![]() ![]() Why doesn’t standard talking therapy work for autistic people? Dr Alice Nicholls suggest the problem could be “…that approximately 50% of autistic adults have alexithymia, this means that a significant proportion of autistic people struggle to identify, name and communicate their mood.” Sensory processing disorder (SPD)Īlso known as sensory integration disorder. Why Doesn’t Standard Talking Therapy Work for Autistic People?.For people with alexithymia, emotions are a mystery.The Multifaceted Nature of Alexithymia – A Neuroscientific Perspective.Alexithymia: causes, symptoms, and treatment.Synaesthesia isn’t a disease or illness, and is not harmful at all.Ī difficulty accurately identifying or describing emotions and sensations in ourselves or others. These sensations cannot be turned on or off. For example, experiencing colour when hearing sounds or reading words. In extreme cases, they may have trouble recognising close members of their family.Ī condition where t wo or more senses that are normally experienced separately, are involuntarily joined together. A condition where people have great difficulty recognising faces that they have seen before, even many times. It is not easily diagnosed via normal sight checks.Īlso known as ‘face blindness’. Sensory Irlen syndromeĭifferences with the brain’s ability to process visual information which can affect reading and printed information. This list is not exhaustive and we are no means experts in these conditions, but if you wish to find out more about any of them, links are provided where possible. Or you may simply be interested in comparing some of these conditions with neurodivergent conditions, especially if there is any doubt or confusion over their diagnosis. Or the treatment or support for one may well be dependent on the consideration for another. Treatment for one might also affect or even be detrimental to another. It can be helpful to know about these other conditions because they can affect our neurodivergent differences, and vice versa. These are known as comorbidities, or co-existing conditions. Whilst neurodivergent conditions such as ADHD, autism, dyspraxia and dyslexia frequently travel alongside each other (known as close cousins), there are many other health conditions that seem to occur more frequently in our community than in the general community. ![]() Conditions that are seen more commonly in neurodivergent people. ![]()
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