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Scrolling in Circles: How Social Media Can Feed OCD

Self-advocate Emily Carter explores how social media can trigger OCD symptoms....
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“It’s Not Just a Phase”: Helping Identify OCD in Your Children

Self-advocate Emily Carter explores how OCD can appear in children, and why parental understanding...
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OCD in College: How to Combat the Obsessions & Thrive in School

Student and Self-advocate Emily Carter shares 5 tips for for thriving in college with...
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Neurodiversity Is Not a Pathology

Self-advocate Sean Ivins shares his perspective on neurodiversity acceptance, and why it shouldn't be...
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Traveling With Neurodivergent Kids This Holiday Season? Don’t Leave Before Reading These Tips

Jessica Leving offers tips to help neurodiverse families travel with minimal stress this holiday...
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The Gray Truth: Helping Truth-Tellers Navigate ‘White Lies’

Wendy Lyman discusses the challenges her truth-telling neurodivergent son has coming to terms with...
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Why I Consider Myself ‘Differently-abled’ — Not Disabled

Autism, OCD, and ADHD self-advocate Jordan O’Kelley shares why he sees neurodiversity as a...
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OCD Has Made History, And So Can You!

Emily Carter highlights the role people with OCD have played throughout history, and offers...
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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Ali’s Journey With ADHD & OCD

Ali, 21, shares his story about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and how having...
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How Two Tennis players with Autism Found Love

(3 min 22 sec) In this episode: we look at a new treatment for...
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Supporting Neurodivergent College Students, with Drs. George & Oksana Hagerty of Beacon College | EDB

(32 mins) Beacon College’s Drs. George and Oksana Hagerty discuss how they support neurodivergent...
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The College Living Experience, with Stephanie Martin | EDB 155

(VIDEO - 22 minutes) In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman speaks with Stephanie Martin,...
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How Traveling Has Helped my OCD

Autism self-advocate Eric Zimmerman discusses the challenges posed by his co-occurring OCD, and how...
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The Evolutionary Advantages of Mental Illness

Comedian and mental illness self-advocate Frank King discusses how he feels the abilities that...
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New British TV Show Features Main Character with OCD

Channel 4, a British public-service television station, recently started broadcasting a show about an...
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2018 in Review: Advice From The Self-Advocates | EDB 153

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Brain Training May Help Battle OCD Symptoms

A recent study gave evidence that even just one week of brain training could...
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A Back to School Survival Guide for Different Brains

Resuming classes after summer vacation is always an exciting and often stressful event for...
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Does Less Sun Mean More OCD?

A new compilation of data assembled at...
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Former NHL Goalie Shares His Experiences with OCD, PTSD, and Depression

Clint Malarchuk, a former goalie in the National Hockey League active from...
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Living with OCD and Autism

Living with OCD and Autism

Eric Zimmerman discusses his how he has taken control of his dual diagnoses of...
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Researchers May Have Discovered Genes That Are Linked to OCD

Researchers May Have Discovered Genes That Are Linked to OCD

The NRXN1 and REEP3 genes have also had a significant role in studies on...
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Yellow Pumpkins Raise Disability Awareness for Halloween - Week in Neurodiversity (10/28/17)

Yellow Pumpkins Raise Disability Awareness for Halloween – Week in Neurodiversity (10/28/17)

(3 mins 23 sec) In this episode, yellow pumpkins highlighted children with disabilities, a...
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How Video Games Can Aid in Finding the Roots of OCD

Investigators assembled forty-nine individual volunteers—24 with OCD and 25 matched controls—to play videogames in...
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The War Within: Battling OCD on the Autism Spectrum

The War Within: Battling OCD on the Autism Spectrum

Aaron Bouma discusses how having both autism and OCD has affected his life, both...
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“Stranger Things” Star Discusses Her OCD Diagnosis

“Stranger Things” Star Discusses Her OCD Diagnosis

Emmy nominated actress Shannon Purser has recently spoken out about body image, mental health,...
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Educator's Guide to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children

An Educator’s Guide to OCD in Children

Leah Davies, M.Ed. gives tips and tools for educators working with children that have...
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Reaching “Critical Mass”: Supporting Autistic Individuals to Achieve Their Goals

Aaron Bouma, a Canadian advocate with autism, explains how having a core group of...
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Drug that Enhances Metacognitive Performance May Help Treat Symptoms of OCD and Schizophrenia

According to a recent study, a drug known as propranolol may be able to...
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Autism, OCD, & Anxiety: Treating Co-Occuring Conditions, with Dr. Rebecca Sachs | Spectrumly Speaking ep. 5

(33 mins) In this episode, hosts Dr. Lauren Gerber and Becca Lory speak with...
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Can Yoga Ease Autism-Related Anxiety? – Week in Neurodiversity (4/15/17)

(4 mins) In this episode, a yoga class is helping those with autism, a...
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Is Reversal Learning Impairment a Characteristic of OCD

Is “Fear Reversal Learning” Impaired in People with OCD?

Researchers tested OCD patients in an effort to examine how successful patients were at...
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Can Swimming With Sharks Help PTSD? – Week in Neurodiversity

Can Swimming With Sharks Help PTSD? – Week in Neurodiversity (3/04/17)

(4 mins 5 sec) In this episode: a former hockey player talks about living...
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New Book Attempts to Demystify Compulsive Behaviors of All Types and Severity

Can’t. Just. Stop. An Investigation of Compulsion attempts to cover the entire spectrum...
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Understanding and Supporting Weaknesses in Executive Brain Functioning

Cheryl Checkers, M.S. outlines how weaknesses in the executive functions of the brain can...
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Defining Neurodiversity for 2017: It’s Different Brains

In our final blog of 2016, Different Brains founder Hackie Reitman, M.D. discusses the...
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Canadian Performer with OCD Uses One-Man Show to Raise Awareness

Brendan McLeod, a thirty year old Canadian with OCD, is touring Canada...
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Week in Neurodiversity – Michael J Fox & Dave Matthews Jam for Parkinson’s (11/26/16)

In this episode, a student with autism becomes homecoming king, “Aspergers Are Us” takes...
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Week in Neurodiversity – A Therapy Duck For PTSD? (10/29/16)

In this episode, Amanda Seyfried opens up about having OCD, scientists develop a new...
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Week in Neurodiversity – Soccer Star Opens Up About Depression (10/22/16)

In this episode, a former soccer players discusses depression, a teacher is accompanied on...
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Week In Neurodiversity – Dog with Epilepsy the Next Star of Transformers? (06/18/16)

In this episode, a teen with Tourette’s creates a vlog, an author opens up...
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Do Kids and Adults Have Different ADHD? - The Week In Neurodiversity (06/03/16)

The Week In Neurodiversity – Do Kids and Adults Have Different ADHD? (06/03/16)

This week- adult ADHD may differ from that of children, twins with OCD under...
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Week in Neurodiversity (4/9/16)

The Week in Neurodiversity highlights recent news stories that speak to the differences in...
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Autism Acceptance Day Edition of the Week in Neurodiversity (4/2/16)

The Autism Acceptance Day edition of the Week in Neurodiversity highlights recent news stories...
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