Category: Research Highlights

Study Highlight — HRV during sleep in autistic children

Content Warning: To help me back-up my points with other sources, I am citing sources that medicalize and pathologize autism and posttraumatic stress injuries. Please read with caution and take good care of yourselves. The article below is worth archiving. As I am only beginning to hone my fundamentals in the area of autonomics, I … Continue reading Study Highlight — HRV during sleep in autistic children →

K.A. Hahn Research Highlights July 17, 2018December 7, 2021 4 Minutes

Autism and Traumatic Stress – Gaps in Research

I want to begin this journey by saying that I have wanted to formally curate research and organize my own thoughts about autism, stress, and trauma for quite some time. Today I found the abstract highlighted below and decided the time was now. We need to be talking about autism and traumatic stress. We need … Continue reading Autism and Traumatic Stress – Gaps in Research →

K.A. Hahn My Own Words, Research Highlights June 29, 2018December 7, 2021 4 Minutes

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