#socialdifficulties — Public Fediverse posts

Autistic children spend less time looking at cute pictures https://www.psypost.org/autistic-children-spend-less-time-looking-at-cute-pictures/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #autismawareness #cute #specialneeds #socialdifficulties #psychology

Not to mention the added stress of being out of my normal environment, routines being disturbed, social customs changing around (first regionally and then double so because they treat me like a foreign tourist and not a normal person), a lot of new sensory input, not a lot of alone time, and all the other stressors that are making all the other stuff just a lot to handle.

#traveling #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #autism #sensoryoverload #bubbling #socialdifficulties #mentalhealth #stress

Missing mechanism helps solve fragile X protein mystery

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/missing-mechanism-helps-solve-fragile-x-protein-mystery/

#intellectualdisability #repetitivebehaviors #socialdifficulties #fragileXsyndrome #neuralcircuits #connectivity #hippocampus #mousemodels #treatments #synapses #autism #News #FMR1 #FMRP

DNA unwinder tied to social behaviors in mice, zebrafish

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/dna-unwinder-tied-to-social-behaviors-in-mice-zebrafish/

#socialdifficulties #animalmodels #environment #screening #zebrafish #autism #News

Zebrafish social behavior swims into mainstream

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/zebrafish-social-behavior-swims-into-mainstream/

#socialdifficulties #technology #zebrafish #autism #News

Null and Noteworthy: COVID-19 conclusions; diagnosis duplication; oxytocin again

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/null-and-noteworthy-covid-19-conclusions-diagnosis-duplication-oxytocin-again/

#repetitivebehaviors #socialdifficulties #TMS(andtreatments) #maternalinfection #girlsandautism #brainimaging #depression #healthcare #microbiome #diagnosis #microRNAs #pregnancy #COVID-19 #epilepsy #oxytocin #seizures #anxiety #autism #News #gut

Double SHANK knockout highlights brain circuit’s social role

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/double-shank-knockout-highlights-brain-circuits-social-role/

#repetitivebehaviors #socialdifficulties #mousemodels #striatum #autism #memory #SHANK2 #SHANK3 #News

Double SHANK knockout highlights brain circuit’s social role

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/double-shank-knockout-highlights-brain-circuits-social-role/

#repetitivebehaviors #socialdifficulties #mousemodels #striatum #autism #memory #SHANK2 #SHANK3 #News

Noah Sasson: Connecting with the autistic community

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/profiles/noah-sasson-connecting-with-the-autistic-community/

#autisticresearchers #doubleempathytheory #socialdifficulties #adultswithautism #faceprocessing #schizophrenia #theoryofmind #eyetracking #community #Profiles #empathy #autism

How losing a parent helped shape David Mandell’s approach to autism research

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/profiles/how-losing-a-parent-helped-shape-david-mandells-approach-to-autism-research/

#socialdifficulties #adultswithautism #community #Profiles #empathy #autism