My life experiences are different to many Autistic individuals which support the problematic events in my previous life but highlights the positives also.
Autism is a neurological, pervasive, developmental condition that affects a small amount of human beings. Pervasive affects many parts of an Autistic individual such as:
Communication,
- Movement,
- Personality
- How they may think to other people around them.
- Processing information
- Routine changes
- Interaction with others
- Development in growth.
This comes hand in hand with Autism and cannot be pushed to one side and ignored.
Neurological affects the brain making it work differently to others. This includes the way parts of the brain talk to each other giving information in a way that is misunderstood or not understood.
Developmental is how autism is seen in the early age as a child starts to develop in:
- Communication
- Movement
- Behaviour.
The differences in communicating with others is noticed as certain traits begin to show from the norm such as:
- Body language
- Eye contact
- Play time with others whether in the playground or on their own
Lots of Autistic young people lead a different path in development through education trying to understand the basics such as being able to speak and learn as neuro-typical children do at a given pace.
The makeup of the Autistic brain disallows this process as some Autistic young people will:
- Not speak
- Some will speak later in their lives
- Others will use communication aids.
Many Autistic people can thrive to achieve great leaps given the capacity to be different in their learning, processing, and development.
Many Autistic individuals grow up having families of their own leading happy fulfilling lives with the help of family, friends and a great support network.
What other people Say
High- Functioning Pervasive Developmental disorders in adults
Key Features
- Impaired social and high level communication skills, verbal and non-verbal (eg eye contact)
- Impaired development of normal peer relationships
- A special interest that is abnormal in intensity or focus; and/or obsessive non-functional routines; and/or repetitive motor mannerisms
- Social or occupational dysfunction
Other Common Features
- Impaired perception of own and others emotions
- Impaired expression of emotions
- Delayed language development
- Executive function deficits
- Academic Skills disorders (eg, mathematics disorder)
- Motor clumsiness
- Poor handwriting
- Over or under sensitivity to sensory stimuli
- Impaired recognition of faces (prosopagnosia)
- Psychiatric comorbidities, particularly depression and anxiety Sarah J Abrahamson, Peter G Enticott and Bruce J Tonge
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