Jessika

Fille lunatique qui s'intéresse à l'homme, l'humain, l'hommerie et l'humanitude

[autisme info @AutismeInfo]

How children with autism hear: Not better or worse, just differently

https://t.co/ljsG618ce5

[Jessika @jessdion]

@jeromegodefroy @nytimes @lauhaim

[Jessika @jessdion]

@DoctorPerin Fais

[Jessika @jessdion]

Bravo! ❤️

[96,9 CKOI @CKOI]

« L'Alerte Amber d'hier... c'était ma famille. » - Martin Cloutier

Bouleversé, Martin remet les pendules à l'heure face à l'égoïsme de ceux qui chialent contre le bruit des alertes.

Un récit qui fesse et qui change notre perception à jamais.

Écoutez jusqu'à la fin. ❤️

[Sarah ✱ @disaster_sarah]

“This hour has 22 minutes” (a legendary Canadian sketch comedy show) did a Pitt parody on the Canadian healthcare system.

“Robby” using hand sanitiser every 10 seconds is taking me out 😂😂😂

[FM93 Québec @fm93quebec]

Parlement jeunesse du Québec: «Une simulation parlementaire non partisane» https://t.co/u4ezKXIahl

[Cookie Monster @MeCookieMonster]

Me wish you a cookie Christmas! 🍪🎄❄️

[Jessika @jessdion]

@EluDechu @DancadoDaniel Désolée, mais il ne faut pas vouloir....il faut souffrir +++++

[Jessika @jessdion]

@jasonwallerphd Bravo…

[Jessika @jessdion]

@tylerblack32 Bravo🙏👏👏

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

"I am a man. See me as a human being—not a birth defect, not a syndrome. I don’t need to be eradicated."

Frank Stephens pleads for the humanization of people with Down syndrome, studies suggest 67-90% are aborted in the United States due to faulty prenatal screenings.

[Jessika @jessdion]

@haldol Je travaille dans le domaine de l’autisme depuis plus de 25 ans….Et c’est tellement complexe comme question…me semble qu’ils vont répondre à la question en 3 mois.

[Slate.fr @Slatefr]

Les femmes autistes ont longtemps été ignorées et mal diagnostiquées, mais les choses changent 👉 https://t.co/Vj2kVjZPfx

[Pierre Marcantonio @PVMarcantonio]

16/25 Santé : 80% des autistes évitent les soins par peur (témoignages). Bruit, attente, incompréhension = trauma garanti 😢. Former les soignants = urgence absolue ! #Autisme #inclusion

[Le Devoir @LeDevoir]

Opinion | «Ma présentation a été annulée par l’Université de New York» https://t.co/8ZMSpLLyV3

[Jessika @jessdion]

@ieVincentDemers Et bravo pour le respect de la confidentialité 🙄

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!

[Service de police de la Ville de Québec @SPVQ_police]

#ENQUÊTE | Le SPVQ a procédé à nouveau à l’arrestation de Jean-Charles Nayebi, 60 ans. Nous avons des raisons de croire que le suspect, psychologue de formation qui travaillait auprès d’une clientèle mineure, aurait pu faire d’autres victimes.
https://t.co/mC3qwGArEd

[Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ @sbkaufman]

ADHD Isn’t A Trauma Reaction. Newer approaches to ADHD are shedding light on its complex origins, challenges, and gifts. It's time to fundamentally change the ADHD victim narrative that is so prominent in our culture. Here are 17 points in support of my argument:

1. ADHD is not laziness or a trauma response. It's neither! These falsehoods are so popular, yet so wrong. We need a more accurate narrative about ADHD, one that recognizes the complex etiology of this diagnosis as well as the potential strengths and weaknesses of ADHD.

2. ADHD is a combination of different extreme personality traits that are related to each other but exist on a continuum *among all of us*. This includes low organization and attentional control and high impulsivity and risk-taking.

