studio.trivia.functioning.3
what did a 2020 study of 2,225 young people find about the label "high functioning autism"? | iq predicts daily skills well | iq is a weak guide to daily skills | the label fits girls best | daily skills never change | b | iq was a weak guide to everyday skills, most of all for people without an intellectual disability. the researchers asked clinicians to retire the label and look at what a person needs day to day. here, functioning means how a day goes, and it shifts with energy, setting, and support. | alvares et al., autism, 2020 | https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/items/fac6205c-9c69-49f5-9060-5d8fbf279b92
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simple, / not easy.
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miss, mistake, and error / only means our learning / continues... / / failure is when we stop.
studio.trivia.social.3
ian lynam's 2022 edinburgh fringe show, autistic license, sets out to show autistic people have more to offer than what? | being on time | being quiet | being good at maths | being polite | c | being good at maths. the show takes on the expectation that an autistic person must have a gift, and talks about diagnosis, relationships, and creativity. | chortle, 2022 | https://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2022/i/32356/_ian_lynam%3A_autistic_license
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the comedian shaparak khorsandi wrote scatter brain about which late diagnosis? | dyslexia | insomnia | vertigo | adhd | d | adhd, diagnosed in her forties. the 2023 memoir looks back at the decades before anyone named it, and it is funny. | chortle, 2023 | https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2023/03/17/52727/shaparak_khorsandi_writes_a_book_about_her_adhd
studio.trivia.executive.2
josh thomas built a whole stand-up show around which task? | tidying his house | parallel parking | filing taxes | building a wardrobe | a | tidying his house. let's tidy up, written with the playwright lally katz, uses the mess to talk about his adhd and his later autism diagnosis. | chortle, 2024 | https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2024/04/17/55432/josh_thomas:_lets_tidy_up
studio.trivia.divergent.3
what pushed the comedian pierre novellie to seek an autism assessment? | a horoscope | a pub quiz | a heckler | his accountant | c | a heckler. an autistic audience member spotted it from the crowd, and novellie was diagnosed at 30. his 2024 book is why can't i just enjoy things? a comedian's guide to autism. | chortle, 2024 | https://www.chortle.co.uk/books/2024/08/28/56526/pierre_novellie:_why_cant_i_just_enjoy_things
studio.trivia.affirmative.2
the comedian joe wells went viral with a routine about which relative? | his autistic uncle | his non-autistic brother | his twin sister | his grandmother | b | his non-autistic brother. wells takes the way people talk about autistic relatives and points it the other way. his touring show is king of the autistics. | snack magazine, 2024 | https://snackmag.co.uk/?p=197388
studio.trivia.feelings
alexithymia means difficulty doing what? | reading maps | finding words for feelings | falling asleep | recognising faces | b | difficulty identifying and describing your own feelings. a 2019 review found it in about half of the autistic people studied and about 5% of non-autistic people. | kinnaird et al., european psychiatry, 2019 | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/investigating-alexithymia-in-autism-a-systematic-review-and-metaanalysis/06F8AA96D03679353022A52E6ACE2F50
studio.trivia.skills
what is body doubling? | working out twice a day | doing a task with someone nearby | copying your calendar | a stage trick | b | doing a task alongside another person, in the room or on a video call. cleveland clinic calls it a form of external executive functioning. the support for it so far is experience, not trials. | cleveland clinic | https://health.clevelandclinic.org/body-doubling-for-adhd
studio.trivia.coaching
how does the international coaching federation define coaching? | giving expert advice | partnering in a thought-provoking, creative process | diagnosing problems | treating symptoms | b | the icf calls it partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process, one that inspires them to make the most of their personal and professional potential. | icf, cleveland chapter | https://icfcle.org/What_is_Coaching
studio.trivia.learning
universal design for learning rests on three ideas. which is not one of them? | many ways to engage | many ways to take in information | many ways to show what you know | one pace for everyone | d | cast's guidelines ask for multiple means of engagement, of representation, and of action and expression. one pace for everyone is the opposite of the idea. | cast | https://www.cast.org/resources/about-universal-design-for-learning/
studio.trivia.regulation
interoception is the sense of what? | balance | where your limbs are | signals from inside your body | other people's moods | c | a racing heart, an empty stomach, a deep breath. interoception is the brain's picture of the body's inner sensations, and people differ in how they read it. | association for psychological science, 2019 | https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/interoception-how-we-understand-our-bodys-inner-sensations
studio.trivia.functioning
in spoon theory, what does a spoon stand for? | a meal | a unit of energy | a diagnosis | an hour of sleep | b | christine miserandino, who lives with lupus, grabbed every spoon in reach over lunch with a friend in 2003. each spoon is a unit of energy, and every task costs some. | royal college of occupational therapists | https://www.rcot.co.uk/latest-news/spoon-theory
studio.trivia.self
what do autistic adults say stimming is for? | nothing at all | getting attention | soothing and expressing feelings | passing the time | c | in a 2019 study, 32 autistic adults described stimming as a way to soothe or communicate intense emotions and thoughts. they objected to treatment that tries to eliminate it. | kapp et al., autism, 2019 | https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/36261
