Autism
- Created by: campemily
- Created on: 23-11-13 19:58
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- Autism
- Symptoms
- Lower than average language abilities
- Low levels of imaginative thinking
- Problems with communicating
- Problems with building social relationships
- Preference for order and organisation
- A resistance to change
- Brain structure and function
- the autistic brain is even bigger than the male brain
- autistic people tend to have better spacial skills than the average male
- people with autism tend to develop language even slower than normal males
- Females
- there is still some possibility that the female brain can be affected in a 'male' way due to some testosterone being produced
- This explains why there are some females with autism
- Although only one quarter of autistic people are female
- This explains why there are some females with autism
- there is still some possibility that the female brain can be affected in a 'male' way due to some testosterone being produced
- "Extreme male brain" explanation
- Can account for...
- why there are more boys with autism
- why some girls suffer from autism
- some of the exceptional skills present in some sufferers
- Not all people with autism show enhanced skills
- people with autism may not match the description of being 'extreme males
- defines maleness as a mild for of autism
- Can account for...
- Sex genes and hormones
- a suggested genetic link
- autistic brain is an extreme version of the male brain
- Facts
- autism is a developmental disorder
- autism is usually diagnosed between 18 months and 4 years of age
- autism is a spectrum disorder
- the behaviour will fall somewhere on a graded scale (from mild to severe
- Symptoms
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