The Autistic Brain
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People with ASD
Elon Musk
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Nikola Tesla
Steve Jobs
Often spotted in children and diagnosed early
ASD is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain
People with ASD often have problems with social communication and interaction and restricted or repetitive behaviour or interests
People with ASD may also have different ways of learning, moving or paying attention
Sometimes show signs of not being interested (not looking at the teacher etc) but can be in fact very interested and engaged (is that correct)
Often diagnosed early at a young age
The largest numbers of young autistic children live in developing or low- and middle-income countries, including over one million children each in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, while the highest rates of childhood autism are seen in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.
All over the globe
Studies suggest that ASD could be a result of disruptions in normal brain growth very early in development. These disruptions may be the result of defects in genes that control brain development and regulate how brain cells communicate with each other.
Autism is more common in children born prematurely.
Signs of ASD
Very Early Indicators (https://www.ninds.nih.gov/autism-spectrum-disorder-fact-sheet#top)
Later Indicators (https://www.ninds.nih.gov/autism-spectrum-disorder-fact-sheet#top)
No babbling or pointing by age 1
No single words by age 16 month or two-word phrases by age 2
No response to name
Loss of language or social skills previously acquired
Poor eye contact
Excessive lining up of toys or objects (obsessive organisation)
No smiling or social responsiveness
Impaired ability to make friends with peers
Impaired ability to initiate or sustain a conversation with others
Absence or impairment of imaginative and social play
Repetitive or unusual use of language
Abnormally intense or focused interest
Preoccupation with certain objects or subjects
Inflexible adherence to specific routines or rituals
Causing people with ASD to think differently
People with ASD often have problems with social communication and interaction and restricted or repetitive behaviour or interests
Hyper focused
Often have an area that they are very focused in for some people its flags of the world whilst others its trains or certain areas of science as well as other subject/areas
Why does this occur?
Most common in developing ot low and middle income countries
Why is this the case?
Can these people be supported properly?
Cofounder of PayPal and cofounder and CEO of Tesla and founded Space x and is cofounder of Neuralink
Cofounder of Apple
Founder of the Retina Display
Alternating current
Supposedly had a way for electricity to travel through air (no power lines)
Newton's 3 laws
Discovered calculus
Reflecting telescope
Devised law of universal gravitation
Father of modern science
Quantum theory of light
Theory of relativity
Relationship between mass and energy E=mc^2
Universities, companies and defence forces are trying to recruit people with ASD
Now seen as more of a super power than a disability
Universities, companies and defence forces are trying to recruit people with ASD
Thinking in a different way
Hyper focused on an area/topic
Helps people as people with ASD can come up with new solutions to issue and problems
Solution to the worlds problem?
Trains, physics, geography, etc
Often when doing work on their area they are very focused and its harder for them to get distracted
Hyper focused on certain areas/topics
Different ways of learning like how some people are visual, auditory, kinaesthetic or reading/writing learners