Top 4 things about autism that everyone needs to know

Autism is still associated with a lot of prejudice and outdated perceptions. And it’s no wonder because we naturally from stereotypical images of things we don’t properly feel. I, too, knew little about autism until it became known through my own child.

So I am not going to blame anyone who has not yet had the opportunity to take a closer look. Instead, in honor of Autism Awareness Week, I brought together four important perspectives to help everyone update their knowledge of the autism spectrum.

1. Autism is a neurobiological abnormality that cannot and should not be cured

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurobiological developmental disorder of the brain that significantly affects how a person perceives, interprets, and processes the information produced by their environment. Thus, people with autism experience the world in very different ways than people with neurotypical, which is also reflected in their way of interacting with others.

Medicine talks about the disorder, some about the disease, thirds about the abnormality. Many autism clerics themselves perceive autism primarily as a trait, which I find to be the most constructive premise. Although no action is taken to cure autism, there are various ways to alleviate its life-threatening symptoms. For example, sensory sensitivities, high stress, and interaction challenges typical of autism can be managed with a variety of aids, appropriate treatment and therapy, and more appropriate adaptation to the environment.

2. Autism is a (very broad) spectrum

People with autism spectrum disorders can be very different from each other. However, the image of autism that many people have is limited and stereotyped, making it easy to imagine that everyone with autism looks or behaves in a certain way.

There may also be large variability in functioning between individuals with different autism spectrum disorders. At the other end of the spectrum, there may be people who are incapable of basic daily functions at most.

3. Autism is not insensitivity

Contrary to the unnecessarily common perception, artists are not insensitive or careless staring at their own navel, let alone any sociopaths. People with autism spectrum disorders can have a very rich emotional life, the ability to experience compassion, and the desire to love and be loved.

Expressing and dealing with emotions is then a separate matter. Many may not be able to see the broad spectrum of emotions of autistic people because rainbow sufferers may express their feelings differently than neurotypical people. Expressing and dealing with emotions can also be very difficult and problematic. However, it does not eliminate the fact that there are no feelings.

Our A, for example, has at one time suffered greatly from the difficulty of saying and dealing with emotions, followed by cracking scenes and anxiety when an unrecognizable feeling of feeling just nestled inside.

4. Understanding helps best

Sometimes I am asked how the different and sometimes disturbing behavior of children should then be treated by an outsider. I always answer that with understanding. Autism clerics and we, their parents and loved ones, do not need pity or outsider parenting advice. The desire to understand and a small gesture of compassion can instead save even our bad day.

It follows from the understanding that even people with autism have the opportunity and space to attach themselves to this world as their own. Many rainbow troops are able to adapt quite well to prevailing conditions and norms, but even more, would be able to do so if the right conditions were created for them.