Autistic spectrum disorder

People with Autism

Dan Aykroyd

Tim BurtonThe Inventor of Pokeman

Courtney Love

Vincent Van Gogh

Michael Jackson

Daryl Hannah

Marie Curie

Quiz - Famous People with Autism

1. Famous artists, painters, cartoonists - Walt Disney, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol2. 19th century poets - Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson3. Fairy tale writers - Hans Christian Anderson, Lewis Carroll, Wilhelm Grimm4. Italian Sculptor, painters, architects - Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael 5. American Founding Fathers - Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington6. Naturalists and Geologists - Louis Agassiz , Charles Darwin, James Hutton7. Physicists - Sir John Cockcroft, Sir Isaac Newton, Edward Teller, 8. Composers - Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart9. Philosophers of science - Aristotle, Sir Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein10.Singer songwriters - Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Orbison11.Business Magnates - Bill Gates, John Paul Getty Jnr, Aristotle Onassis12.Actors, writers - Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Billy Wilder

What is Autism?• A very complex, baffling developmental disability• Autism is considered a new developmental disorder as it did not clinically exist until

1944. • First described by Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger in the 1940’s• Both Kanner and Asperger choose the word ‘autistic' in order to characterise the

nature of the underlying disturbance. • The first autistic classes within special education were started in the middle of the

70s.

Donald Gray Triplett of Mississippi

What is Autism?• It falls in the diagnostic category Pervasive Developmental DisorderThere are 5 types of disorder under ‘Pervasive Developmental Disorder’ or PDD .

Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified AutismAsperger’s SyndromeRett Syndrome Childhood Disintegrative Disorder.

Autism Facts• A lifelong developmental disability affecting 1 in 100 people in the UK. • 4 times more prevalent in boys• A condition with no known racial, ethnic or social boundaries, and there is

no relation to family income or lifestyle• A condition very likely neurological in origin • A spectrum condition

The Triad of ImpairmentPeople with autism share three main areas of difficulty, known as the ‘triad of impairments’. However their condition will affect them in very different ways

The Triad of Impairment

Social Interaction

Social Imagination

Social Communication

Diagnosing AutismParental/School Concerns

The CHAT Test – The Checklist for Autism in Toddlers

Different Diagnosticians using different methods but have to follow NICE Clinical Guidelines

Theory of Mind – The Sally and Ann Test

The Theory Of Mind – The Sally and Ann Test

The Theory of Mind – The Jennifer and Marius Test

This is Jennifer This is Marius

Jennifer has a basket Marius has a box

Jennifer puts a bottle of wine in her basket

Jennifer goes for a walk Marius takes the wine out of the basket

And puts it in his box!

Jennifer comes back. She needs a drinkWhere will she look for her wine?

Possible Autistic Behaviours• An insistence on sameness.- Development of fixed routines• Repetitive behaviour and Obsessive behaviour including an obsession with a

particular topic or object• Difficulty managing anger• Attentional and perceptual abnormalities – notice fine details and very small

changes in their environment. • Difficulties generalising learning to new situations. • Can have exceptional talents and abilities (savant abilities).

Savants• "Autistic savant" refers to individuals with autism who have

extraordinary skills not exhibited by most persons. • The most common forms involve mathematical calculations, memory

feats, artistic abilities, and musical abilities. • Autistic savants account for 50% of people with savant syndrome,

while the other 50% have other forms of developmental disability or brain injury. Quite remarkably, as many as 1 in 10 autistic people show some degree of savant skill.

Savants

Kim Peek

Derek Paravicinihttps://www.ted.com/talks/derek_paravicini_and_adam_ockelford_in_the_key_of_genius?language=en

Daniel Tammet

Stephen Wiltshirehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8YXZTlwTAU

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=daniel%20tammett&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=daniel%20tammett&sc=7-14&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=C93BC60A5B940B2AED17C93BC60A5B940B2AED17

Quiz - Famous People with Autism

1. Famous artists, painters, cartoonists - Walt Disney, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol2. 19th century poets - Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson3. Fairy tale writers - Hans Christian Anderson, Lewis Carroll, Wilhelm Grimm4. Italian Sculptor, painters, architects - Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael 5. American Founding Fathers - Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington6. Naturalists and Geologists - Louis Agassiz , Charles Darwin, James Hutton7. Physicists - Sir John Cockcroft, Sir Isaac Newton, Edward Teller, 8. Composers - Johann Sebastion Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart9. Philosophers of science - Aristotle, Sir Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein10.Singer songwriters - Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Orbison11.Business Magnates - Bill Gates, John Paul Getty Jnr, Aristotle Onassis12.Actors, writers - Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Billy Wilder

Past, Present and Future

Treatments

Therapy

Technologyhttp://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=zeno%20robot%20and%20autusm%20youtube&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=zeno%20robot%20and%20autusm%20youtube&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=39E75CE66281593EA6F739E75CE66281593EA6F7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZVV4Ciccg

A Report by Scott Long – the father of an autistic

daughter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1f3kMKrYW8

Last Thoughts on Autism“I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical. Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin.” ― Jerry Newport,

So it Goes• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1zZt4jHvnk