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Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]
Stigmatization of autism can also be perpetuated by advertising from autism conversion organizations, such as Autism Speaks' advertising wherein a mother describes having considered murder-suicide in front of her autistic daughter or the NYU Child Study Center's advertisements where autism is personified as a kidnapper holding children for ransom.
Ableism is prevalent in the many different divisions of healthcare, whether that be in prison systems, the legal or policy side of healthcare, and clinical settings. [30] The following subsections will explore the ways in which ableism makes its way into these areas of focus through the inaccessibility of appropriate medical treatment.
Rohrer, who has autism, has turned a negative experience into something positive, choosing to use his voice for others though speaking engagements throughout New Jersey to promote acceptance and ...
The reason given is: information needs to be updated to reflect substantiation of the efficacy of early intervention in the treatment of autism and more recent attitudes toward Applied Behavioral Analysis, TEACCH, and the subject of treating people with autism. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
This is a list of investigational autism and pervasive developmental disorder drugs, or drugs that are currently under development for clinical use in the treatment of autistic spectrum disorders and/or other pervasive developmental disorders but are not yet approved.
For example, having a bad time may be assumed to be decompensation; incarceration or solitary confinement may be described as treatment regardless of benefit to the person; regular activities like listening to music, engaging in exercise or sporting activities, or being in a particular physical or social environment , may be referred to as ...
The neurodiversity paradigm is a view of autism as a different way of being rather than as a disease or disorder that must be cured. [40] [42] Autistic people are considered to have neurocognitive differences [34] which give them distinct strengths and weaknesses, and are capable of succeeding when appropriately accommodated and supported.