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Causes of autism
How autism can be treated

Features of autism

The most obvious feature is dysfunctional social interaction.

Autistic people

The ensuing social deficits inevitably lead to behavioral disorders, related in their turn to many other features, such as:

  • impaired understanding

  • limited or non-existent verbalization

  • attention deficit

  • lack of organizational skills

  • memory span correlated to level of interest

  • anomalous responses to sounds, tactile and other sense stimuli

  • difficulties in generalizing information

  • resistance to change.

In contrast, cognitive and perceptive strengths have been identified in relation to

  • focuses of interests

  • capacity for mechanical memory

  • visual elaboration.

Temple Grandin:
The world needs different kinds of mind
to work together

February 2010, Longbeach, California.

Updated on 28/02/2011

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