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Young autistic boy stimming with cold water in the kitchen sink. Stimming behavior is almost always present in autistic people, but does not, on its own, necessarily indicate the diagnosis. [9] [23] The biggest difference between autistic and non-autistic stimming is the type of stim and the quantity of stimming. [23]
People with autism experience auditory hypersensitivity which can lead to sensory overload. [23] Although people with autism do not have abnormalities in P50 sensory gating, they have anomalies in sensory gating related to the N100 test which indicates an irregularity in attention-related direction and top-down mental pathways. [23]
enjoys smelling objects, toys, people. May drink or eat things that are harmful/poisonous because they do not notice the noxious smell. Taste hyposensitivity symptoms include: May eat inedible objects such as dirt, chalk, crayons. Prefers food with intense flavour - excessively spicy, sweet, sour, or salty.
"Individuals could either be missing out on opportunities and experiences as they avoid hearing certain sounds," says Broder, "or it might create conflict between them and the people making the ...
Studies suggest that autistic children are three times more likely than neurotypical children to experience bulling at school, and every day I hear from autistic adults who have been in abusive ...
Most people who attempt suicide are not autistic, [131] but autistic people are about three times as likely as non-autistic people to make a suicide attempt. [ 128 ] [ 140 ] Less than 10% of autistic youth have attempted suicide, [ 136 ] but 15% to 25% of autistic adults have.
A symptom of some autistic children is the struggle to produce spontaneous speech. Studies have shown that in some cases echolalia is used as a coping mechanism allowing an autistic person to contribute to a conversation when unable to produce spontaneous speech. [ 2 ]
Early intervention in nonspeaking autism emphasizes the critical role of language acquisition before the age of five in predicting positive developmental outcomes; acquiring language before age five is a good indicator of positive child development, that early language development is crucial to educational achievement, employment, independence during adulthood, and social relationships. [2]