Understanding the mysterious disability of autism

The following listing of autism awareness slogans have been used by other campaigns and associations to help advocate and raise awareness about those suffering from Autism and it can effect the individual and society. Advocate Educate Love Accept.

This article was written for a specific young adult with autism who had mild cognitive challenges. The format is direct and re-assuring of self worth and self help ability while trying to address his fear that he would soon die as did a relative who had a fatal form of cancer. Other print materials are commercially available for the person who wishes more general or comprehensive information; consult the catalogues of the major publishers of ASD material.

That is a lot of people! You have the type of ASD that is called autism. Having this disability means that you are still like everyone else in most ways. You eat favorite foods like pizza and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

You brush your teeth twice a day. You have favorite clothes, usually in the color blue. You go places such as the grocery store and the Mall.

You visit your doctor for a check up. You enjoy special activities like listening to music or working on the computer. You learn to do new things such as playing bowling using your Wii system. You share personal abilities or traits with many other people but in some cases you excel or do better when compared to others.

‘I don't like coffee.’

Every now and then you may need to remind yourself of this. For instance, remember that: You are good at remembering factual information. For example, others can depend on you to remember important instructions or rules as well as the latest sports information about your favorite teams.

You are very, very honest. For example, others can trust you to never steal from another co-worker or fellow resident. You are a good worker. You begin your job right away and stay on task until break time.

Your boss thinks you are an important worker at his company and a good role model for others. You are kind to others. You are always willing to help someone if they ask for assistance.

For example, you are great about carrying in the groceries or getting something for someone who is in a wheelchair. Having an autism spectrum disorder, however, also means that your body and brain sometimes work differently from that of other people. As a result, you do and experience things differently from people who do not have autism.

You hear sounds that are louder or bothersome only to you. You like to spend long periods of time watching unusual things such as the spinning of a fan or movements made with your fingers. You rock your body to help yourself relax when you feel nervous.

You get quite upset when people talk too fast and you do not understand their message. You sometimes forget that you could ask people to talk more slowly.

Our middle son was our first child to be diagnosed with autism. He was 4 at the time (), but we knew long before that. At the time, there was little information on the internet that we found to be helpful. Autism is a complex and incurable constellation of bizarre behaviors, impaired cognition, limited language, and most distressingly, a lack of responsiveness to other people, and it has been the center of impassioned debates for decades. Watch "We'll Be Right Back", a CBSN video on caninariojana.com View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting.

You like to make lists of unusual things that are of major importance to you. Over and over again you may make up or write these same lists. You have a hard time making friends.

Keeping or being a best friend for several years is even harder. You have difficulty figuring out how other people feel and why they act in a certain way. Others seem to interpret events and your behavior differently than you do.The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) is one of the world's largest organizations using applied behavior analysis (ABA) in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

And some scientists believe that there will never be a single cure for autism, based on the more modern understanding that the disorder represents a constellation of underlying causes, no single one of which is necessarily a definitive cause.

Symptoms of Autism vary in both type and degree and can develop gradually, but the condition is usually recognized by age three, and often sooner. An infant with autism does not react to social stimulation with healthy behavior such as babbling, laughing, smiling, or making eye contact.

Here are some of my favorite quotes about autism and aspergers from some favorite people - Temple Grandin, Stephen Shore, Elaine Hall, Rudy Simone, John Elder Robison, Lori Shayew, Mr. Spock and more. This list of quotes keeps getting bigger.

Autism is a complex neurobehavioral condition that includes impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills combined with rigid, repetitive behaviors.

The film also explores the latest experimental research into the autistic brain in Finland, England and America which gives new hope for greater understanding of this mysterious disability using cutting-edge technology.