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Parenting advice on unhealthy eating, charity, and potty training.

Three autistic Redditors talk to us about their view of the world, their view of autism, and their hopes for greater representation in society.

The Katz Challenge: The BIG PICTURE The headline question from the challenge — including the bolding — is as follows: Is it inherent in the nature of free market capitalism for the most wealthy individuals and/or corporations to capture government power? –Mr. Katz also caught my attention – – – I believe hierarchy is a natural and necessary development of a functioning economy and society. But it seems to me most people believe in “equality” and that the dangers I have describe...

How We Pathologize ADHD Behaviors The mental health field does a lot of pathologizing of kids with ADHD with various labels, including oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). I want to move ADHD away from being so pathologized in the mental health field, and part of that is changing the language around it. We need to keep using ADHD, of course, because it is a neurodevelopmental challenge, but I think we need to drop the ODD label and here is why. Why We Should Stop Using ODD to Describe Children ...