Testing for ADHD - What Will It Involve
We spend a lot of time focusing on what we are supposed to be instead of celebrating and understanding who we are. However, learning to understand who we are doesn't come with an instruction manual.
Dyslexia Testing for Adults & Why it Happens So Late In Life
We often associate dyslexia as something diagnosed in children rather than a condition discovered or developed late in life. In addition, up until relatively recently, it was thought that only a very small percentage of the population was dyslexic—the reality is that one in five experience dyslexia!
4 Distinct Ways A Teen Brain Is Different
Spend any amount of time around a teenager and you’re going to figure out pretty quickly that their brains work differently than an adult’s brain. During those teenage years, different areas of the brain are still developing.
What are the Sources of Anxiety for autistic people and How to Deal with it
Anxiety is a natural response to uncertainty—it’s a survival mechanism built into us so we can survive in the wild. When we don’t know what to expect, our body switches into danger mode and starts looking for dangers
What Is Childhood Trauma
There’s a narrative in our world that the solution to every problem is to grit your teeth, shrug off the pain, and keep moving. Which, when you think about it, sounds less like a solution and more like a recipe for disaster.
Adults & Autism- How To Get Tested For It
It would be nice if an autism diagnosis were something simple. It’s only recently that we’ve started to understand autism as a spectrum—one that isn’t even linear in fact.