Lorra Garrick

1 week ago | scarysymptoms.com | Lorra Garrick

The sitting disease, dubbed “the new smoking,” impairs blood flow in the forearms which can affect the cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have shown that sitting for extended periods – such as at the workplace or at home with videogames – can reduce the ability of the forearm’s blood vessels to widen properly. This is bad for overall blood flow. It’s not just the blood vessels in the legs that are impacted by prolonged sitting.

1 week ago | scarysymptoms.com | Lorra Garrick

Someone asked why autism needs a symbol and pointed out that other conditions like color blindness don’t have symbols. This person is highly ignorant. I read an article that discussed why the puzzle piece symbol doesn’t fly too well with most Autistic people. The article also covered the infinity symbol as much more accepted in the autism community. An infinity symbol — of all different colors — is usually the one for representing ASD.

1 week ago | scarysymptoms.com | Lorra Garrick

Did a psychologist just tell you that your child can’t possibly have autism because they’re social, friendly, smart, very verbal and/or gives eye contact? I recently read of yet another parent who’s beyond frustrated that her young son was denied an autism diagnosis because, as the psychologist told her, “He’s social, friendly and smart.”The mother was seeking a diagnosis so that he could qualify for formal support programs.

2 weeks ago | scarysymptoms.com | Lorra Garrick

A groundbreaking study shows that Autistics actually have the same facial expressions as neurotypicals but are so faint that they get missed by NTs.A new study led by researchers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick shows that extremely subtle facial movements in autistic people are too slight to be picked up by the naked eye. But despite that, these facial movements are the same as those found in non-autistic people.

2 weeks ago | scarysymptoms.com | Lorra Garrick

Is it oddly unnerving when you keep hearing your name over and over when someone’s speaking directly to you and nobody else is around? You secretly cringe every time you hear your name. Now, it’s not that you have a weird name or a name that all your life people have made fun of. In fact, you may have a very common name like Jim, Sandy, Tom, Courtney, Eddy, Jennie, Terry or Kaitlynn. And it doesn’t bother you at all when you hear your name being spoken to someone else with that same name.