A Swiss Perspective on Autism: how Intensity and hypersensitivity shape every autistic's future

A Swiss Perspective on Autism: how Intensity and hypersensitivity shape every autistic's future
I could not ignore this article coming from the Ecole Polytechnique in Lausanne, Switzerland. The researchers detail a functional model of the autistic brain and make very plausible conclusions on resulting autistic behavior.
In short, autistics approach the world with more intensity than neurotypicals. This approach has its basis in hperactive and hypersensitive neural circuits in the brain and hyperplasticity (ability of brain cells to grow, branch, multiply and make new connections with other neurons). The result is an many parents can attest for, inceased vigilence, attention to specific details or fragments of the surrounding environment. This is also associated with fear learning, avoidance and many times superior intellectual abilities.
Sadly, society associates this combination of excessive avoidance of social situations and superior intellectual abilities with bad names. However, this is just the normal that autistics experience. It is not a life sentence though. The article is also rich with explanatory notes on means to try and use this knowledge to optimize behavior.
The main premise is that more intense, prolonged or repetitive exposure to stressful situations inevitably lead to avoidance and refusal of social interaction. The solution is to expose a growing child only in a measured way to stress. Take it one day at a time and never try to push your child into a cocktail of social situations. Rather try to expose him to very few people, very gradually and string it over time.
There is a ton more to be said about this subject which I will be emphasizing in the upcoming book PSYCHE-SMART AUTISM TM.


Rami Serhan, MD
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http://sovereignresearch.org/psychesmartautismtm
https://autismtm.com