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Autism & Meltdowns
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By Fatima de Kwant on February 9, 2018   A tantrum is a strategy the child creates to gain control of the situation. A meltdown is the incapacity of a child to deal with a challenging situation she might face. There is a difference between both. Parents have a difficult task anticipating situations that might trigger a meltdown. One big rule when dealing with a true meltdown: don’t punish the child’s behavior; it might increase their fear and aggravate the meltdown. Instead, choose to be patient, Continue→

AUTISM & SEXUALITY – A taboo to be broken yet
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May 12, 2017 By Fatima de Kwant       Talking about sex is still taboo, especially in regard to Sexual Education at home, from parents to children. One may say that talking about sex is natural; however, statistics shows the opposite: parents still have remnants in addressing the issue with their teens. Anyone knows that the sexuality is an integral part of life and not merely the presence – or absence – of orgasm. Sexuality is the energy that motivates you to find love, Continue→

AMOR AUTISTA
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Mexendo nos meus arquivos, encontrei esta poesia, escrita num momento em que tentava imaginar o que se passava na cabeça do Edinho. Na época, ele possuia todos os sintomas possíveis e imagináveis do Autismo. Autismo severo, diagnóstico imperdoável. Neste dia, eu coloquei no papel tudo aquilo que eu lia nos olhos do meu filho. Tudo o que eu tinha certeza que ele queria me dizer, pudesse ele falar, ou comunicar-se de qualquer maneira. Edinho desenvolveu-se de uma forma inimaginável, perdendo quase todos os sintomas autistas, Continue→

MÃES DE AUTISTAS – Autistas não diagnosticadas
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Um relevante grupo invisível das mulheres que cresceram sem um diagnóstico de autismo está saindo da obscuridade, como o das mães que pesquisam desordens dos seus filhos e com isso reconhecem-se em suas descobertas.   Artigo de Amelia Hill @byameliahill 26-12-2016   Tradução: Fatima de Kwant   “Há muito mais mães não diagnosticadas por aí do que pensamos”, disse a Dra. Judith Gould, consultora principal e ex-diretor do Lorna Wing Center for Autism que desenvolveu o primeiro e único teste específico feminino de diagnóstico e Continue→

Autism From a Developmental Perspective, by Dr. Martine Delfos, Ph.D.
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AUTISM FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE – New insights into ASD by Dr. Martine Delfos, Ph.D., PICOWO, Utrecht, The Netherlands January 16th, 2017 Autism from a developmental perspective New insights into autism spectrum disorders Dr. Martine F. Delfos, Ph.D., PICOWO, Utrecht, The Netherlands     Summary Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are difficult to understand, partly because it is different for each individual. Despite an extensive research tradition is still little understood. The DSM-5 and ICD-11 explore new paths with pros and cons for autism. Meanwhile, new research Continue→

AUTISM & BULLYING
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Holland, July 12, 2017 By Fatima de Kwant     Bullying is an English word used to describe acts of physical or psychological intentional and repeated violence committed by an individual or group of individuals causing pain and anguish and running within an unequal power relationship. Bullying is a worldwide problem and physical aggression or moral repetitive leaves marks for the rest of life in the affected person. The attacker inferior and imposes on the other, in an attempt to overcome it in physical and Continue→

MIGUEL, AN ANGEL WITH DRUMSTICKS

As stated in books of the Hebrew tradition, Michael is one of the seven archangels and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament, he is portrayed as the leader of heaven’s armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers, a spear in his hands. In Brazil, more precisely in Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, lives a boy called Miguel (Michael, in Portuguese); also a fighter like his name means. But instead of Continue→

Different, but not less!
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I arrived in Holland in 1985. I was very young and starting life with my Dutch prince charming. Together we build a loving family. We had two sweet and smart daughters and love filled our home. But it wasn’t until the birth of our third child, that I learned the bigger (and better) life lessons. My son, Edinho, was autistic. He wasn’t “normal”, or neurotypical, as we say in the autistic communities. Being autistic means that he sees and experiences the world in a different Continue→

AUTISM, THE BRAIN GUT CONNECTION AND THE LEAKY GUT SYNDROME

  You ‘ve probably never heard of it, but many families with autism did.   Currently, one of the most talked about subjects within the field of autism (and hyperactivity), concerns the connection between the gut and the brain. The fact that some families get a significant improvement of autistic symptoms – if not their eradication – after biomedical interventions are gradually attracting the attention of many people. These responses are based on the principle that there is indeed a barrier between the human gut Continue→

AUTISM PERSONALITY 2015 – MOAB Brazil
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It’s such an honour to receive this National Award from Moab – Movimento Orgulho Autista Brasil, as ‘Featured Personality 2015’, in my birth country, Brazil. All who know me personally, know that I would do my job anyways, regardless award or recognising. However, I can’t deny this one is very special to me since I left my country thirty yeas ago to start a new life in Europe. It really feels like coming home. It feels like being away from Homeland had a meaning after Continue→