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Too Sane for This World explores autism and discusses the challenges that people with autism face in the world. The documentary also discusses the need for society to address the concerns being voiced within the autism community, and features questions posed by adults on the spectrum.
The NCSA opposes efforts to re-brand severe autism as merely a difference of identity or to replace medical terms such as disorder, deficit, risk, and symptoms with language about differences, traits, or characteristics, as the people with severe autism, unlike most people with autism, have a life-limiting impairment. [10]
Prescott (/ ˈ p r ɛ s k ə t / PRESS-kət) [5] [6] [7] is a city in and the county seat of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. [8] As of 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827. In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, replacing the temporary capital of Fort Whipple. [9] The territorial capital was ...
Air travel can sometimes be an unfamiliar or overwhelming experience for children with autism. Here’s what American Airlines did on World Autism Day to help solve the problem.
Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. [4] [5] [6] It sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public. [4]
It is possible that the association between an intellectual disability and autism is not because they usually have common causes, but because the presence of both makes it more likely that both will be diagnosed. [52] The CDC states that based on information from 11 reporting states 46% of people with autism have above 85 IQ. [53]
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[5] Furthermore, according to the UK Office for National Statistics, the unemployment rate of autistic people may reach 85%, the highest rate among all disabled groups studied. It is noted that in many countries autism is not a disability protected by anti-discrimination employment laws, and this is due to many corporations lobbying against it. [6]