Without interest, Dewey stated, attention and connections to learning not only are less available, but individuals lack the needed perceptions to stay motivated, and their needs, as well as their relationships and values, cannot develop to their fullest potential.

childhood disintegrative disorder

sensory-motor, interest and attention loop.

Having said this, I am confident that my being autistic is an advantage when it comes to scientific discovery, research, study and much more.

She states that it is only when such learning styles are not accommodated or when autism impacts on an individual’s life to the extreme that the label ‘autism spectrum disorder’ (ASD) be considered rather than ‘autism spectrum condition’ (ASC).

For us, however, sensory perception is experienced as a separate entity and it may not have a natural boundary or border (not be self-limiting). This can mean sensory information keeps coming and can easily overload us.

Maybe the gender descriptions of males as ‘systemisers’ and females as ‘multi-tasking socialites’, who tend to be operating on more emotive terms, is too black-and-white a concept (Carter et al. 2007)?

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The most important discovery I have made is that attention and its partner, interest, operate differently according to the type of brain one has.