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Who I am
• Trainer• Mentor• Consultant• Author• Broadcaster• Artist• Musician
What is Autism
• Neurological condition meaning parts of the brain communicate differently when compared to non autistic people
This means people have strengths and difficulties
Autism is not a learning disability or a mental illness ( but you could have either or both in addition to being one the autism spectrum)
Rain man had savant syndrome that explains his amazing abilities with numbers not everyone on the autism spectrum has these abilities
Autism is part of you just as your gender and sexuality is
Autism is a life long condition
High functioning
High functioning
Low functioning
Low functioning
A spectrum of light is a good visual representation of the autistic spectrum, with the prism acting as the triad of impairments.
FIG 1: A visual representation ofFIG 1: A visual representation ofThe Autistic SpectrumThe Autistic Spectrum
TRIADOF
IMPAIRMENTS
NT
Neurological typical i.e. everyone else
Social communication
Social Imagination Social Interaction
Other
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es
Where it all began
Girls and Women on the autism spectrum
Your gonna be my space cadetYour gonna flyso high.
Your gonna be my space cadetYour gonna flyso high.
What can you do ?
