Autism Flashcards
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AUTISM DEFINITION (6)
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- Developmental Impairment
- Causes brain to develop & function incorrectly
ORIGIN - Most likely genetic
- Manifests for many reasons
FACTORS - Lifelong
- Complex
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AUTISM CHARACTERISTICS (4)
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- Social Interaction
- Language & Communication
- Behaviour & Imagination
- Observable Features
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AUTISM SOCIAL INTERACTION (5)
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- Not aware of others or feelings
- Prefer to play alone
- Don’t like or feel nothing towards affection
- Don’t interact with people appropriately
- Difficult to develop relationships with people
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AUTISM LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION (5)
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- Development of speech may be strange, slow, or absent
- Speak with one tone or randomly change tone
- Difficult to start are participate in conversation
- Don’t understand non-verbal language or misunderstand it
- Don’t react to what people tell them as if deaf
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AUTISM BEHAVIOUR & IMAGINATION (5)
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- Limited imagination
- Limited interests
- Focus on specific things rather than whole things
- Hold on to objects
- Get stressed when environment changes
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AUTISM OBSERVABLE FEATURES (5)
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- Little or no eye contact
- No fear of danger
- High pain threshold
- Injuring themselves
- Crying or laughing for no reason