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Autism - Coggle Diagram
Autism
Physical
Children with autism struggle with fine and gross motor skills - 6 months in gross and 1 year in fine
Affects lower brain - balance, coordination and muscle
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Writing, drawing and music making is affected because of fine motor skills
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Emotional
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Thry might notice if someone is upset or angry but they won't know how to comfort them or how to act
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Speech and Language
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They may be slower at developing language, have no language at all or have significant problems understanding/using spoken language
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Social
Sometimes they want to interact with other and make friends but they don't know how to do this and may get too overwhelmed
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People with autism find it hard to know what to talk about, play games and pretend
People with autism may not talk at all, may repeat what you say, may talk over and over about the same things
Teachers may ask them to only talk about their interests at lunch/break time or they may use them to help them learn
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People with Autism often don’t like certain things - loud noises, some smells, bright lights etc
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