In case you missed the announcement, the Mosaic of Minds blog has officially moved to Substack, which means new posts are published there. So, if you’re not on Substack (yet), here’s what you may have missed: Paywalls Begone! How to Get Almost Any Research Article Free: 4 ways to find free copies of any academic journal article. How ChatGPT and Generative AI Will Affect Research With Humans: Science and medical researchers face privacy and consent issues.

I just got a wonderful comment from The Autlaw disagreeing with my recent post, Unpopular Opinion: “Highly Sensitive Person” is More than Just Autism. That led me to edit the post a bit. I added a little more historical background to clarify what Elaine Aron has said and why it’s…

Some 20% of people process sensory information especially intensely and deeply. Here’s why the most common type of neurodivergence isn’t synonymous with autism. — WARNING: This is a post about a pet peeve of mine. That may be reflected in the tone. I’m tired of seeing articles on Medium claiming that the neurotype called the “Highly Sensitive Person” equals autism. (See: “The Highly Sensitive Person is Code for Autistic,” “The Highly Sensitive Person is…

I’m reaching out to the neurodivergent community on Medium for assistance researching a news story. If you often enjoy content from neurodivergent creators on TikTok, I’d like to interview you about your experiences. Your voice should be heard. Every so often I see something in news publications and social media complaining that TikTok is full of videos by people who identify as neurodivergent or mentally ill, and these videos are full of inaccurate…

I’m moving this blog to Substack. No, I’m not deleting this Medium blog. It’s been a wonderful way to connect with other neurodivergent bloggers. However, new posts will be created only on Substack. So, if you want to stay up to date, follow me there. Subscribers will get new posts…

A few edits made, mainly to captions and alt text, on June 15, 2023. What Research Can’t Do, Plus a Rule of Thumb When experimental research and lived experience of disabilities come to conflicting conclusions, what should we believe? The problem becomes personal for autistic people who research autism — or anyone who researches their own disability. I think…

Edits, mostly to alt text and captions, were made June 15, 2023. What Research Can Tell Us Until recently, scientific researchers and clinicians were considered the sole authorities on developmental disabilities. Sometimes, they disagreed with the people they were researching. For example, some autism researchers claimed autistic people don’t understand that other people have thoughts…

Yes, ADHD Research Exists — People have asked me what research on ADHD exists (besides that of Richard Barkley, who talks about people with ADHD in a negative way). Jane Greene asked on Twitter, “Why are there so many autism studies and no ADHD ones?” I’m happy to say that an active field of ADHD…

This post about one of my pet peeves was inspired by a Specialisterne article Jaime A. Heidel shared on Linked-In. The title was, “Your autistic employees may need explicit, step-based instructions to learn effectively.” The topic brought up painful memories from a clinical program I attended. I started commenting on…