autism

Hi everyone, I am new to SDN and am super excited to have discovered a whole community of people to connect with! I am a 22 year old (23 in a few days!) undergrad gradate with a BS in Animal Science and currently going into year 2 of my gap period after graduating.. I transferred to University...

Anyone here have a learning disability? How are you coping? I am a first year vet student and feel like I won't ever be able to keep up with the workload. I have autism, adhd, and dyslexia. Anatomy is killing me because I can't pronounce or spell any of the structures so its really hard to be...

I'm of two minds on "Tik Tok mental health discourse." On the one hand, it's great that people are talking about mental health; on the other hand, there's a lot of work to be done in the room with clients when it comes to exploring their attachments to diagnostic labels and concepts. "CPTSD" and...

I'm interested in completing an ADOS-2 training and was curious about experiences that clinicians have had with the "official" WPS training workshops vs. independent trainers--is one preferable to the other? I was also hoping to get opinions on this training, which is designed to be completed...

Would working with the developmentally challenged (individuals on the autism spectrum) by accompanying and engaging with them as they learn to fit into various social settings be considered clinical volunteering? The work would not be done in a hospital or clinical setting but would be done out...

Med students/Residents: I am doing a study looking at how much medical students and residents know about autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Everyone who participates has a chance to win one of three $25 gift cards! Here's the link if you're interested in participating...

As a medical student with mild ASD (when I was first diagnoses, Asperger's was still its own thing), I have some advantages and some disadvantages. The calm, data driven thought process I have is useful in understanding the science of medicine, but my difficulty in reading social cues makes...

Hello friends! I am new to the thread and joined to get some help deciding between a more specialized practicum vs. general practicum in my PhD. Typically, is it recommended to start with general practicums first and then specialize (spending 1-year doing assessments and ABA intervention with...

I'm currently an undergraduate student who is torn between getting my PhD in Clinical Psychology/Neuropsychology or going to Med School to become a Psychiatrist. I know what I want to in my career but I am not sure what the best path to take is to get there. I want to eventually work in an...

I spent a long time trying to decide if MD PhD programs were right for me, and I spent quite a bit of that time lingering around forums like this one. I ended up choosing to apply to grad school without applying to MD PhD programs, and wanted to share my experiences thus far. The first 12...

Hi, I'm currently in the process of researching grad programs and I've thought for a while now that I wanted to do a PhD in clinical psychology -- I want to work with/research kids with autism. I'm sort of confused about what the differences are between a PhD in clinical psychology and a PhD in...

So I'm on the old side of nontraditional (39), but my general stats are okay: 3.9gpa, LOR from the dean, assistant dean, and head of regional drug development center, plenty of "life experiences" and volunteering and 140 hrs shadowing in my favor, but the problem is that I've been thinking about...

(Content and detail redacted to preserve anonymity) 1. (Camp-Counselor at a summer camp for sick kids) 2. (Volunteer at pediatric hospital - non medical duties) 3. (Working with kids with special needs) 4. (Receptionist intern in small med clinic)

Anyone know if disclosing a diagnosis of Aspergers necessarily excludes you from college ROTC and/or later military service? I'm providing an intervention in a local high school to individuals on the ASD spectrum and one of them is in the process of applying to colleges. He's also long been...