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What is Autism awareness?
Autism awareness is simply making people aware of autism and Autistic people. Unfortunately organizations such as Autism Speaks uses autism awareness to speak negatively about autism and Autistic people to increase their profits, thus there remains a lot of ignorance about autism.
Is the a particuler gruop of people that have autism?
There is a particular group of people that have autism: Autistic people! Autism does tend to be more commonly found in males, however often autism symptoms show differently in females and females are better at hiding their symptoms so it may be that autism is just underdiagnosed in females.
What the fuddruckers is autism?
Autism is a neurological difference. People with Autism experience the world differently to neurotypical people and often have problems with social or communication skills, however they tend to have increased abilities with logic.
What is an autistic?
Someone who is born on the autism spectrum/has autism spectrum disorder/is autistic. Often used in an offensive manner towards autistic people.
Does autism occur in adolence?
Autism isn't something that just suddenly occurs in adolescence or at any other stage of a persons life. Autistic people are born Autistic, autism is a neurological variation so starts within the womb.
What is mild autism?
There's no such thing as mild autism, there is just autism.A person is born Autistic, how their autism effects them can vary greatly and change throughout their lives. This is why autism is know an a spectrum disorder. Also some people claim Asperger Syndrome is a 'mild form of autism' but this isn't the case, it's just an old diagnosis for Autistic people who didn't display developmental delays - or often it was used to diagnose people to avoid stigma of Autism.
How often does head injuries occur?
they occur so often that they kill 400000 people a week
What can you do to people who have autism?
It would not be ethical or legal to do anything TO people who have autism.
Can anyone get autism?
Autism isn't something you 'get' you are born autistic - anyone can be born autistic, although there does seem to be a gentic link so often autistic people are more likely to have autistic children, or you often see multiple siblings in a single family with autism. As yet we don't know what causes autism, so we can't tell who is more likely to have autistic offspring.
Is autism a neurotic disorder?
Yes, Autism is known as Autism Spectrum Disorder and is a neurological disorder. However many Autistic people prefer it to be referred to as a neurological difference - disorder implies that Neurotypical is the norm, the ideal, or the perfect and that Autism is a broken version so worth less.
Do people with autism repeat them self's?
Yes people with autism do repeat them self's.
What foods are of concern for people with autism?
People with Autism often have difficult times digesting foods that are high in protein. Examples include foods that are rich in gluten and casein, which range from a wide variety of dairy and grain products.
