Emotions can be difficult to understand (especially for special needs children), but figuring out and identifying your own emotions is critical to understanding who you are as a person. How we react to certain situations and the intensity in which our emotions flare up can tell us a lot about ourselves, and it’s what makes …
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Your work is important, but your health is more-so. This also includes your mental health, which is why many doctors will harp on being able to alleviate stress. However, in order to do so, you need to be able to identify your stress triggers and learn to manage them. What are stress triggers, though? And …
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Over the many years we’ve been on this planet, we’ve invented many forms of communication. We can talk face to face, write, sing, text, email, call, sign, use morse code, and even speak through a message in a bottle. Despite all of this, we tend to still have trouble communicating as people. Misunderstandings happen, bad …
So, you have ADHD, but for whatever personal reason, you’re opting out of taking medication. There’s no shame in that, and by this age, you’re more than likely familiar with your habits. Studying is not impossible for you, though it does have to deal with every ADHD person’s worst fear: sitting down and concentrating for …
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We all want the best for our children, and so because of that, we try to get them started on their education early. Can you do the same for toddlers, though? After all, they can’t even talk, much less read or do basic math. Well, there are ways to make sure your child can really …
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It’s normal for someone to doubt themself. If anything, it’s a good thing to an extent. It’s necessary for one to recognize their own limits and when it’s time to throw in the towel. With adults, a normal amount of doubt is healthy and a sign of an understanding of oneself. The same can’t really …
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Ever heard of PDA? No, not Public Displays of Affection. I’m talking about Pathological Demand Avoidance. I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t, as it’s a relatively new diagnosis that isn’t actually recognized by the DSM-5, but it’s considered by experts to affect a subset of people on the autism spectrum. People of the autistic …
Speech therapy is a very common form of therapy that instead of working on the mind or the body, it works on: Expressive language, or the use of words, sentences, and gestures to convey information to other people; clarity in speech The ability to understand words that are spoken The ability to use your voice …
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Autism Spectrum Disorder, also known as simply Autism, is one of those things that if you don’t have it, it can be a little difficult to fully grasp until you’ve truly known someone with the disorder for a while. Even then, no two people are alike, as autism is a spectrum. So when it turns …
When kids are young, it’s hard for them to find the right words to express how they’re feeling. At times, it can even be hard for them to know what they feel, especially when they begin to meld together and a level of intensity to each situation is implied. There are times where parents have …
