Austism Essay Help
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That kinda sounds like a lawsuit.Rikdyou said:
Hey, maybe that could be the angle for your essay.
Ummm I am doing a book study of The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time. And one of the questions say that i have to write 500 words about a topic called The Autistic World vs. the Non-Autistic world. So far we are meant to write a structure of the essay in dot points. I just need some dot points on what i can write. Uh stuff that included the differences between the two would be fine.gamezombieghgh said:
So, uh if someone can say the difference between the world in the eyes of an Autistic person and a non autistic person that would be sweet. Or just say what it is like to be Autistic if you are.
I hope that was enough detail.
Start with pointing out how many things we take for granted. Think about adding a few words about prisoners, forced labor and slavery. Compare autistic persons to prisoners of their own minds.
Not fully realistic approach, but writing good essays isn't completely about realism.
Not fully realistic approach, but writing good essays isn't completely about realism.
Since the world we occupy and the world the autistic occupy are one and the same, I'd recommend you start talking about aspects/symptoms of autism present in your book that make for different interpretation of our world.
For example, that book (if I recall correctly) revolves around an unusually inquisitive child. The manner in which this affects the person's perception of the world around them could account for a point.
For example, that book (if I recall correctly) revolves around an unusually inquisitive child. The manner in which this affects the person's perception of the world around them could account for a point.
Well, to start with, autism is spelt with one "S", not two. (It's wrong in your title ).
Is the essay about how autistic people perceive the world around them, as opposed to how others do?
).Is the essay about how autistic people perceive the world around them, as opposed to how others do?
Hmmm...how about society at large having very little understanding of autism as a rule, and the effects that has on people with autism?Rikdyou said:
And/or, people with autism doing something, and it being assumed it's because they have autism, even though hordes of people who don't also do that thing?
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Basically, take societies reaction to any minority group, and cut and paste "autistic" instead of that groups name. That stands a surprisingly large chance of working.
I highly doubt autism has anything to do with downs symdrme (just speculation however, Im no scientist)gamezombieghgh said:
also downs symdrome has obvious physical effects while autism...is a "head" thing, would that have somthing to do with how easy it is to pick up? I mean i havnt heard any stories of autistic fetuses getting aborted
anyway with my experience with it it doenst always make you a quirky genious or give you midn super powers...and there are varying degrees
I was speaking to a university friend of mine who was studying neurology and he explained that in in his opinion the "Severe Male Brain" Hypothesis made the some sense. Basically while there are always exceptions to the rule generally males are faster at systemizing or are better at it than empathizing, with females being the reverse.
By that I mean a "severe male brain" has difficulty ascribing mental states to themselves and others, ie they struggle to recognise when somebody is sad or happy.
And it sort of makes sense since males are something like 4 times as likely to have it than females.
Thats what I heard but I'm sure its debatable.
I just read a thing about "The Sally-Anne Test" which I think gives a lot of insight into how autistic people see the world, they seem to assume that what they themselves are aware of everybody must therefore be aware of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%E2%80%93Anne_test
By that I mean a "severe male brain" has difficulty ascribing mental states to themselves and others, ie they struggle to recognise when somebody is sad or happy.
And it sort of makes sense since males are something like 4 times as likely to have it than females.
Thats what I heard but I'm sure its debatable.
I just read a thing about "The Sally-Anne Test" which I think gives a lot of insight into how autistic people see the world, they seem to assume that what they themselves are aware of everybody must therefore be aware of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%E2%80%93Anne_test
Or a fight.Casual Shinji said:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Autism#Characteristics
That characteristics section on wikipedia will definitely help out if you're stuck for topics. Since it's an essay about both worlds, it'd be a good idea to focus on when the two worlds occasionally clash, there's lots of examples of this in the book.
I can confirm for you that autism and Down syndrome have no biological connection.Vault101 said:
Also amniocentesis is just one technique used in prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders. When it comes to autism, prenatal diagnosis isn't really definitive since it doesn't have an entirely clear genetic basis, as opposed to Down syndrome which shows a genetic change (trisomy 21) in 100% of cases.
If you want some more good material to give a bit of perspective of autism you should consider watching Rain Man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man
I think the name comes from the idea that the way that people on the autistic spectrum see the world is so removed from the way that "normal" people see it it counts as a different world.gamezombieghgh said:
This is something I can personally attest to having a severe case of DIAGNOSED aspergers (srry but I see lots of people saying they have it without actual diagnosis) and it is honestly just like being a different species while sharing a shape with humanity the difference's in perception action etc can honestly seem like being a whole other race.
Investigating methods of care with Learning Disabilities may prove useful for ideas as well. The division between the Autistic world and Non-Autistic can be partly found in communication. Finding out what kinds of visual aids (pictures of common objects, symbols in day-shedules), different forms of language (signing like American Sign Language or British (take your pick) and/ or Makaton) and also the personal and professional relationship between carer and service user.
Two big words are Empathy and Empowerment. As a recent Social Work graduate, I can guarantee that.
Two big words are Empathy and Empowerment. As a recent Social Work graduate, I can guarantee that.