Understanding Autism for Dummies

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If other people have a hard time reading and understanding you—and you them—you’ll likely have difficulty with relationships. But you can still find ways to nurture a healthy social life. develop and test an autism public understanding and acceptance initiative, working with autistic people and their families, and the voluntary sector To diagnose ASD as an adult, a clinician will likely talk to you about your interests, emotions, and childhood. They may also want to talk to your family members. This can be especially useful because symptoms—even subtle ones—likely developed when you were a child. What causes autism? We will set measures of success for each of the priority areas in the strategy to make sure we can effectively monitor progress in year one and beyond, being clear about what we expect to achieve by 2026. This is important in knowing and demonstrating that we are making a difference to autistic people and their families’ lives. By the end of this strategy, we want life to be fundamentally better for autistic people, their families and carers. We want to be able to demonstrate that we have transformed autistic people and their families’ lives by: Improving understanding and acceptance of autism within society Autism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children. This book provides help-and hope-by explaining the differences between various types of autism and delivering the lowdown on behavioral, educational, medical, other interventions. Featuring inspiring autism success stories as well as a list of organizations where people who support those with autism can go for additional help, it offers practical advice on how to educate children as well as insights on helping people with autism use their strengths to maximize their potential in life.

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The characteristics of autism vary from one person to another, but there are four main areas of difference. Social interaction Steve uses the term neurodiversity, which basically means that the best way to understand people with autism and other differences is through neurological diversity—that we all have different brains and we process information differently—and that’s a more hopeful as well as productive way to understand people who behave and act and process information differently. I want to underline my thanks to everyone who played their part in helping us keep each other safe. I understand just how much this disruption has taken its toll on autistic people’s livelihoods and mental health. To improve transitions into adulthood, we will continue our work to ensure education staff have the skills required to support autistic young people during this time. That is why we are including transitions as a topic within our programme of school and college workforce training and development on SEND. As part of this work, we are ensuring that preparation for adulthood is discussed much earlier in young people’s school careers to ensure that they are given appropriate information, advice and guidance.

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We want to reduce the health and care inequalities that autistic people face throughout their lives, and to show that autistic people are living healthier and longer lives. In addition, we want to have made significant progress on improving early identification, reducing diagnosis waiting times and improving diagnostic pathways for children and adults, so autistic people can access a timely diagnosis and the support they may need across their lives. Building the right support in the community and supporting people in inpatient care Reach out to other adults with ASD. You might find that talking with others with ASD is less tiring than other interactions. Although every person with ASD is different, you share a common ground and can talk about your experiences. Additionally, neither of you will need to focus on reading or presenting social cues in a way that a neurotypical person might expect. Support groups for adults with autism

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People with Asperger's do not have the same learning disabilities that many people with autism have, but they might have a specific learning difficulty.For years I had been saying to people that somebody needs to write a socio-cultural history of autism. The field has been controversial ever since Leo Kanner’s initial proposition of the diagnosis of infantile autism in 1943. There are strict divisions in beliefs about what causes autism and how best to treat autism. People really go at each other—I mean cut, slash, and burn when they talk about autism. Especially with the internet, every day we have dozens and dozens of new self-appointed autism experts who know everything. When I read Steve’s book I thought, not only is this a detailed history with so many untold stories, but it’s written with such compassion and it’s written with such depth of understanding of people with autism not being pathological but being people who are different. It’s also possible that women with ASD have repetitive behavior tendencies and narrow interests that aren’t seen as unusual. For example, a woman with ASD who feels the urge to neatly organize dishes or who is only fascinated with music theory may pass as “neurotypical”. Diagnosis and causes An autistic person can be ‘under’ or ‘over’ sensitive in any of the senses – including sight, hearing and balance. This means sounds, lights, touch and smells can be painful or very uncomfortable.