An article from the 29th of March 2006 issue of New Scientist magazine describes a device that can pick up on certain human emotions that were nigh to undetectable at first: boredom and irritation. Previous efforts already picked up such emotions as happiness and sadness, but also detected whether someone who was being talked to was either ( Read more... )

http://www.AblePlay.org

This is a new website with authoritative ratings and detailed reviews on toys for kids with special needs. It's run by the National Lekotek Center and is very helpful. Most of the toys have links to purchase toys online. Otherwise, you can print out the review and find ( Read more... )

How can it be that the Wikipedia entry for "Neurotypical" wasn't even posted before anywhere on this community? Hereby this is corrected. It is a very short read, but both definitions of what a neurotypical is are listed. Both the more official one and the one that is used here, in this group.

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http://www.rdos.net/eng/it.htm - and excellent read for one to finally find out what's wrong with their approach to coding. Having often wondered about this myself we're now given a glimpse of how things should be.

From the pages of

"Hi, my name is (deleted for privacy) and I'm a Neurotypical. In fact most of my friends are NT's. My family has only quite recently become aware of my condition. But fortunately they support me in this."Finding out you are an NT never is easy. But luckily there are those who know what it is like. With whom you can share thoughts and ideas on how ( Read more... )