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The memory remains vivid for a young college student home on winter break from McGill University. Exhausted after a rigorous finals week, the student went to the cinema to see Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, hoping for a cinematic escape that would reawaken the heart and bring back laughter. Fortunately, the film delivered on…
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Last Sunday, my favorite football team lost a game in stunning fashion. There is, oforetically, nothing remarkable about a sports loss; it happens every weekend across leagues and stadiums worldwide. However, it was the specific manner of the defeat that provoked a deeper sense of frustration. The home side had been well ahead at halftime,…
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The core ideas embedded within ancient Buddhist and Daoist spiritual traditions are deeply reflective of the fundamental commonalities found across human-scale indigenous cultures. A compassionate framework of love defined as vulnerable, mutual knowing is remarkably compatible with a panpsychic relational philosophy. At our core, everyone wants their lived experience to be taken seriously. We are…
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Core ideas embedded within ancient Buddhist and Daoist spiritual traditions continue to reflect deep commonalities shared across human-scale indigenous cultures worldwide. A compassionate framework of love, understood as vulnerable and mutual knowing, remains entirely compatible with a panpsychic relational philosophy. Across society, everyone wants their lived experience to be taken seriously. As embodied spirits, human…
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Many autistic people experience profound difficulties thinking of the world in hierarchical terms. According to what researchers and anthropologists understand about human evolutionary history, this cognitive orientation reflects innate collaborative cultural capabilities combined with a significantly reduced capacity for maintaining ongoing cognitive dissonance. This distinct profile stems from uncommon sensitivity profiles that fall well outside…
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For occupational therapists (OTs) seeking a practice area that is as clinically challenging as it is deeply rewarding, the field of geriatric care offers a unique and burgeoning opportunity. As the demographic landscape shifts globally, the necessity for specialized care for older adults has moved from a niche interest to a central pillar of the…
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Our individually unique nervous systems and sensitivities develop and evolve over the course of our lives, shaped by our surrounding environments. New participatory research findings released by the Autistic Collaboration Trust and sponsored by S23M reveal a profound disconnect between modern institutional structures and human sensitivities, showing that 85% of neurodivergent adults often or always…
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The human capacity for language fundamentally serves to improve understanding and trust, fostering collaboration instead of competition. This core anthropological insight directly contradicts capitalist interpretations of evolution and supports the broader notion of human collaboration as our species’ true survival mechanism. Yet, modern society’s hierarchical structures and conventional wealth creation methods continue to perpetuate widespread…
