austism speech
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AUTISMIN THE MODERN WORLD
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SOME OF THE BIGGEST MYTHS
•ALL AUTISTICS ARE THE SAME•CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS HIGH
FUNTIONING OR LOW FUNCTIONING
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WHAT IS AUTISM?
•A MENTAL CONDITION PRESENT FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD, CHARACTERIZED BY DIFFICULTY IN COMMUNICATING AND FORMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND IN USING LANGUAGE AND ABSTRACT CONCEPTS.
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AUTISM: A HISTORYSCHIZOPHRENIA - ASPERGERS
• FROM 1911 TO AROUND 1946 IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A SYMPTOM OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
• ASPERGER’S COMES FROM A GERMAN SCIENTIST BY THE NAME OF HANS ASPERGER WHO STUDIED CERTAIN ASPECTS OF AUTISM IN CHILDREN.
“TREATMENTS”
1960-1970 TREATMENTS INCLUDED • LSD • ELECTRIC SHOCK • BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
TECHNIQUES THROUGH PAIN AND TORTURE
• SOME USE(D) BLEACH
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SYMPTOMS•POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS
•SPECIALIZED INTERESTS•MORE EXTREME
REACTIONS TO SENSATIONS
•LESSENED PHYSICAL COORDINATION
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CHALLENGES•TEMPERATURE•AMOUNT OF LIGHT•NOISES•SMELLS•CROWDS
• Inability to easily communicate and interact with people (some people, can sometimes experience a type of physical pain when confronted with the idea of talking to or in front of other people)
• Interest in objects or specialized information.
• Reactions to sensations• Physical coordination• Difficulty adapting to change
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MYTHS RE-EVALUATED•ALL AUTISTICS ARE THE SAME•THEY CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS EITHER HIGH OR LOW FUNCTIONING
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CONCLUSION• NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE AS A WHOLE• HOPEFULLY THE INFORMATION HELPS GIVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.