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Stereotypes tend to be made by those who lack understanding whether is unintentional or not. Understanding is the key to accepting and valuing all differences. Whether it is about our race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or whatever else makes up an individual’s identity. It is this lack of understanding that normally leads to stereotyped views, prejudice and discrimination. This sadly is mostly the case for those with autistic spectrum conditions and has a large affect on not only the

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.

They are as much par t of our society and communities as anyone else. Access to right services and information can help people with autism achieve their goals and help them to lead as independent lives as possible.

Autism is a disorder that I seem to hear more about every day. I hear about it on the television news, in news articles online, and even personal blogs that I read. It seems that everyone has some knowledge of autism and most people know someone personally that it affects. As far as my own personal knowledge and experience of the disorder, I learned it at camp. I have volunteered many years for at Camp Tik-A-Witha. This camp provides a week long session for children with special needs (mental and physical handicaps) called Elizabeth Gwin Session. While volunteering at camp, I have seen children with blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, and autism.

Every day, I work with unique and intelligent group of kids. In our current classroom, we have two students with autism. I will say that I feel blessed to be able to work with such amazing kids. I have learned so much from all of them. I full-heartedly believe in first person language and I have taught the kids in the classroom to embrace differences. The children within the classroom are mindful of certain behaviors; however, it does not affect their behavior between peers. In my future classroom, I will continue the value of person first language and allow my students to experience differences and open-mind

I bet you’ve seen at least one before. You know, those articles on the news about someone with autism, doing something amazing that any typical person would never envision them doing. Getting elected homecoming king, being on a cheerleading team, or carrying out an act of kindness that even non-autistic people wouldn’t ever consider are just some of the things that I’ve seen. Though these are spectacular self-esteem lifters for these individuals, warm and fuzzy stories for the public and excellent publicity for wherever they occur, many often forget that autism is a spectrum condition, and functioning levels vary, from wheelchair bound individuals to those in society whose names everyone recognizes.

Due to autism being a disability that is not physically visible a lot of parents of autistic children have to endure the stigma of people labelling their child as naughty. Children with autism find verbal and non-verbal communication difficult to overcome this is because they might struggle to understand things such as sarcasm, facial expressions, body language and some of the higher end of the spectrum might not

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

To eliminate bias and hatred against autistic or differently abled children and individuals, it is important to educate the masses about the endless possibilities autistic people are born with.

Suggesting that autism is not a disorder, but rather simply a different way of seeing the world is a completely novel way to see it. Knowing a few people who are on the autism spectrum, I find it difficult to accept this view entirely, but I think that the same idea which we discussed with regards to ADD may be applicable here. It is not a disability in itself, but only once it begins to interfere with a person's life that it is a disability. As well, consulting people with autism (or any other disability) about what they need in classrooms is a good first step towards building an inclusive classroom.

So this teacher had a cage built and this is where he kept this child while he attended school on a daily basis, because most of these kids lack the social skills to speak up for what is right or wrong he never said anything to his parents about the disgrace that was being done to him. Needless to say the principal and staff were fired and charges were brought up against them all. When we take a look at the growing rate and the static that show the growth of people living in America with autism is at a high rate. Studies have shown that among identical twins, if one child has ASD, then the other will be affected about 36-95% of the time. In non-identical twins, if one child has ASD, then the other is affected about 0-31% of the

To begin, the autistic community has many different ways of communication that works for everyone that they interact with. One of those ways they have worked past their barriers of communication is using sign language. This enables anyone who doesn’t have a voice, or is unable to express their feelings and opinions using words, to show their emotions using a different way of language. Another barrier that is faced by the autistic community is that while our society is heavily based on using tone of voice and body language to communicate our feelings and our reactions to certain situations. The problem that arises from this is that people diagnosis with autism, do not pick up on social cues and are unable to use the same body language

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 very complex disorder that deals with social behavior. People with Autism can have many different stages of Autism ranging anywhere from high functioning (people that act more normal and have less noticeable symptoms), moderately functioning (people with autism that are more noticeable than people who are high functioning, tend to have more ticks, but can cope and adapt more than low functioning), and low functioning (people with autism that more often than not do not talk, more noticeable symptoms, more ticks, and have a hard time copping and adapting). With there being

I have been active within the field of education for over a decade. During this time I been apart of serving students anf families from diverse educational, socioeconomic, cultural, religious, and political backgrounds. There are a few bits of wisdom that have proven invaluable working with diverse student, staff, families, and communities. There is a saying in the field of Autism, "if you know one person with Autsim, then you know one person with Autism." So often we assume individuals from the same race/ethnicity, religion, community, culture, or a myriad of other categorical labels are all the same. This is ignorance, whether it is an individual with an educational/medical label of Autism or a cultural group, each human being is unique and can not simply be summed up by the specific