Also, the interests can form an excellent self-soothing tool should the person be depressed. Very useful if the person wants to be a university professor. 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 (Beautiful) 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. People may be very loyal and/or have strong bonds with an individual or small group of friends. Approaching relationships differently to non-Autistic 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. Different ways of relating and experiencing emotions.Some ways in which this might be demonstrated include: It is not a deficit or a disability, 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. The way it works is that I have listed each category of the DSM -5 diagnostic criteria for Autism in italics and underneath have redrafted it. I’m not sure how a doctor would use it but I prefer it to the original version. It made me sad, so I decided to whip out my advocate brush and give it a neurodiversity-based touch-up. Jeanne Hall on Embracing your autism (and wha…Īutism Candles on An Autistic self-advocate addr…įor Emma, Jane and my new book about Autism and mental illness, I had to dig out the diagnostic criteria for Autism in the DSM- 5. For anyone following this blog, it has moved.Thoughts on the Coronavirus / COVID19 and the autistic community.
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