SAT, ACT and standardized testing are words that every student dreads – ADHD or not. So much studying and preparation take place that it’s not a stretch for students (and parents) to call the whole process a nightmare. What’s worse, the popular study guides, workbooks, and standardized test prep for kids aren’t typically tailored for […]
What do you see? I’ll tell you on the other side of the jump. After reading Michelle Guppy’s post about her son Brandon on her blog Life With Autism In Pictures, I realized that so many of us live some or maybe much of the time in an alternate universe, thanks to autism. We do […]
A CO Antrim writer has slammed 11-plus-style exams after sharing a photo of her daughter, who she said cried when she heard her result. Angeline King, author of novels such as Snugville Street and A Belfast Tale, posted a thread on Twitter attacking the “education system of the past” and urging Stormont politicians to “overhaul” […]
“The world was simply divided into “the conscious”, those who had had the experience of being vessels of the divine, and a large mass of “unconscious”, “unmusical” and “unconventional” people.. “ – Tom Wolfe, The Kool Aid Electric Acid Test When I was in high school, one book always caught my eye on the rotating […]
Place, place: Glutamate receptors in a rat model of Fragile X syndrome overlap with presynaptic markers at synapses in the amygdala (above), but not in the hippocampus (below). Activation of the activity of certain receptors in the amygdala reverses some features of Fragile X syndrome in a rat model of the disease, according to a […]
Early days: Researchers say preventive autism intervention has strong benefits, but some question the data. Tatsiana Volkava / iStock This week’s headlines hailed behavioral therapy parents can offer their babies to reduce the intensity of children’s autism characteristics and reduce their chances of being diagnosed by the age of 3, but independent experts urge caution: […]
Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to this week’s community newsletter! I am your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, the engagement editor of Spectrum. Our first thread was from Lucy Livingston, a lecturer in psychology at Cardiff University in the UK. She and her team have developed an online multiple-choice version of a test that […]
