April is Autism Acceptance Month and Neurodiversity Awareness Month. But did you know that autistic teens and ADHD women are the most at-risk populations for suicide? IRL Social Skills seeks to solve these issues through community care and evidence-based group interventions that help teens and adults navigate social, academic and professional life.
Read MoreHaving technical skills is of vital importance in today’s workplace, but even more important is possessing strong social skills, aka “soft skills”. In fact, many employers admit they would hire or promote individuals with strong people skills over someone with terrific technical skills who lacks social skills. Read on to learn more about which skills are so necessary to develop in order to succeed at work.
Read MoreThe big problem is that the DSM-5 criteria are written as a set of fixed, deficits-focused observations about the behavior of Autistic children. At no point does the DSM move into motivations or reasons for the behavior, and at no point does the DSM advocate that Autism can be anything apart from a pathology (and doesn’t discuss the impact of autism on teens and adults).
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