The Autism Friendly Home: 5 High-Impact Tweaks

The Autism Friendly Home: 5 High-Impact Tweaks

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…

Sensory Overload SOS: Quick Sensory Overload Coping Strategies

Sensory Overload SOS: Quick Sensory Overload Coping Strategies

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…

BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory — Self-Assessment Guide

BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory — Self-Assessment Guide

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…

LSAS 社交焦慮量表自我評估

LSAS 社交焦慮量表自我評估

社交場合可能會讓人感到出乎意料的複雜。LSAS 測驗是利伯維茲社交焦慮量表 (Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale) 的縮寫,它提供了一種結構化的方式來瞭解恐懼和迴避如何在日常互動中表現出來。在本指南中,我將解釋 LSAS 測試所測量的內容、如何正確完成測驗,以及通常如何詮釋分數,並溫和地...