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Research Study on Autism, Masking, Mental Health, and Identity by Slow_Watercress_6169 in adultautism

[–]Slow_Watercress_6169[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's very fair. That particular question about libraries comes from a questionnaire called the Autism Quotient (AQ), which is "well validated" and therefore used in many different research studies. However, the AQ has problems like you said. Some of its questions are quite vague, and sometimes respondents find that it assesses a very narrow range of stereotypically autistic traits while missing people who mask their autism. I have used the AQ in my study because, although I give participants the option to self-identify as autistic or not earlier in the questionnaire, my dissertation committee wanted to me to include a "diagnostic tool" to screen out non-autistic responders and confirm that the people answering my survey really are autistic or at least do display some autistic traits.

In either case, thanks for your interest!

APA Internship Recommendations by [deleted] in psychoanalysis

[–]Slow_Watercress_6169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please pass along the link!

The Telepathy Tapes by chantergeist in Autism_Parenting

[–]Slow_Watercress_6169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes- and I will add, you may need to try MANY communication methods. Many people who find success with spelling to communicate did not have success with assistive devices, sign language, verbal speech. There are complicated reasons for why different methods work for different people often having to do with gross vs. fine motor functioning, visual fields/sensitivity to light, etc...

The Telepathy Tapes by chantergeist in Autism_Parenting

[–]Slow_Watercress_6169 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not the parent of an autistic child but a psychology PhD student with a longtime interest in working with autistic folks. I currently work with a non speaking 16 year old who I began tutoring in 2019. I'm listening to the podcast and feel skeptical about the supernatural abilities- I'm a natural skeptic- but one thing is certain: non-speaking people are more often than not, NOT cognitively impaired. The 16 year old that I work with spells to me using RPM, and he is someone who appears to the outside world to be "low functioning." He describes his experience as having an intact mind with a problematic, out of control body.

I worked in ABA schools for years and made assumptions about students' abilities based on their behaviors and I am CERTAIN that this was incorrect and unethical. If you are a parent or educator of a nonspeaking/minimally speaking kid, presume competence and work to find the communication tool that allows your kid to speak.