Autism Is A Misunderstood Perception Of Individuals That Carry Autism

Let’s say you have a box of crayons. It represents ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), now inside the box you have different colors of crayons. Each color/crayon is a different disorder. The color we want to talk about today is teal, the official color for autism. Stuart Duncan once said, “Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough waters it can be beautiful.” Autism isn’t a label, it’s a diagnoses. People with autism can be just as successful as neurotypical people. People with autism have been the subject of stereotypes and neglect for decades. Only in the last 150 years or so have things started to change. We don’t know what causes autism, but thanks to increased research and awareness we’re making more progress than ever. People with autism face many challenges everyday, autism is a spectrum. It’s not the same for everyone. Due to it being a spectrum it can be hard for people without autism to understand the challenges autistic people face, and how to go about interacting with autistic people. There are lots of autistic people worldwide, it’s time we start making them feel more like people.

Autism has been made to seem like this huge issue, something that needs to be stopped. While there are many issues that come with autism, it is not something that should be getting such negative attention. People with autism seem to be the most extraordinary out of any of us. “They are usually intelligent, gifted, honest, hard workers when interested in a task and excellent problem solvers. People with high-functioning autism are thought to become excellent scientists and engineers or enter other professions where painstaking, methodical analysis is required. Some believe this particular assertion is a stereotype, as some high-functioning autism adults tend to struggle with the traditional work setting and the surrounding societally accepted ways of behaving,” (Synapse, Pg 2). There

      Autism is a disability that can create a barrier between the individual and his or her friends, family, and community. This disability often interferes with an individual’s ability to communicate, interact with others, engage in play or leisure skills, and to relate to the world around them. People with autism may exhibit repetitive movements, have unusual responses to people, be resistant to change and demonstrate aggressive and/or self-injurious behavior.

Autism Spectrum Disorder. ASD. Autism. When people hear any of these, it’s either “avoid that person at all costs”, “be super sympathetic”, “pretend to be their friend” or “I have no idea what that is”. My best friend and illustrator of my second book, has no idea what autism is. I tried explaining it to her. It’s very hard to explain how you feel, first of all. To put the fact that you are autistic makes it even more difficult. It doesn’t bother me too much that she doesn’t know. As long as she knows that I truly am a good person, we’re good.

When reading the first chapter of Ten Things Every Child with Autism wishes you Knew by Ellen Notbohm, multiple thoughts ran through my head. I honestly feel that she did an excellent job expressing the thoughts about autism. In my point of view autism is so much more than a diagnosis. Two important people in my life have autism and honestly, they are the most amazing individuals I have ever met. The authors words that brought tears to my eyes was, “My autism is part of who I am, not all of who I am” (Notbohm 17). This statement moved me, because individuals with autism are so much more than a label. Individuals that have autism are talented, intelligent, caring, kind, and funny. We should not judge or treat an individual different by the way they express themselves. Each individual is unique and should be able to express themselves in their personal way instead of being labeled in a negative way. I have personally encounter individuals use words such as, “that autistic boy” or “just leave him other there, he doesn’t understand the material because he is autistic”. When I hear people says these negative things, it makes me angry and sad, because I believe that they have not fully comprehended the diagnosis as well as not allow themselves to get to know

Autism can be a beautiful diagnosis to have, it allows individuals to see, hear, and feel things that most people do not. I have had the pleasure of becoming friends with many people who have been diagnosed with different levels of autism and they are some of the most interesting, caring, and intelligent people who I have encountered. So many people in the world do not have personal experience or knowledge of this diagnosis. Individuals

Autism is a disorder, however, there is a wide spectrum that all fall under the category of autism. Typically someone would just say that a child has autism, but there are many different types of autism that people would have to consider when categorizing a child as autistic. There is high-functioning autism, atypical autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and pervasive development disorder. High-functioning autism has signs and symptoms that are much less severe than the other kinds of autism on the spectrum. People with high-functioning autism have an average or above average intelligence level. Addressed in WebMD article “High-Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome,” high-functioning autism is very similar to

What happens when you spend the majority of your life living with a misdiagnosed disease? How does it affect your life? Do you become depressed? What happens when you are treated for something that isn’t affecting you? Could that make you worse? For many women, this life and these questions are a very harmful reality. Recently, there has been a surge of late-diagnoses for women on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum. These women had previously been diagnosed with everything from depression and anxiety to multiple personality disorder and had spent years wondering why no treatments seemed to work for them. Why does this happen? Recent strides in autism research has enabled doctors to pinpoint autism as early as infancy in some cases, so why are these women not being diagnosed until much later in life?

