Autistic adults who took part in an adapted group-based program in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reported reduced ...

For individuals with sensory sensitivity, the threshold for perceiving stimuli may be lower than usual, or their ability to adapt to repeated stimuli may be impaired. They may start avoiding ...

Sensory overload occurs when the brain becomes overwhelmed by the volume or nature of the sensory inputs it receives. Sensory inputs can be any stimuli that enter through one of the sensory modalities ...

Autistic adults who took part in an adapted group-based programme in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reported ...

Both autism (ASD) and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are neuropsychiatric conditions involving real differences in brain structure and chemistry. There are some similarities and some ...

Stress can feel like background noise for many autistic adults. Not loud enough to be obvious at first. But always there. The ...

Virtually anyone can have a sensory processing issue; however, more often than not, sensory processing challenges affect the neurodiverse. More specifically, they're commonly seen in ...

You may have been told by a parent, teacher, or even a colleague to “stop fidgeting,” as that behavior was associated with boredom or lack of attention. However, evidence shows that fidgeting, or ...