Filling the Gaps in Healthcare: The Vital Role of Information Sharing for Individuals with Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• By: Karen Lindgren, PhD Bancroft Sally A. French, MSN, APN, PMHNP-BC Cooper University Hospital
• April 12th, 2024
• care coordination, collaborative approach, communication, environment, healthcare barriers, sensory issues, sensory-friendly, Spring 2024 Issue
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Wading through the complex landscape of healthcare for individuals with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their caregivers can be frustrating, often hindered by a variety of barriers unique to this population. While systematic and overwhelming, these challenges are...

The Unique Responsibility of Neuroexpansive Minds for Cultural Inclusion

• By: Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD Project CASY Yale Child Study Center
• January 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, animal rights, animals, environment, neurodivergence, social justice, Winter 2023 Issue
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As an advocate for those with neuroexpansive minds in bodies that have become commodified bodies, I have come to understand, over the years, that a piecemeal approach to the valuing of difference and extensions of freedoms for all designated expendable in modern culture depends on every such...

Designing Environments to Reduce Challenging Behaviors

• By: Heidi Hillman, PhD, BCBA-D, LMHC Eastern Washington University
• September 23rd, 2021
• actually autistic, challenging behaviors, children, communication, environment, Fall 2021 Issue, parenting, sensory challenges, strength-based approach
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Challenging behaviors - defined as abnormal behaviors that deviate from one’s culture in frequency, intensity, or duration - are common among autistics, and have the potential to cause hardships for the autistic and others (Jang, Healy, & Mannion, 2011; Matson & Minshawi, 2007; Myers...