Having Autism makes it hard to socialize, and it makes it hard to be socially accepted, especially when someone is told they’re different. When someone is told they’re different, they start treating themselves differently, they pull themselves away from society, believing that no one will ever accept them because they’re a little different. When the symptoms first start appearing they cause a noticeable difference and a change in the mindset of the person who has it, which leads to causes, some scientists say that the brain development disorder comes from the mercury in the shots some kids receive as small children. When the symptoms start showing up family starts worrying and when they find out that their child/sibling has autism they can become emotionally distraught. One in ever hundred people has autism. That means that a being percentage of the world needs our help, our friendship, and our acceptance of the beautiful unique people that

Autism has been recognized as an innate disorder since 1943 when Dr. Leo Kanner coined the term “autism” whilst describing a child that exhibited what are now consistently documented as autistic tendencies (Fischbach par. 4). Shirley Wang of the Wall Street Journal reports, “About 1% of the population in the U.S.—or some three million

Autism is a developmental disability that causes problems with skills and communication, and can be mild or severe differing from person to person. (Autism. 2013). Autism is from birth, meaning it can 't be developed after birth. Symptoms can get better or worse with time, depending on certain dietary plans and medicines. Some autistic symptoms, however, can occur after a traumatic brain injury or TBI. Autism isn 't present in a person after such an injury. ASD has many different forms and conditions. Autism isn 't just one disease, but an entire spectrum of different abilities, communication problems, symptoms, and challenges.

I decided to write about Autism and what it is all about. It is something that is on the rise and that is a huge part of the ECE world. Autism is a lifelong, developmental disability that affects how a person communicates and relates to other people, and how they experience the world around them. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both of the terms used for disorders of brain development. These disorders are different; there are different degrees to this brain development, like problems in social interactions, verbal communication, nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors. Autism disorders were merged into one. ASD is sometimes associated with intellectual disabilities, difficulties in motor coordination, difficulties with attention and physical health issues such as sleep like I said above and stomach issues, usually caused by anxiety due to autism. Some of the time people with autism excel in visual skills, music, math and art. The reason for these excels it because children with autism are way more organized and pay attention to every detail. This topic is interesting to me because of all of the reasons it can occur I want to know more about its attributes and complications. I want to know more about autism so I can be successful in my career if I work with these children. Children with autism get stuck on one subject and they need extra time to process things, I want to know why that happens and if there are any ways to help with it. Autism statistics

While at school in his transitional kindergarten class, Avery becomes increasingly frustrated with himself and suddenly begins to have what others would call a tantrum. Avery’s frustration gets the best of him, and he slaps himself. Other students suddenly stop what they are doing and they watch their classmate. Little do they know that he cannot express himself in the same way that they can; he cannot let go of his frustrations and other emotions as well as they can. They simply do not understand or have a knowledge of what is truly happening in their small classroom. Avery’s classmates laugh at him, and their laughter only makes his frustration worse. The teacher finally becomes aware of the situation and tells the other students to go to recess. Mrs. Green sits with Avery and tells him everything is fine and that their is no reason to be frustrated. Mrs. Green’s efforts to soothe the five year old are not as effective as she had hoped. Avery calms some, but is still shaking. Mrs. Green gives Avery something to drink and says to him, “I see that you were frustrated. I do not want you to feel upset, we are going to say five things that you did well today.” Avery looks at her with tears in his eyes. Mrs Green then said, “One, you put your bag in your cubby without making a mess. Two, you were quiet when we had carpet time. Three, you colored inside the lines. Four, you wrote your name perfectly. Five, you helped Jaycee pick up her crayons when she dropped

Misconceptions of autism are defined as “ideas about the disorder that are not scientifically proven” (Chatkewits & Losonczy-Marshall, 2014, p. 46). According to Huws and Jones (2010), who carried out semi-structured interviews to explore how people with no prior knowledge or experience of autism conceptualised autism, people with little or no knowledge about the disorder were found to have misbeliefs about autism. Some viewed autism as a “gift” rather than an “affliction” (Huws & Jones, 2010, p. 337), and some believed that people with autism were “extremely clever, with excellent memories” (p. 338). The authors (Huws & Jones, 2010) states that the media’s portrayal of people with autism seem to have had an influence on their perception of

Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are general terms used to refer to some complex disorders of the development of brain. These disorders are marked by varying degrees of difficulty in nonverbal and verbal communication, social interaction and repetitive behaviors. It can also be related to lack of motor coordination and attention, intellectual disability as well as health issues like gastrointestinal and sleep problems. This disorder is often misunderstood by a lot of people, but it is important to have the right knowledge of the condition when dealing with an autistic patient in any way. Here, we list 7 misconceptions about autism.