![]() As they grow older, the world can dampen their amazing spirit but do not be disheartened as Autistic people are often resilient and resourceful.ĭ. Young children may be quirky, smart and individual. Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities, or may be masked by learned strategies in later life). This is highly useful in areas like being a chef or a musician.Ĭ. Exceptional, accurate and perceptive sensory skills.Very useful if the person wants to be a university professor or lots of other things! Also, the interests can form an excellent self-soothing tool should the person be depressed or overloaded. As life progresses, Autists can develop a huge general knowledge based on all the topics they may have been interested in. Passionate engagement in a particular interest.Seeing patterns in things – very useful if the person wants to work for the police as an investigator or be a mathematician or climate scientist. Innovative and imaginative use of objects.May have very strong interests on a topic and activities related to these interests may result in a great sense of joy and satisfaction. Hyper- or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of theī (Brilliant) May be experts in a particular area, have a strong focus and determination. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focusĤ. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualised patterns of verbalģ. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speechĢ. Restrictive, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities, as manifested by at least two of the following, currently or by history:ġ. Autistic people often have a great connection with non-human ‘people’ too and a connection to the natural world.ī. Autistics may be very loyal and/or have strong bonds with an individual or small group of friends. ![]() Approaching relationships differently to allistic people.Interacting in different ways. Being honest and straightforward and not generally using things like manipulation or sarcasm.They may make excellent psychologists or counsellors or just be really good and thoughtful friends and partners. Different ways of relating and experiencing emotions.Some ways in which this might be demonstrated include: It is not a deficit or a disorder, it is just a different way of communicating. This is part of the person’s basic make-up. Specify current severity based on social communication impairments and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour.Ī (Ausome) Different ways of communicating and relating to others. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships Deficits in nonverbal communication behaviours used for social interactionģ. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocityĢ. Persistent deficits in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by all of the following (currently or by history):ġ. Autistic pride all the way! Nothing abotu us without us and other positive and radical sentiments.Ī. It si a bit tongue in cheek but there is a serious side to this as well. Text in blue is what is in the DSM and text in black is what I have written. I’m not sure how a doctor would use it but I prefer it to the original version. I decided to whip out my advocate brush and give it a neurodiversity-based touch-up. I know it is for the purposes of accessing support so it probably needs to focus on challenges rather than strengths but it still makes me sad. It made me sad as it was so strongly focussed on deficits and negatives. I recently had a look at the autism criteria in the DSM 5 (the criteria used to diagnose autism in a number of countries including Australia).
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