The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum (34 page)

schizophrenia,
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Schneider, Walter,
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Science
(journal),
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self-reports.
See also
Grandin, Temple

elicitation problems and,
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focus on symptoms and,
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sensory problems and,
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tablets and,
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types of visual thinkers and,
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sensory interaction, study of,
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sensory problems in autism

attitudes toward,
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identification of,
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impacts of,
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research on,
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responsiveness and,
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self-reports on,
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sensory domains and,
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subtypes of,
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TG and,
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tips for people with,
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“Sensory Processing Subtypes in Autism: Association with Adaptive Disorders” (Lane, et al),
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sensory seeking behaviors,
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Šestan, Nenad,
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SHANK2 gene,
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SHANK3 protein,
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Shermer, Michael,
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Short Sensory Profile (research tool),
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short-term memory,
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TG and,
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Silicon Valley employees,
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singing, therapeutic effects of,
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smells, sensitivity to.
See
olfactory sensitivity

social communication disorder
(DSM
category),
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social impairments

antidepressants and,
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diagnosis of autism and,
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employment and,
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rudeness and,
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sensory problems and,
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training and,
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The Social Network
(movie),
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Soulières, Isabelle,
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sound sensitivity.
See
auditory-processing problems; sensory problems in autism

spatial-relations test,
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spatial short-term memory,
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spatial visualizing,
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See also
pattern thinking

spatial
vs.
object imagery,
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Specialisterne (company),
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speech disorders,
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TG and,
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Squidoo (website),
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Stahl, Lesley,
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Starry Night
(van Gogh painting),
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State, Matthew W.,
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strengths of autistic brain,
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associative thinking ability and,
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bottom-up thinking ability and,
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brain plasticity and,
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collaboration and,
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creative thinking ability and,
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identification of,
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intelligence and,
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memory and,
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“Strong Association of De Novo Copy Number Mutations with Autism” (2007
Science
article),
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structural MRI.
See
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

sudoku,
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symptoms, focus on,
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tablets (computer), advantages of,
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tactile sensitivity.
See
touch sensitivity

Tammet, Daniel,
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taste sensitivity,
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Taylor, Richard,
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technology

nonverbal autistic patients and,
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research and,
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Temple Grandin
(HBO movie),
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temporal cortex,
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temporoparietal junction (TPJ),
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,000-hour rule,
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thinking, types of.
See
pattern thinking; strengths of autistic brain; three-kinds-of-minds approach; verbal (word-fact) thinking; visual (picture) thinking

Thinking in Pictures
(Grandin),
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Thinking Outside the Brick exercise,
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“thinking self,”
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-D drawing tools,
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-D printers,
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three-kinds-of-minds approach,
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See also
pattern thinking; picture thinking; verbal (word-fact) thinking; visual (picture) thinking

education and,
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employment and,
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touch sensitivity,
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TPJ.
See
temporoparietal junction (TPJ)

triad model, in
DSM-IV,
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Triplett, Donald,
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tuberous sclerosis,
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twin studies,
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underconnectivity theory,
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underresponsiveness to sensation,
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Université de Caen and Université René-Descartes, France,
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universities, free courses from,
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University of Amsterdam,
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University of California, San Diego,
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University of Louisville,
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill infant study,
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University of Pittsburgh,
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University of Utah,
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University of Washington,
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vaccination, and autism,
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van Dalen, J. G. T.,
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van Gogh, Vincent,
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Venter, Craig,
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verbal (word-fact) thinking.
See also
pattern thinking; picture thinking; visual (picture) thinking

autism and,
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as category,
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education and,
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jobs involving,
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spatial testing and,
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TG and,
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video games,
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vision, restoration of,
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visual cortex

aural cues and,
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blind subjects and,
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brain anatomy and,
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hallucinations and,
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injury to,
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plasticity and,
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TG and,
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visual memory,
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visual-processing problems,
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brain plasticity and,
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identification of,
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tips for people with,
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visual-spatial tests,
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visual (picture) thinking

pattern thinking as category and,
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spatial
vs.
object imagery and,
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TG and,
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vitamin supplementation,
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VVIQ (Vividness of Visual Imagery Quotient) test,
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Walgreens,
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Wan, Catherine Y.,
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“weak central coherence,”
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children,
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white matter,
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Williams, Donna,
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Wiltshire, Stephen,
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Wing, Lorna,
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word-fact thinking.
See also
pattern thinking; picture thinking; verbal (word-fact) thinking; visual (picture) thinking

education and,
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employment and,
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“World Changing Too Fast” (2009 research paper),
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Yale University School of Medicine Child Study Center,
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Zuckerberg, Mark,
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