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I’m Dora. Homes should feel like a soft landing, not a maze of sensory hurdles. When I audit a space for an autism friendly home, I’m not aiming for “perfect.” I’m aiming for predictable, calming, and adjustable. Over the past few years, I’ve tested small, low-cost changes, dimmer switches, textured swaps, and visual boundaries, that…

When my brain starts to feel like every light is a spotlight and every sound is a fire alarm, I rely on a gentle, practiced set of steps I call my “calm-first” routine for sensory overload coping. I’ve tested these approaches in real settings, conference rooms, airports, and crowded cafes, and I’m sharing what’s worked…

Hi, I’m Dora. As a psychology researcher, I’ve administered the BAI in lab and clinical-adjacent settings, compared it to the GAD-7, and tested scoring workflows to see what holds up outside textbooks. This guide keeps things practical, balanced, and rooted in evidence, while speaking softly to what anxiety actually feels like, both in data and…

Sociala situationer kan kännas förvånansvärt komplicerade. LSAS-testet, som är en förkortning av Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, erbjuder ett strukturerat sätt att förstå hur rädsla och undvikande visar sig i vardagliga interaktioner. I den här guiden förklarar jag vad LSAS-testet mäter, hur man fyller i det på rätt sätt och hur resultaten vanligtvis tolkas, med en mild...

Hi, I’m Dora. When anxiety feels like a constant background hum, it helps to have a simple, trusted way to check in with yourself. The GAD-7 test is a short, research-backed questionnaire that screens for generalized anxiety symptoms. I use it often in my work as a warm-hearted psychology communicator, not to diagnose, but to…