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2. Societal and cultural aspects of autism - Wikipedia

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   There are many celebration activities all over the world on 2 April—World Autism Day. "Autism knows no geographic boundaries—it affects individuals and families on every continent and in every country", said Suzanne Wright, co-founder of the group Autism Speaks. "The celebration of World Autism Awareness Day is an important way to help the ...

3. Special education - Wikipedia

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   Schule für Kranke (school for ill children): for children who are too ill to attend school or are hospitalized for a longer period of time. Förderschule für schwer mehrfach Behinderte (school for children with severe and multiple disabilities): for children with severe and multiple disabilities who need very special care and attention ...

4. Autism-friendly - Wikipedia

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   Teachers give autistic students extra time to answer when they ask them a question. Autistic children take time to process information but they are listening and will respond. Schools dedicated to being autism friendly, like Pathlight School in Singapore, designed their campus to offer students "dignity" in an autism-friendly environment. There ...

5. Global Classrooms - Wikipedia

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   Global Classrooms is a U.S.-based global education program, belonging to the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), that engages middle school and high school students in an exploration of current world issues through Model United Nations, wherein students step into shoes of UN Ambassadors and debate a range of issues on the UN agenda.

6. Employment of autistic people - Wikipedia

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   Disintermediation (development of employment platforms) is opening up new ways of organizing work, [62] of objectifying and valuing skills, making it possible to explore a number of experiments better suited to people with disabilities, [63] and in particular to the profile of people with autism. For example, telecommuting jobs are likely to ...

7. Double empathy problem - Wikipedia

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   The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. [2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people ...

8. Global education - Wikipedia

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   (THINK Global School), a not-for-profit high school based in New York City, provides students with a global education through travel, with enrolled students living and learning in four different countries each year, twelve countries total. The curriculum is designed around place- and project-based learning, allowing students to self-guide their ...

9. Special interest (autism) - Wikipedia

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   Special interests can sometimes interfere with other areas of a person's life, such as school. [30] In children, incorporating a child's special interest into their education has been shown to improve learning outcomes, [ 31 ] [ 29 ] increase attention on learning topics [ 32 ] and teach behaviours such as sportsmanship. [ 33 ]