Neuroscience education and support for parents and helping professionals. Educational graphics, embodiment workshops, neurodiversity consulting.
Neuroscience education and support for parents and helping professionals. Educational graphics, embodiment workshops, neurodiversity consulting.
I do not struggle to access social engagement.
My autistic nervous system has never struggled to access social engagement in safe settings.
I struggle to access SAFETY.
The nature of scientific theory is that we build functional models to explain observable phenomenon and many small elements of the concept may be proven false while the overall theory is still true and useful.
All of these apparent “deficits” are either stress responses or perfectly functional neurodivergent communication differences. When an autistic person is overwhelmed by a sensory or social aspect of their environment, their body starts to shut down and the communication parts of the brain go offline.