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Source: New York TimesBy Temple Grandin We hear a great deal about the need to fix the infrastructure in this country, but we are too focused on the things that need improving and updating rather than the people who will be able to do the work. For over 25 years, I designed equipment to handle …

Source: HarpersBazaar.comReporter: By Carla Ciccone This feeling of not quite knowing how to perform adult life was familiar, but combined with the guilt inherent to motherhood, it became unbearable. But women aren’t suddenly waking up with a neurological disorder. It’s likely been there all along, masquerading as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, “she’s difficult,” “she’s an …

Source: additudemag.com, April 14, 2022Reporter: Joanna Moorhead Be honest: Have you ever dreamed of inventing a time-travel machine explicitly to go back and undo particularly cringe-worthy or heart-breaking events of your past? You’d never forget your brother’s beloved Pokémon cards at sleepaway camp, spill marinara on your prom dress, or impulsively spread a rumor about …

Source: the Guardian, Dec. 16, 2021Reporter: Joanna Moorhead “An unexpected result of the greater number of children being diagnosed has been that many parents have discovered that they are autistic, too, often by figuring it out for themselves. . . There are no exact figures, says Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University, Britain’s leading academic …

This column was originally printed in The New York Times, Dec. 20, 2021 and updated Dec. 21, 2021. Columnist: Jane Brody Many of us took advantage of the long, lonely hours of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdowns to cleanse our closets, drawers and cabinets of clothing from a bygone era, packaged foods long past their expiration …

Source: New York Times, Nov. 13, 2020, updated May 24, 2021Reporter: Cheryl Maguire There is no simple answer, said Thomas Power, director of the center for management of A.D.H.D. at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the senior author of the study. He was one of eight experts I consulted, and while they fell into different …

Source: New York Times, Oct. 22, 2021Reporter: Christina Caron “A.D.H.D. coaching is considered an emerging field, although the profession is becoming more widely known. Interviews with coaches and clients, and a number of studies assessing college students, suggest that it can help manage A.D.H.D. symptoms like inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, while improving executive functioning skills …

Authors: Jonathan Haidt and Jean M. Twenge This synchronized global increase in teenage loneliness suggests a global cause, and the timing is right for smartphones and social media to be major contributors. But couldn’t the timing just be coincidental? To test our hypothesis, we sought data on many global trends that might have an impact …

“Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale — the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history — Laurie will take you through the …

Here are some books I recommend for young adults and adults. These are available as ebooks, print, and audio.