Category: Understanding Autism
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Autism Awareness Week – Autistic people in films
Yesterday I raised awareness of the autistic contribution to computing and modern technology. There are many who have contributed, as writers, actors and directors. They incude Courtney Love, Dan Akroyd, Tim Burton, Helena Bonham-Carter, Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Hopkins, Daryll Hannah and Orson Welles. Having autism has helped some of them they say, getting into roles…
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World Autism Awareness Week
This week is world Autism Awareness Week. Autism is an invisible, neurological condition, where the brain just processes information differently from other brains. This can bring great benefits. People with it, or who have major autism traits have greatly influenced the modern world as we know it, and made surviving COVID-19 lockdown possible for many…
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Access the Autistic Skill Set 5. Retain and flourish
Staff costs are the highest expenditure in business, so how to retain those skills within. The trained skills, the people with potential, and can grow and really benefit the business as part of teams. Just consider the cost of not understanding and losing the skills. Performance panels can lead to loss of morale, staff and…
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What are the Indications of Aspergers Syndrome — Free PLR Articles
Useful information about aspergers syndrome. Worth reading. It is important to remember that everyone is an individual and the symptoms will vary.
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Understanding Echolalia and Autism — Speaking of Autism…
Time for another installment in my “Understanding ‘X’ and Autism” posts, for all of those people out there trying to learn more and/or better understand their autistic friends and loved ones. For today’s post, we’ll start with a story. The scene is about two years ago, December of my sophomore year of high school. Every […]…
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Accessing the Autistic Skill Set 3. Ripening and Growing Part 2
I have previously given some ideas how to further understand and respect autistic people and their unique skill and build on this further. Here are some further tips to help ripen and grow them. 4. Build mutual trust and respect By getting to know us as we are, by working with us from where we…
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Why do so many autistic people chew on things? — Speaking of Autism…
Find out why do so many autistic people chew on things. Why do so many autistic people chew on things? — Speaking of Autism…
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Why I can’t remember your name as an autistic person. — Speaking of Autism…
“What’s my name, Quincy?” … “Come on, we’re in the same English class, how can you not know who I am?” This has become a common interaction for me at school recently, ever since it became widespread knowledge that “Quincy can’t remember anyone’s name.” I get stopped a lot with people asking me the same […]…
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Accessing the Autistic Skill set 4. Reviews and Reflection Part 2
Reviews are an essential part of building companies and employees to perform at their best. However they can be very stressful as I said in my last blog. Especially for autistic people, many of whom have struggled to keep work, possibly due to poor reviews due to symptoms and misunderstandings. I was only diagnosed with…
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Is there a gender bias within the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders? — psychology related
According to the DSM-V, autism spectrum disorders are four times more common among males than females. This could be due to either Sex-differential genetic or hormonal factors, or simply that many females suffering from autism go under the radar, perhaps due the fact that their behaviour can differ greatly from stereotypical autistic traits. The diagnostic […]…
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