by Peter | Oct 2, 2026 | ADHD, Feeling, research, speech
Gillian Forrester’s research findings concerning the link between hand use and cognition will come as no surprise to readers of this website. Nor will the link with ADHD and autism. What do the very first writhing movements of babies have in common with...
by Peter | Sep 23, 2026 | brain, research, right
Another example of the ubiquity of ‘right’. The article is not about the brain growing as a right as opposed to a left brain. It is simply about about brains develop. For decades, many scientists have thought that a single type of starter cell gives rise...
by Peter | Sep 18, 2026 | media scrutiny, mental health, vulnerability
This is the second time within a few months that two men’s (also fathers)’s mental health had deteriorated so severely that they have taken their own lives. The reasons in both cases was stated to be because of the intense scrutiny they were under and the...
by Peter | Sep 9, 2026 | autism, diagnosis, neuro-divergent, nominative determinism
Jason Arday: grounds for some scepticism about his neurodiverse status? Jason Arday’s recent apparently self-inflicted death is, by any measure, an absolute tragedy. However, putting aside the particular circumstances of his death, the events leading up to it as...
by Peter | Aug 31, 2026 | ADHD, ASD, autism, diagnosis, neuro-divergent, therapy
The autism spectrum is now so broad that anyone could have the condition, an expert who pioneered research into the condition Prof Dame Uta Frith said. Prof Dame Uta Frith, an emeritus professor in cognitive development at University College London, said autism had...
