drdonnahenderson
I wrote a book!
I spend a lot of time teaching other healthcare professionals how to recognize, understand, and support people who have a less obvious...
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drdonnahenderson
- Apr 10
- 5 min
Meet your kids where they are
My friend and co-author, Dr. Sarah Wayland, has taught me so much about parenting in general and particularly about parenting children...
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drdonnahenderson
- Mar 1
- 1 min
A different kind of podcast
I recently had the pleasure of doing another episode of The Testing Psychologist Podcast. For this episode, I talked about one case from...
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drdonnahenderson
- Oct 1, 2021
- 5 min
Enough about the apple; Let's talk about the tree!
When I diagnose autism in a child, teenager, or young adult, one of the parents often has an “ah-ha” moment about themselves. As they...
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drdonnahenderson
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Learn Smarter podcast, part 2
Here is the link to the second part of the Learn Smarter podcast, where we talk about the emotional aspects of getting a diagnosis and...
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drdonnahenderson
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
Learn Smarter podcast, part 1
It was a lot of fun to talk with Rachel Kapp and Stephanie Pitts for their Learn Smarter podcast! Here is the link to part one of the...
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drdonnahenderson
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Do I tell my child about their diagnosis?
Whenever I tell a parent that their child is autistic or has ADHD, I can count on them asking this question. Here are some of the most...
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drdonnahenderson
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
The Testing Psychologist Podcast
I recently chatted with Dr. Jeremy Sharp about one of my favorite topics - girls and women with autism. It was hard to limit it to 90...
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drdonnahenderson
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1 min
Special Kids International Summit
I recently had the honor of participating in the Special Kids International Summit, which is a series of interviews with various experts,...
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drdonnahenderson
- Mar 13, 2020
- 1 min
My first podcast!
I recently did my first podcast interview, with Wendy Taylor of the Pro Tips podcast. It was so much fun to chat with Wendy about one of...
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drdonnahenderson
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
A Parenting Lesson from My Dad
It’s funny what kids remember about their childhood. I have a very clear memory of a day when I was maybe seven or eight years old. I...
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drdonnahenderson
- Jan 15, 2020
- 3 min
PDA: Not what you think it is!
So let's talk about the concept of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), though I prefer Tomlin Wilding's interpretation: Pervasive Drive...
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drdonnahenderson
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
Is the ADOS-2 Really the "Gold Standard"?
There is no doubt that the ADOS-2 has been a useful tool in both research and clinical practice. However, at some point someone named it...
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drdonnahenderson
- Nov 3, 2019
- 1 min
Hiding in Your Office: Girls and Women on the Autism Spectrum
Here is a link to an online workshop through the Maryland Psychological Association: https://mpa.memberclicks.net/hiding-in-your-office--...
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drdonnahenderson
- Oct 17, 2019
- 1 min
The Subtle Presentations of Autism
Here is a link to a video created by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In it, I discussed the core features of autism as...
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drdonnahenderson
- Sep 2, 2019
- 4 min
Orthographic/Surface Dyslexia: Another Form of Context Blindness?
Poor awareness of the sounds of language or a lack of understanding of the spelling-sound correspondence is the cause of the most common...
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