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Engagement in Special Interests Influences Well-Being and Provides Employment Opportunities in Neurodiverse Individuals

  • By: Sharon Eva, OTR/L Pediatric Occupational Therapist
  • June 25th, 2021
  • employment, engagement, identity, neurodiversity, special interests, Summer 2021 Issue, well-being
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A brief note on the terminology used in this article: While people should practice sensitivity towards various opinions, many adults on the autism spectrum have disclosed the preference of identity-first language over person-first language (Botha et al., 2020). Thus, identity-first language, such...

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