Teletherapy & Neurodiversity
“If you never learn anything new, you’ll never be anything different” The neuro-divergent community which includes people with disabilities and special needs have been fighting for their rights and accessibility for a really long time now, but the recent lockdown has made it obvious to all. Similarly, the existence of teletherapy has been omnipresent for
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Autism & Sensory Overload
Have you ever had the experience of your computer or laptop just shutting down because of too many tabs being open? It just crashes doesn’t it? With an overload of information in it! Well, our human brains are just like a computer, but imagine the same thing happening to an individual with autism. The brains
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Fragile X Syndrome
“Having Fragile X Syndrome does not make you more Fragile than the others!” With some cutting-edge research going on in the field of biosciences, scientists and researchers are discovering and discussing disorders and conditions that are quite unheard of by the general public. One such syndrome is the Fragile X syndrome. As the name implies,
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Autism: Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
If you’ve met one person with Autism, then you’ve met one person with Autism – Stephen Shore Have you come across the Netflix show “Atypical” or “Love on the Spectrum”? Okay, if not this, then for all the Bollywood fanatics, surely you have seen Priyanka Chopra in “Barfi” or Shah Rukh Khan in “My Name
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Cerebral Palsy: Yes, I have CP & NO, it’s not contagious!
“Don’t be ashamed of your story, It is an inspiration to the others” When we talk about “Neurodiversity” as a broad umbrella term, we are talking about structural and functional differences of the brain. However, what we also need to realise is that a number of disorders or conditions do come with a set of
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Tourette’s Syndrome: What makes you tic?
Tourette’s is in my speech, not in my intellect Have you ever come across someone who shows sudden quick movements, twitching, vocalizations, repetitive words? If yes, chances are that that person has Tourette’s syndrome. This is one of the not so common disorders falling under the umbrella term of Neurodiversity. A lot of you must
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