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Open access publication alert! www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...
February 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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This reminds me of how Catherine Lord, speaking for the workgroup for the revision of autism in the DSM-5, said autism includes strengths but they are irrelevant for diagnosis.

Yet holistic assessment would strengthen research, understanding, and practice.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
It is generally accepted that occupational therapists can/want to/should engage in neurodiversity affirming practice. But do we? In this open access paper, we use discourse analysis to examine websites advertising OT services for autistic children and youth: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Exploring Occupational Therapists’ Transition to Neurodiversity Affirming Practice: A Discourse Analysis
This study uses discourse analysis to examine the types of services occupational therapy private practice clinics claim to provide for autistic people as well as the roots and impacts of the langua...
www.tandfonline.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM