Autism
- Created by: Livvy McDonnell
- Created on: 22-11-13 22:52
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- Autism
- Symptoms
- Problems with communicating and building social relationships
- Low levels of imaginative thinking
- Preference for order and organisation
- Lower than average language abilities
- A resistance to change
- For each symptom, the behaviour will fall somewhere on a graded scale
- Sex genes and hormones
- Runs in families - genetic links
- 3/4 of autistic people are male
- Exaggeration of the normal male brain structure
- Differences arise due to presence of testosterone whilst foetus is developing
- Testosterone causes the male brain to develop differently from female
- The exaggerated male brain
- Structure
- Male brain is bigger than female, but autistic is even bigger
- Function
- Males are stronger at spatial tasks than females and autistic people are better
- Males develop language slower than females so people with autism are even slower
- Structure
- Females with Autism
- Some testosterone is produced by adrenal glands in foetus so can be affected in a male way
- Systematisers vs empathisers
- Girls are better empathisers and boys are systematisers
- 1 day old boys prefer mechanical movement whereas girls prefer more natural movements
- Unlikely preferences were learned as they were so young
- Exceptions
- Not all people with autism have enhanced skills
- May not be extreme males as they aren't more aggressive etc
- Developmental disorder affecting ability to interact and communicater with others
- Diagnosed between 18 months and 4years usually
- Spectrum disorder
- Symptoms
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