Why are healthy habits important? What are some examples of healthy habits? How can healthy habits be best introduced? 

Pokarlla explores these questions with some help from her 10 year old son Dexter.

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What is a resolution? I talk about: personal growth and being the best you that you can be, lessons learned from 2020 and share some resolutions that you may not have thought about yet.

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This is Volume 3 of Conversations About ASD (Part 1). For the last few weeks I have had conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself have discussed different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects.  Volume 3 is about Executive Dysfunction, Demand Avoidance and Diagnosis. This episode  (Part 4) discusses the questions: What was involved for you in your diagnosis? What were your feelings around your diagnosis? What are your thoughts and feelings about labels like “high-functioning” or “low-functioning”?

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This is Volume 3 of Conversations About ASD (Part 3). For the last few weeks I have had conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself have discussed different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects.  Volume 3 is about Executive Dysfunction, Demand Avoidance and Diagnosis. This episode  (Part 3) discusses the question: What led you toward getting an ASD diagnosis?

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This is Volume 3 of Conversations About ASD (Part 2). For the last few weeks I have had conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself have discussed different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects.  Volume 3 is about Executive Dysfunction, Demand Avoidance and Diagnosis. This episode  (Part 2) covers: Demand Avoidance and Pathological Demand Avoidance.

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This is Volume 3 of Conversations About ASD (Part 1). For the last few weeks I have had conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself have discussed different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects.  Volume 3 is about Executive Dysfunction, Demand Avoidance and Diagnosis. This episode  (Part 1) covers: Executive Dysfunction and the difficulties that a person can experience with various cognitive processes like: Planning, Problem Solving, Working Memory, Attention, Reasoning, Initiation, Inhibition, Cognitive Flexibility and Monitoring.

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This is Volume 2 of Conversations About ASD (Part 2). For the next few weeks I will be having conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself discuss different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects.  Volume 2 is about Communication and Socialising. This episode  (Part 2) covers: Processing Issues (Auditory Input) or Verbal/Language Processing Issues, Comprehension, Literal Understanding, Interpretation Issues, Making Sense of Miscommunications, Confusion, Aversion to Socialising, Dislike of Small Talk/Lies, Blunt Manner/Directness, Distress at the Unexpected, Scripting (Talking in quotes) and Selective Mutism or Being Non-Verbal.

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This is Volume 2 of Conversations About ASD (Part 1). For the next few weeks I will be having conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself discuss different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects.  Volume 2 is about Communication and Socialising. This episode  (Part 1) covers: Social awkwardness, Special Interests, Autistic Inertia, Social Cues, Facial Expressions and Masking. 

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This is Part 2 of Conversations about ASD: Volume 1. For the next few weeks I will be having conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself discuss different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects.This episode covers Interoception, Proprioception, Empathy, Reading Others, Meltdowns and Shutdowns.

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This is Volume 1 of Conversations about ASD (Part 1). For the next few weeks I will be having conversations about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with my sister Jarni Kiara. Both Jarni and myself discuss different aspects of living with autism and how we both experience these aspects. This episode covers Sensory Processing, Sensory Aversions, Sensory Seeking and Stimming.

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