TheApprenticeofKingMickey and I have been talking, and realized a lot of people are quite uninformed about autism, so we decided to construct this thread together.
Autism is a broad disorder, measured on what is called the Spectrum. There are different categories under the name autism itself, such as Asperger's Syndrome and occasionally Rett Syndrome. It can range from children barely affected to children who can hardly, if at all, walk or talk. On the mid- to lighter- side are children with in some ways more challenging problems.
Those children, generally categorized under the undefinated Atypical Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, have more self-damaging practices. They have anger issues, low self-esteem, high intelligence, and some of the world's highest suicide rates. They are socially awkward, and will not instigate conversation. Some of them have difficulty understanding figures of speech, sarcasm, and the like. They are also some of the most honest people. They struggle with lying, and sometimes will feel physical pain from lying. Especially as young children and applied mostly to children with Asperger's Syndrome, they have acute sensory skills. A room may to a normal person be odorless and normal, but an autistic child could be overwhelmed with a horrible smell in the room ordinary people cannot detect. They have remarkable memory skills and unlike normal children, struggle with certain sounds. They don't like things to be loud, or to be in large crowds of people.
Occasionally children diagnosed with autism will have accompanying disorders, such as ADD, ADHD, synthesia, ect. Largely because of the reasons previously listed, autistic children are often bullied, and while may appear intimidating sometimes, are not usually the bullies themselves. They aren't good at whispering, or correctly changing their tone of voice. Childhood fears can sometimes last long into adulthood, such as fear of the dark, wetting the bed, night terrors, and other things that usually only young children suffer from. Their motor skills are far behind their peers. They can struggle for years at riding a bike, tying their shoes--things we consider simple and normal are huge leaps for them. They often feel inclined to quit if they don't immediately succeed.
That being said, austism is not entirely destructive. Some of the greatest minds in the world have been speculated to be autistic. Einstein himself is said to have been born with Asperger's Syndrome. People with autism, so long as they're not on the most severe end of the Spectrum, are generally some of the most intelligent people in the world. They are devoted, and will usually find one thing in life that they are obsessed with for years, and know practically everything about. Personally, one of my brother's obsessions is dinosaurs. He eats dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, watches dinosaur movies, reads dinosaur books, pretends to be a dinosaur, wears dinosaur-themed clothing--the works. The same goes for his brother, who is in love with bugs. Bug movies, bug books, pretends to be a bug. The list goes on and on. It makes them happy and they are benefits to the communities centered around what they love.
Finally, and I cannot stress this point enough, AUTISM CAN BE OVERCOME. I have met autistic people who you would never, in a million years, would you suspect were autistic. They have overcome every single thing. So while there is no "official" cure, they can "cure" themselves. Autism is NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MISTAKES IN LIFE.
I hope this helped you all understand a little bit better what autism is all about. If you have anything to add, just comment and I'll put it in.
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Autistic children also usually have little things to let out their energy. Sometimes they will flap their arms like they're trying to fly or just find some way to move. They are extremely energetic and need to run and jump and play to get that energy out.
TheApprenticeofKingMickey and I have been talking, and realized a lot of people are quite uninformed about autism, so we decided to construct this thread together.
Autism is a broad disorder, measured on what is called the Spectrum. There are different categories under the name autism itself, such as Asperger's Syndrome and occasionally Rett Syndrome. It can range from children barely affected to children who can hardly, if at all, walk or talk. On the mid- to lighter- side are children with in some ways more challenging problems.
Those children, generally categorized under the undefinated Atypical Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, have more self-damaging practices. They have anger issues, low self-esteem, high intelligence, and some of the world's highest suicide rates. They are socially awkward, and will not instigate conversation. Some of them have difficulty understanding figures of speech, sarcasm, and the like. They are also some of the most honest people. They struggle with lying, and sometimes will feel physical pain from lying. Especially as young children and applied mostly to children with Asperger's Syndrome, they have acute sensory skills. A room may to a normal person be odorless and normal, but an autistic child could be overwhelmed with a horrible smell in the room ordinary people cannot detect. They have remarkable memory skills and unlike normal children, struggle with certain sounds. They don't like things to be loud, or to be in large crowds of people.
Occasionally children diagnosed with autism will have accompanying disorders, such as ADD, ADHD, synthesia, ect. Largely because of the reasons previously listed, autistic children are often bullied, and while may appear intimidating sometimes, are not usually the bullies themselves. They aren't good at whispering, or correctly changing their tone of voice. Childhood fears can sometimes last long into adulthood, such as fear of the dark, wetting the bed, night terrors, and other things that usually only young children suffer from. Their motor skills are far behind their peers. They can struggle for years at riding a bike, tying their shoes--things we consider simple and normal are huge leaps for them. They often feel inclined to quit if they don't immediately succeed.
That being said, austism is not entirely destructive. Some of the greatest minds in the world have been speculated to be autistic. Einstein himself is said to have been born with Asperger's Syndrome. People with autism, so long as they're not on the most severe end of the Spectrum, are generally some of the most intelligent people in the world. They are devoted, and will usually find one thing in life that they are obsessed with for years, and know practically everything about. Personally, one of my brother's obsessions is dinosaurs. He eats dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, watches dinosaur movies, reads dinosaur books, pretends to be a dinosaur, wears dinosaur-themed clothing--the works. The same goes for his brother, who is in love with bugs. Bug movies, bug books, pretends to be a bug. The list goes on and on. It makes them happy and they are benefits to the communities centered around what they love.
Finally, and I cannot stress this point enough, AUTISM CAN BE OVERCOME. I have met autistic people who you would never, in a million years, would you suspect were autistic. They have overcome every single thing. So while there is no "official" cure, they can "cure" themselves. Autism is NOT AN EXCUSE FOR MISTAKES IN LIFE.
I hope this helped you all understand a little bit better what autism is all about. If you have anything to add, just comment and I'll put it in.
EDITED BITS:
Autistic children also usually have little things to let out their energy. Sometimes they will flap their arms like they're trying to fly or just find some way to move. They are extremely energetic and need to run and jump and play to get that energy out.