Nurturing Comfort: Sensory Processing Through an Autistic Lens

• By: Annie Kent, MA #ActuallyAutistic Mental Health Systemic Advocate, Educator, and Freelance Writer
• January 10th, 2024
• actually autistic, dysregulation, hypersensitivity, hyposensitivity, sensory issues, sensory-processing differences, Winter 2024 Issue
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What grates on your nerves? The slurping sound made by an open-mouthed eater or by someone smacking gum and popping bubbles? What about ticking clocks? Or the coworker who repeatedly clicks their pen, ad nauseam? Why do such noises bother autistic people? Maybe it’s because stimuli and sensory...

Guidelines for a More Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice for Autism

• By: Rebecca Rosenzweig Autistic Self-Advocate Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP Brown University
• April 1st, 2022
• ABA, actually autistic, anxiety, communication, dysregulation, echolalia, eye contact, language, neurodiversity, research, sensory-processing differences, Spring 2022 Issue, stimming, training
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This article came out of discussions between the authors about guidelines for a more neurodiversity-affirming practice for autism. The training that is discussed in this article was developed by the first author (Rebecca Rosenzweig). Authors’ note: As an autistic person working in a...

A Practical Guide for Parents of Children with Sensory Processing Difficulties

• By: Sheri Wolnerman-Bardos, MS Natalia Appenzeller, PhD Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
• October 1st, 2012
• dysregulation, parenting, sensory processing, stimulation
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Having a child diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) necessitates parents to make a host of lifestyle and emotional adjustments. Many of these adjustments are in response to behavioral challenges exhibited by their children due to difficulty appropriately processing sensory information....