Autistic or PDA later in life. Often times, people have been missed or mis-diagnosed ...

Credit: Getty Images. This article describes what you should do to prepare for the initial evaluation if you suspect your child may have ASD, or if you think you might have ASD. Autism spectrum ...

Autism, ADHD, giftedness, and neurodiversity can impact so many areas of a person's functioning and well-being—from school, social life, work, and just overall mental health. You may read an array of ...

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People with possible autism who are referred to an autism team for a diagnostic assessment have the diagnostic assessment started within 3 months of their referral. There are several different routes ...

Questionnaire probes baby behaviors that might signal autism spectrum disorders. April 28, 2011— -- Call it mother's intuition. Linda Powell's only son Samuel was just two months old when she ...

People with autism are often portrayed in popular media as experiencing difficulty processing highly stimulating or overly loud environments. While this is certainly true for many, there can be a wide ...

Some things are difficult to look at because they do not match our concept of how things ought to be. This makes us uneasy and feel unsafe, so we turn away. So it is with autism. Autism Speaks reports ...

Megan Pilatzke ended up on a journey of self-discovery almost by accident. In 2019, Pilatzke began researching autism after learning the man she was dating (now her fiancé) has a nephew diagnosed with ...