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Psychology Across the Spectrum: Self-Regulation and Emotional Control in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Full text linkThis paper explores the complex relationship between self-regulation, emotional control, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), emphasizing the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional challenges autistic individuals often face. Drawing on contemporary research, it highlights how self-regulation is linked to cognitive and language development, while difficulties in emotional control can result in increased behavioral problems and mental health issues. The paper examines the dual role of behaviors like stimming—both as coping mechanisms and as forms of authentic self-expression—and addresses the tension between traditional behavioral interventions such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and emerging neurodiversity-affirming practices. This paper also discusses the neurodiversity movement, noting its contributions to inclusive psychological frameworks and its limitations in addressing the needs of individuals with higher support requirements. Finally, the paper reviews promising future directions in psychological interventions, including interoception-based therapies and personalized, interest-driven approaches that support emotion regulation. These approaches advocate a shift from behavior modification toward holistic, respectful, and individualized strategies affirming autistic identities while enhancing well-being and emotional resilienc
Escalation Pathways to the April War and the Dynamics of Sudan\u27s Political Economy
Full text linkThis paper analyzes the escalation processes that led to the outbreak of the April 2023 war in Sudan, based on Wolfram Lacher\u27s theoretical framework of escalation processes . The paper focuses on tracing the escalatory trajectories that preceded the war, analyzing the complex interplay between structural, political, and economic factors, as well as the impact of the political economy on the dynamics of the conflict and its escalation to full-scale war
Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters - Book Reading
No full textA witty, wise, and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. After years of living abroad, writer and poet Patrick Hicks returns to Minnesota only to find that his home state feels like a foreign country.
In the tradition of Bill Bryson and Paul Theroux, Greater Minnesota is an account of Hicks\u27s discoveries. Half travelogue, half history, and fully delightful in its exploration of new places and people, this book follows Hicks as he ventures to the North Shore, the Iron Range, the Southwest, and even Up North in the dead of winter. As he travels the back roads of the state, he visits the Mayo Clinic, the SPAM Museum, ancient petroglyphs, the US Hockey Hall of Fame, the birthplace of Minnesota Public Radio, a world-class aviation museum hidden on the prairie, a lost forest, the humble start of the Mississippi River, and other stops along the way that are both surprising and intriguing.
Through conversations with people on his travels, Greater Minnesota brings the reader along as he searches for what it means to be a Minnesotan.
Patrick Hicks grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota, and is an Irish American novelist, poet, and essayist. After living in Europe for many years, he now lives in the Midwest where he is the Writer-in-Residence at Augustana University as well as a faculty member in the MFA program at the University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe. He is the author of over ten books, including The Commandant of Lubizec and Across the Lake
From hegemony to the “regime of tolerance” in Muslim-Christian relations: the stakes of the Pope’s trip to Bahrain
Full text linkWhilst not ignoring theological discussions on the subject of Muslim-Christian dialogue, the present analysis of Muslim-Christian or Muslim-Catholic relations will not be conducted from a historical-theological perspective. It will be limited to the political and geopolitical aspects of the work undertaken by the Holy See and Pope Francis since 2013. The argument put forward here is that since the beginning of the current pontificate, there has been a major change in the order of relations between Catholicism and Islam, which has had an impact on the international scene and should therefore be closely watched by states. This change corresponds to a process of accepted coexistence between religions, a “normalisation” and “pacification” of their relations organised around a set of shared principles, rules, and representations which concern them as well as what they believe to be their mission in the societies where they operate – a set which will henceforth be referred to as a “regime of tolerance”
