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How Can I Value Myself as an Autistic Person?

Anna Asks I’m really struggling with logical reasoning tasks, but a recent cognitive assessment with a psychologist still indicated average intelligence. I keep making silly mistakes – the most recent was putting my compression socks on over my regular socks while I was providing care for a client! I took a quick online IQ test […]

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Autism and Cognition

Autism and Visuospatial Challenges Deserve More Understanding

Recently, I received a question from an anonymous blog reader wondering how she’ll ever be able to accept herself. She has autism and, like me, struggles with visuospatial tasks – things like wrapping presents, assembling furniture, and following movies. She has a normal IQ but a very uneven cognitive profile and impaired visuospatial ability. The […]