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Autism Spectrum Analysis

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Autism can be a mysterious topic, with a black box of information scientists have been trying to open for years. But today, people know a lot more about the inner workings of ASD. Some interesting facts and statistics are that the most obvious signs of autism occur at a very young age, usually 2-3 years old, and 1 in every 68 children have been diagnosed with it (What is autism?). The cause of this disorder is found in the brain, where their mind map is scrambled. This means that there are abnormalities in the cerebellum, brain stem, limbic system, and frontal cortex (Albano). In addition, the word autism comes from the greek word ‘autos’, which means ‘self.’ This is due to the fact that autistic people seem “self absorbed” (Autism Spectrum …show more content…

Their actions are described in area one: but the causes of these social behaviors are harder to find out. It is known that when they’re pushed beyond the limits, or have overloaded senses, they can-in a way-start to ignore the world around them. Albano describes Grandin’s own personal experience on this same topic, saying, “I pulled away when people tried to hug me, because being touched sent an overwhelming tidal wave of stimulation through my body...when noise and sensory over-stimulation became too intense, I was able to shut off my hearing and retreat into my own world.” There’s a possibility that another reason why autistic people have foreign reactions is that their vision might be distorted. While autistic humans are certainly nowhere near being blind-otherwise they wouldn’t be visual learners-they do feel objects a lot, to understand what the boundaries are in our complex world (Albano). As has been said, people with autism don’t understand things like puns and metaphors. This is because they “like logic” and when things are cogent. Jeff Hudale claims to like numbers, “namely math computations,” which is common in autistic people, especially those with Asperger’s. This is because of that logical thinking. It is also why social interactions are such a struggle for people with autism: There are no rules applied (Hamilton). Since it’s so hard to communicate, autistic people try to say what they mean in other ways. To illustrate, when someone with ASD starts having a meltdown, one can try to find the source of their upset mood, therefore understanding what’s bothering them without the person even having to explain ‘what’s wrong.’ The result is an outburst instead. Every action for autistic people is a form of communication that they can't say with words. It may only be a small inkling of what they mean, but if one notices something that usually happens before a

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