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With the school year now in full swing, what are you noticing?     October is often when behavior and academic patterns begin to emerge that may not have been obvious when school first started.     Now, the excitement of the new academic year has worn off, routines are more established, and classroom expectations have increased. As a result, any struggles with reading, attention, organization, or executive functioning can become more noticeable.    That&rs …

Many people believe that autistic individuals lack empathy. This is not true. The reason this misconception never seems to get discarded may be due, in part, to its deep historical roots. Early descriptions of autism and autistic individuals, dating as far back as the 1930s, tended to emphasize the social and communication difficulties associated with the condition. This helped foster an assumption that autistic individuals lacked empathy. Even as recently as the early 2000s, research suggested …