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Most autistic children displayed moderately less attachment security than neurotypical children, although this difference disappears in children with higher mental development or less pronounced autistic traits. [25] Children with high-functioning autism have more intense and frequent loneliness compared to non-autistic peers, despite the ...
Social model of disability – the view that disability is caused by societal failure to accommodate human diversity, rather than by a defect in the individual. Societal and cultural aspects of autism – come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects how we define personhood.
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder [a] (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by repetitive, restricted, and inflexible patterns of behavior, interests, and activities; deficits in social communication and social interaction; and the presence of high or low sensory sensitivity.
Children with AS are often the target of bullying at school due to their idiosyncratic behavior, precise language, unusual interests, and impaired ability to perceive and respond in socially expected ways to nonverbal cues, particularly in interpersonal conflict, which results in them being sought out by classmates and rejected.
Next: People Who Were Introverted as Children Usually Develop These 11 Traits as Adults, Psychologists Say Expert Sources Dr. Beth Pausic, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist with Kooth Digital Health
High-functioning autism (HFA) was historically an autism classification to describe a person who exhibited no intellectual disability but otherwise showed autistic traits, such as difficulty in social interaction and communication, as well as repetitive, restricted patterns of behavior. The term is often applied to autistic people who are ...
As adults, those who were lonely as children don’t only develop negative traits. Some of them can actually be positive. Some of them can actually be positive. One of these positive traits is ...
A compliment can brighten someone's day at any age—a "great job" from Dad after a T-ball game (win or lose) and a "nice work" from a boss following a work presentation can lift a person's ...