3. A growing number of psychologists and psychiatrists are moving toward a continuum and symptom-focused approach to understanding ADHD as well as other traditional psychiatric classifications. This is a paradigm shift! https://t.co/BiG7XS0JxL

4. This newer approach acknowledges that ADHD is not an illness. It argues that deviations from the norm in neural functioning may serve as a risk factor for psychopathology but are not in themselves necessary nor sufficient to identify psychopathology: https://t.co/nHqnRynkVd

5. Research clearly shows that ADHD has a very strong genetic basis. In fact, ADHD is among the most heritable psychiatric diagnoses— twin and family studies have estimated that the heritability of ADHD is between 72 and 88 percent across the lifespan. https://t.co/8LzHJDP3Vw

6. Dr. Gabor Maté argues that no gene for ADHD exists. He’s wrong! Twenty-seven specific genetic variants have been identified for ADHD. The specific genes that confer risk for ADHD are not just general "sensitivity" genes". https://t.co/LHTXn49JG3 https://t.co/d6j5TqUVwA

7. Early childhood parenting style has very little effect on the development of ADHD. Dr. Maté may have the causality exactly backwards: ADHD-related traits predict subsequent adverse childhood experiences. In many cases, a bidirectional relationship exists. As one team of researchers put it, “bidirectional relationships between ADHD and ACEs may ensnare children in developmental pathways predictive of poor outcomes.”
https://t.co/S7kbx0DsOp https://t.co/bBeBQIqr0r

8. Chaotic and stressful early family environments can ABSOLUTELY exacerbate ADHD-related traits. But this is not the same thing as saying that ADHD is primarily the result of trauma in childhood. For those with a different genetic proclivity, trauma may affect them differently.

9. While childhood trauma "changes the brain" and can have long-lasting biological effects, *anything* that affects us persistently can change our brain and biology! That includes a variety of techniques to “rewire our brain” and help us learn, grow, and find healing.

10. I agree with Dr. Maté about the potential for healing among adults diagnosed with ADHD but I don't believe his ADHD victim mindset narrative is likely to empower someone to pursue healing and self-acceptance.

11. Dr. Maté ’s narrative marks the parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD as a bad parent and marks the child (or adult) with an ADHD diagnosis as a person with a history of family trauma— even though most people diagnosed with ADHD have no history of family trauma!

12. Dr. Maté's narrative also treats ADHD as an illness. While ADHD is associated with a range of adverse life outcomes, there are also a lot of benefits in our society to people who do not conform, who are risk-takers, who do not “play nice”, and who have a rich imagination.

13. For some people diagnosed with ADHD, their divergent thinking and difficulties with rule-following actually allow them to think outside the box more creatively. Their overactive "Imagination brain Network" can enable them to think more creatively. https://t.co/LbvIxRxpNv

14. Many people diagnosed with ADHD report the ability to “hyperfocus” on things they intrinsically care about, getting into the flow state for very long periods of time. Being highly intelligent and also having an ADHD diagnosis may increase your chances of creative thinking!

15. In summary, all personality traits have trade-offs, and ADHD traits are no different. ADHD is not a superpower (but can be), nor is it a disorder (but it can be). The complex truth is far more empowering and likely to lead to the self-acceptance, agency, and healing.

16. I believe the complex truth about ADHD offers more hope for human agency than either environmental determinism or genetic determinism. Who would want to be completely at the mercy either of society or of our genetics? Thankfully, we aren’t completely subject to either.

17. To all those with an ADHD diagnosis, may you live long and thrive, not trying to find “blame” for who you are, but taking responsibility for your psychological makeup and steering the course of your life in the way you truly want with self-compassion and creativity.

For more references and additional nuance, see: https://t.co/gMXC5UWSxr @PsychToday

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

This is the response to Trump’s tariffs I’ve been waiting for from Canada 🔥

"The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator." - Charlie Angus, Canadian MP