Embrace Autism

In recent years, more adults are recognizing their autistic traits and pursuing autism diagnoses.

Columbus Tal: Navigating life with AuDHD has shaped my education, just as my education has shaped my understanding of it.

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The Ultimate Guide to Autistic Burnout summarizes the most current research, and provides you with the tools to identify & recover from autistic burnout safely.

The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) is a burnout measure consisting of 3 subscales: personal burnout, work-related burnout, and client-related burnout.

The Autistic Burnout construct (ABO) is a self-report questionnaire that measures traits such as fatigue, exhaustion, and related symptoms to identify autistic burnout in autistic adults.

Do you think you might be asexual, or are you unsure?

Do autistic people experience a deeper connection with animals?

In this article, I will explore what workplace accommodations you can request for autism & AuDHD, the likelihood of receiving these accommodations, and the benefits and potential consequences of disclosing your autism.

In this article, we’ll discuss how autistic and ADHD camouflaging compare, and whether AuDHD-ers camouflage more frequently than people of just one identity.

In this article, we explore social demands as a cause of autistic burnout, and we share the lived experience of five autistics.

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If you’re new to AuDHD, this article answers frequently asked questions about the common co-occurrence of autism and ADHD.

Eva: A mother asked me for advice on how she could best help her young child with gender dysphoria navigate their gender.

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What if autistic traits are being confused with psychosis—a break from reality?

Psychosis constitutes some loss of contact with reality.

Hikikomori is a condition of prolonged social isolation.

In this article, we’ll discuss the similar mechanisms behind autistic and hoarding behaviours, key differences, reasons for hoarding, and treatment.

Autistics are often praised for their abilities in logical thinking, but what about our creativity and imagination?

In this article, I will describe what asexuality entails, what identities are part of the ace spectrum, and how common asexuality in autism actually is.

Eva: Hi!

Eva: I’m autistic and trans, and I started my transition in 2021.

In this article, we will explore some ways we can improve outcomes for autistic people and AuDHDers (autism + ADHD) who experience anxiety and depression.

In this article, I will discuss how AuDHD (autism + ADHD) increases the risk of experiencing anxiety and depression, as well as how to mitigate those risks.

In this article, I go into the problems blue light can cause (e.g., headaches, sleep problems, fatigue, decreased eyesight), and how blue light-absorbing glasses could resolve these issues.

Monotropism is a tendency to focus one’s attention on a small number of interests at any time (an attention tunnel).

For autistics with ADHD, burnout isn’t always preventable in a neurotypical-paced world.

Burnout often looks different for autistics and people with ADHD.

The Extreme Demand Avoidance 8-item measure (EDA-8) is a parent-administered questionnaire that measures traits and behaviours related to Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in children (ages 5–17).

In recent years, evidence emerged of a significant overlap between autism and gender dysphoria.

When I came across a paper on the experiences of autistic doctors, I was fascinated to read the accounts of other autistic medical professionals, which I will share here.

The idea of headroom is similar to spoon theory in its goals—except, headroom is about managing your energy/resources in the long term.

In this article, we share how some of us at Embrace Autism identify with and relate to the concept of disability.

I used to take things quite literally.

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In Part II of AuDHD & relationships, we talk about how fellow AuDHDers and their partners navigate relationships; and some of us at Embrace Autism share our AuDHD relationship experiences.

Since research shows that anywhere between 50–70% of autistic people also have ADHD, it’s important to explore how AuDHD (autism + ADHD) impacts relationships differently than autism alone.

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The International Trauma Questionnaire is a self-report measure of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD).

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The Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure childhood maltreatment and adverse rearing and their impact.

Almost all of us have experienced bullying in school.

The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale is a 24-item self-rated scale that measures social phobia’s role in your life across various situations—in terms of fear and avoidance.

The common understanding of autism says that autistics have an "impaired" theory of mind, but is that true?

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is a common ADHD trait, but what causes RSD and how can it be differentiated from similar conditions?

An exploration of the relationship between autism and selective mutism.

A new study by Buch et al. uses fMRI data to categorize autistic brains into four subgroups.

Eye contact is difficult for many autistic people, but why?