Communication

Note: I’ve elected to start with discussing some aspects of the criteria for diagnosis in the DSM-5, out of convenience, before branching out to less medicalized/deficit-based facets of the conversation. Please don’t take this to mean that I think the DSM criteria are the most accurate or complete explanation of the autistic experience, nor is this a complete discussion of those criteria. — As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a hard time starting conversations. I also have a hard time continuing conversations.… Read More »Social-Emotional Reciprocity