studio.trivia.social.2
which comedian's memoir about being autistic won a nero book award? | fern brady | ricky gervais | amy schumer | trevor noah | a | fern brady. strong female character, about being diagnosed autistic in her thirties and the signs missed before that, won the 2023 nero book award for non-fiction. | nero book awards | https://nerobookawards.com/nero-book-awards-announce-category-winners/
studio.trivia.social
what does the double empathy problem say? | autistic people lack empathy | misunderstanding runs both ways | empathy cannot be learned | everyone feels the same | b | the sociologist damian milton argued in 2012 that when autistic and non-autistic people misread each other, the gap runs both ways. autistic people are still the ones asked to adapt. | milton, 2012 • summary by reframing autism | https://reframingautism.org.au/miltons-double-empathy-problem-a-summary-for-non-academics/
studio.trivia.executive
harvard's center on the developing child compares executive function to what? | a filing cabinet | air traffic control | a light switch | a racing engine | b | air traffic control at a busy airport: holding information, filtering distractions and switching between tasks, all at once. | center on the developing child, harvard | https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/infographics/what-is-executive-function-and-how-does-it-relate-to-child-development/
studio.trivia.emotional
in brain scans, what happened when people put a feeling into words? | the amygdala response went down | nothing changed | the feeling doubled | memory switched off | a | naming it calmed it. in a 2007 brain imaging study, putting a label on an emotion lowered the amygdala's response to negative images. | lieberman et al., psychological science, 2007 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17576282/
studio.trivia.affirmative
in a 2016 uk survey of 3,470 people, who was least likely to choose the word autistic? | autistic adults | parents | family and friends | professionals | d | professionals. autistic adults, families and parents endorsed "autistic" far more often, while almost half of professionals preferred "person with autism". affirming starts with asking. | kenny et al., autism, 2016 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361315588200
studio.trivia.divergent.2
which comedian made the 2020 special douglas, about being diagnosed autistic? | hannah gadsby | jerry seinfeld | ali wong | john mulaney | a | hannah gadsby. diagnosed in 2016, they told npr it let them be kinder to themself and stop blaming themself for social missteps. douglas turns that into an hour of stand-up. | npr, 2020 | https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/862081893/autism-spectrum-diagnosis-helped-comic-hannah-gadsby-be-kinder-to-herself
studio.trivia.divergent
who coined the word neurodivergent? | a pharmaceutical brand | kassiane asasumasu, an activist | sigmund freud | a 1950s textbook | b | the activist kassiane asasumasu coined neurodivergent in 2000, for people whose brain differences do not match what society treats as the norm. | the baker center | https://www.bakercenter.org/Neurodiversity2
studio.trivia.neuro.2
where did the idea of neurodiversity grow in the 1990s? | a drug company | online autistic communities | a government report | a television show | b | researchers writing in the journal autism in 2024 traced the idea to autistic people talking together online in the 1990s. it has many authors. | botha et al., autism, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241237871
studio.trivia.neuro
the brain is about 2% of your body weight. how much of your energy does it use? | about 2% | about 5% | about 20% | about 50% | c | about a fifth. the brain is about 2% of body weight and takes about 20% of the oxygen and calories. nearly all of that feeds its ongoing background work. a task adds very little. | raichle + gusnard, pnas, 2002 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC124895/
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would you like to try / something, or rest?
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nothing here / is a test.
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we move only where / you say yes.
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bend, / not break.
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the ordinary day / is the material. / we start there.
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for who you are today, / hard days included.
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your pace, your senses, / and your context / come first.
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you are allowed / to not know.
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your reaction / is valid data.
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start with whatever / is loudest. / even one word.
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your list may be bigger / than one day holds.
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what did you notice?
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rest is a result.
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a missed day / is information, / not failure.
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it begins with / a conversation.
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care is our / foundation.
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consideration / consent / compassion
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what do you do well / that no one / has named?
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both / & / together.
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follow your / intrigue...
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left / what is a win anyway? / / 01 notice / 02 write it down / 03 review + revise / 04 nurture the win
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living was / the entire / point.
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practical / optimism.
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hello, hi, hey... / / peace.
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