Disability Awareness: Autism
- Nate Raub
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min read
According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects about 1 in 54 children in the US today. Autism, or ASD, is a spectrum disorder, meaning that autism may impact individuals differently. Each person with autism has a distinct set of strengths and challenges. Since the ways in which autism influences people vary, different levels of autism exist on a spectrum. Some people with ASD may require significant support, whereas others might need less help or even live independently. This broad range of characteristics can involve challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and non verbal communication.
In order to learn more about how to communicate or interact with people with autism, here is a quick list of facts about autism that can help.
People with ASD often have problems with social, emotional, and communication skills. They might repeat certain behaviors and might not want change in their daily activities.
Examples include but are not limited to:
prefer not to be held or cuddled, or might cuddle only when they want to
appear to be unaware when people talk to them, but respond to other sounds
be very interested in people, but not know how to talk, play, or relate to them
repeat or echo words or phrases said to them, or repeat words or phrases in place of normal language
have trouble adapting when a routine changes
have unusual reactions to the way things smell, taste, look, feel, or sound
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