Autism

Yes. It is a matter of set and setting. An autistic person may think of his own culture to be rubbish. He might want to live a better life doing different things from what everyone else usually does. In the UK for instance, many people watch TV, drink alcohol, honor celebrities, have jobs and buy products. It can be a very boring world for them, especially when forced to live among them. Today's society needs to change far beyond mankind can ever give.

No, Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf is not autistic.

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It is hard to say from just the People magazine article. However,, she was diagnosed when the criteria were much stricter, long before anyone had heard of Asperger Syndrome. According to the article, doctors recommended that she be medicated and institutionalized.

Andrew Wakefield (born 1956 in the United Kingdom) is a Canadian trained surgeon, best known as the lead author of a controversial 1998 research study, published in the Lancet, which reported bowel symptoms in a selected sample of twelve children with autistic spectrum disorders and other disabilities, and alleged a possible connection with MMR vaccination.1

See source below for more information.


1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield

well the prevalence of autism (including Asperger's and PDD NOS) is 1 in 166 2/3 (6/1000) and the estimated population of Australia for 10 September 2011 is 22702206 so there are approximately 136213.236 people in Australia living with an autism spectrum disorder.

The suffix -ism, relates to the act of the prefix in concern. Aut-ism is self focused, Pagan-ism is being a pagan and cannabalism is being a cannibal.

No.

No.

I believe that it is less than 1%. Very, very low.

It depends on the person. People with autism are, first and foremost, people. And just like all people they have their own feelings and opinions about themselves even if they are not able to express these opinions.

Some people with autism embrace their disorder and celebrate their "unique" way of living in the world. They are proud of their disability and do not wish for a cure. These people are almost exclusively high-functioning. Often, but not always, they are also successful: they are able to have a job and/or family and/or live independently.

Other high-functioning people find their autism quite disabling and if a cure was offered would take it. Often these autistic people have extreme difficulty making friends, have extreme difficulty holding down a job or are unemployed, want to get married and have children but are unable to, may live off of a meager SSI check, may live in Section 8 housing and in poverty and endure other hardships.

We do not know how most people with low-functioning autism view their autism because most are unable to tell us. The few low-functioning people who are able to communicate have just as varied views as those who are high-functioning: some view it as a different way of being and others long for a cure from their low-functioning condition.

Every autistic person feels differently about his or her autism. If you want to know how an autistic person feels about his or her autism than you should ask him or her rather than to make generalizations about all autistic people. If the autistic person is unable to tell you than it is probably best not to assume anything but to help them live the best life they can.

yes and they like to hug them too

I have Aspergers and when I was in elementary school I was removed from class every now and then to go to something called Speech. I found it pretty annoying :p

I was told I had bad posture, wouldn't greet others, enthusiastic reader, wouldn't respond or look when someone called my name, and prefered to be by myself.

Personally I do not think that there is many accomodations you can do for Asperger's. It is all dependent on the Aspie (one with Aspergers). If you think Speech will help, I recommend Speech in middle school because this was when I was most talkative. Also, I read alot of other Aspies becoming more social at this time.

Best thing to do would be to encourage them on their interests (but not too much) as this often and hopefully leads them into a career path where they will enjoy and/or excel in. Also, during teenaged years can bring out a bit more severe form of anxiety and depression than teens without Aspergers and this might call for attention.

There is no cure for Aspergers and few Aspies tend to have a combination such as having Aspergers and OCD, ADD, ect. In these cases, some medication can be helpful but usu. not neccasary.

Its A,B,C,and D.

no

Autism is a developmental disease that is present from birth and continues for one's entire life. It takes a while for symptoms to become apparent, as a child's behavior proves different than others.

no they can't.

There are many characteristics associated with Asperger's Syndrome (AS). The severity of each one can vary from person to person. A mild case would be one in which most characteristics are mild and none are extremely severe.

A person with a severe case might have extreme difficulty functioning in many situations, whereas a person with a mild case might be able to function in most situations with difficulties only in exceptional circumstances. An example of a person with a severe case could be one who almost never leaves his or her home, has no friends, and cannot keep a job. An example of a person with a mild case could be one who, without significant stress, can keep a job, interact with other people, and do his or her own shopping, but might have difficulties in a few situations, such as Christmas shopping crowds or loud parties.

Someone with AS might appear to have a mild case, but might be manipulating situations to avoid stress or might have learned various adaptations that disguise how stressed he or she is. Adults with AS have often learned coping skills, so unless they reveal exactly what they are thinking and feeling, outward behaviors are not necessarily an effective way to determine the severity of AS.

Yes adults can have symptoms of autism. In more severe types of autism, such as low functioning autism, the symptoms and characteristics are usually lifelong and can not be mitigated.

In more severe cases of those with low functioning autism, the symptoms can include the following:

1.lack of proper communication skills (not being able to talk or repeats certain words)

2.maladaptive behavior

3.constant preoccupation with an object or an interest

4.tics

5.poor hygiene and not being able to care for oneself.

In less severe cases of autism, such as high functioning autism (or Asperger's Syndrome) the symptoms can be less severe and more mild, and throughout the adult's life, symptoms can be mitigated or improved as time continues.

Usually in the cases of high functioning autism, the symptoms will include the following:

1.pedantic, verbose, tangential, or unusually abrupt speech.

2.heavy narrowly focused interests in a specific topic (but this can mitigated as the adult matures, and the adult may be able to become more well rounded in many other topics)

3.unusual or poor social skills or shyness (again, this symptom can also be improved when the adult matures)

4.Engagement in long winded deep discussions that can bore the listener.

5.Average or high IQ.

6. pedantic "nerdy" behavior.

I have high-functioning autism. i started befriended some of my peers but aren't imtimate to me. Today, at lunch, i said hi. They didn't respond, but i started sitting down anyway. The whole table was quiet. No one was looking at me, even when i first spoke. I know i didn't say anything to upset them. But they started talking to each other. i felt left out and awkward.