https://sandra.hoekstraonline.net/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Life Is Simply Amazing Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sandra Hoekstra Mon, 18 May 2020 21:12:28 -0700 https://sandra.hoekstraonline.net/2020/05/18/autism-what-is-it/ Mon, 18 May 2020 21:12:28 -0700 https://sandra.hoekstraonline.net/2020/05/18/autism-what-is-it/ Photo credit: PlusLexia Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don’t have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can’t stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there’s too much stimulation. Temple Grandin We have all heard about it and may know someone who has it.