Autism Spectrum Disorder Fact Sheet

Understand how to support individuals with autistic spectrum conditions. Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions. 1.1 It is important to recognise that each person on the autistic spectrum has their own individual abilities, needs, strengths, gifts and interests because no two individuals are the same. People on the autistic spectrum have

Autism Spectrum Disorder Many of us have heard about Autism, also knows as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Some have a family member, a friend, or know someone who has ASD. Increasingly it is becoming a more common disability. “Autism is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the U.S” (Autism Speaks).

ociety often has a misunderstood perception of individuals that carry autism. People infer that these autistic individuals are ignorant or sometimes even refer to them as retarded, they treat them as if they’re completely oblivious to what is actually going on around them, and they put these individuals at a lower ranking than ourselves. People that have this disorder are often mocked or called names. The world looks at them as ignorant, incapable vegetables, when in reality, they’re actually geniuses and masterminds. Autism does not make people that carry it stupid or even retarded, it doesn’t deprive them of intelligence, and it doesn’t make them any dumber than you and I. Carriers of autism usually only lack in their social skills rather than their intellectual skills. Autism is a severe disorder that hinders carriers of it to be able to communicate and socially interact with others

TITLE 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 affects the ability of an individual to relate to other people, and the world around them, including difficulties with sensory information, social interaction, communication, and ability to adapt to changes, which often leads to erratic or unusual behaviour. In young children, these symptoms are

Autism affects a wide variety of people around the world and the symptoms are as diverse as the people diagnosed. The care of these people normally falls on their relatives. This causes a rift in the relationship between the autistic children and their families due to the special needs of the children. Autism affects all ages and the children do not understand why they are labeled different or how to handle situations. This leads to a strain on the family as well as a multitude of things associated with autism.

It can cause people to have difficulty interacting with other people.The difficulties that Autistic people experience are what causes others to push them off to the side. Society treats non-autistic or disabled people as if they are “normal”, and is discriminating against autistic and disabled individuals. For example, in the summer of 2013, a mother from Ontario wrote a letter to another mother of an autistic boy filled with hateful words complaining about him. She even suggested they should “euthanize the boy”. This just isn’t right. No one has the right to tell parents their child needs to be put down like an ill dog. We can not discriminate and think less of a person with Autism because they are people capable of doing amazing things just like everybody

Luisa Ruiz Mrs. Blevens ERWC 23 February 2017 Autism One of the biggest misunderstanding in today's day is that people judge without knowing what's going on. There are many children in this world that have problems with communicating that makes them seem “abnormal”. Autism is a disease that is

There is a lot of research on Autism. Many people do not know what autism is. “Autism spectrum disorder covers a set of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges. People with ASD process information in their brain differently than other people”(Communication Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2012). Autism can range in severity and is different with each individual child. Autism affects every race, gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. People may wonder how does this affect communication? Well ASD people tend to live in a world all about them. People with ASD tend to not understand others emotions or understand what is said. ASD can effect a person’s communication

What Is Autism? Autism Spectrum Disorder, (ASD) is a development disorder and affects the brains normal development in social and communication skills. ASD is now defined as a single disorder and includes disorders that were previously considered separate such as Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Persuasive Developmental Disorder not otherwise

Did you know that one in every sixty-eight births are diagnosed with the Autism spectrum disorder in other words (ASD), which is about one percent of the world’s population. And that more than three point five million people in America live with a person who has the Autism spectrum disorder. We all know that Autism is a spectrum disorder in which an abnormality is developed in the brain. It is a long life condition that has no cure for itself. People who have Autism face many difficulties in their communication and their social skills. They tend to also have bipolar reactions and moods in which one minute they’d be totally fine and normal and the next thing you know it they start to act differently becoming more aggressive which sometimes causes them to cause tantrums. Autism a spectrum disorder appears in the first three years of a person’s childhood and remains a mystery because of its unknown cause and unknown cure. And for that, treatments are offered by support teams and doctors, schools offer special education which help families in many ways. All these resources are to help families in need who are challenged by this diagnoses.

Although Autism is a ‘spectrum condition’, & there are very similar difficulties & traits, each individual will be affected in different ways. Some individuals with Autism also have a diagnosed learning disability, mental health issues or other conditions, which means individuals will need different levels of support. All individuals who

What is Autism?      Autism is a developmental disability that affects all areas of behavior and perception. Approximately 10 out of every 10,000 children are diagnosed with autism and four out of five are males. Autism is the third most common developmental disability, more common than Down Syndrome. Children with Autism are

The Ignorance Towards Autism The average person tends to stare, or look away from a person with a disability. The average person is ignorant about the condition that every 1 in 88 people are diagnosed with, which is autism. The average person considers autism to be a disease that a person

Autism refers to a neurobehavioral condition, which includes impairments in social interaction as well as language developmental and skills combined with repetitive behaviors and rigid. The condition has various symptoms and that is the reason why it is called autism spectrum disorder. The disorder covers various spectrum symptoms, levels of impairment and skills. It means that someone with autism tend to isolate him/herself from the rest of the community since they have no way of communicating with the community and that is the reason why they are anti-social. They have difficulty when it comes to passing across information to other people as they lack ability to do so like any other human being. The children suffer from the disorder as a