{"id":32434,"date":"2018-04-19T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=32434"},"modified":"2018-04-19T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:01:52","slug":"well-understand-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/well-understand-autism","title":{"rendered":"How well do you understand autism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn some simple steps you can take to make your workplace or classroom more accommodating for people on the autism spectrum.<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32516\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32516 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/laughingcafefeature-625x351.png\" alt=\"Autism Awareness Month three women talking\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32516 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/laughingcafefeature-625x351.png\" alt=\"Autism Awareness Month three women talking\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> This Autism Awareness Month, learn the truth behind the diagnosis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Films and TV have pushed the image of people with autism as genius savants or social outcasts. Think Dustin Hoffman from the film &#8216;Rain Man&#8217;: emotionally stunted but mentally gifted. But that\u2019s a very black and white perspective of what\u2019s really a rainbow spectrum. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Melissa Blees, from Cardiff University\u2019s Disabilities &amp; Dyslexia service, feels there needs to be \u201cmore awareness of the range, that it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a spectrum. A lot of people think of children with severe difficulties, being nonverbal. Or things like \u2018Rain Man\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those misconceptions can hurt, and make it harder for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to get the support they need. April is Autism Awareness Month, so it\u2019s time to set the record straight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOnce you\u2019ve met one person with autism, you\u2019ve met one person with autism,\u201d was a comment repeated by three anonymous members of the community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s a common phrase in the autistic community, referring to the simple fact that ASD is not one thing. It\u2019s a whole host of different traits, behaviours, and skills which vary hugely from person to person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32852\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/000-2-625x591.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"591\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32852\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/000-2-625x591.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"591\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This means there\u2019s no \u2018one size fits all\u2019 support system for ASD. Different people will require different accommodations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neither is ASD always a hindrance. One anonymous autistic respondent reflected on his time at university. \u201cI\u2019m not sure, from my point of view, that I would have changed anything. I was fine with the technical aspects. That\u2019s where my neurodiversity has given me an advantage, not a disadvantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt worked for me,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that doesn\u2019t mean it would work for anybody else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many people on the autism spectrum find they do well with lecture style learning.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, elements such as note taking or asking questions can be a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contributors to a forum for Adults with Autism said that resources like high-quality recordings of lectures can assist in note-taking. Online message where students can ask questions of fellow students and professors may help those who struggle to speak up. Services like these can be beneficial to people who aren\u2019t on the spectrum as well, such as those with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/uncategorized\/only-1-in-5-british-youth-receive-necessary-treatment-for-anxiety\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anxiety<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or who speak English as an additional language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some university courses already offer these services. Lack of standardisation is the problem. An ASD Community Support Worker who preferred to remain anonymous said, \u201cSometimes you get that hit-or-miss, patchy, \u2018some courses do it and other courses don\u2019t\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32515\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32515 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/computerpoint-625x351.png\" alt=\"Group work autism computer pointing\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32515 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/computerpoint-625x351.png\" alt=\"Group work autism computer pointing\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Giving clear, short instructions to people with autism can reduce the chances of being misunderstood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other people with ASD struggle more with social interaction and group work. That can be daunting for people who have difficult reading expression, or feel anxiety arranging meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSome people find striking up conversation with people can be a barrier, but other people it can be knowing when not to strike up a conversation,\u201d said the social worker. \u201cIt can be both sides.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There isn&#8217;t anything wrong with people with ASD,\u201d said another anonymous support worker. \u201cThey communicate differently, which can be frustrating both for them and for their family and loved ones, but they feel and they love and they laugh, just like everyone else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These stereotypes make it harder for people to recognise autism in reality. \u201cIt\u2019s not as bad anymore, but I\u2019ve heard a lot of students say things like, \u2018Oh, you don\u2019t <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">look<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> like you have autism\u2019,\u201d said Blees. \u201cAlso be aware that a lot of girls have it, but not necessarily diagnosed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boys are approximately four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls. The social worker said, \u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily that there\u2019s differences, it\u2019s how it could be missed. How the diagnostic tools were developed for a group of young boys, and there might be subtle differences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s this thing called \u2018masking\u2019 or \u2018camouflaging\u2019, where girls seem to be a little bit better at fitting in, on the surface,\u201d said the social worker. This may be because women feel more pressure to blend in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blees said, \u201cI work with a lot of girls here. Generally they say it\u2019s just really tiring to be masking all the time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSometimes it\u2019s just other students being more accepting, to make students feel more comfortable,\u201d said Blees. \u201cThat actually they can tell their friends, \u2018today I just can\u2019t do it\u2019. That they don\u2019t have to say yes to everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32462\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32462 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/AutismSuperheroes-625x351.png\" alt=\"Autism Superheroes storybook by ASD Info Wales. \" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32462 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/AutismSuperheroes-625x351.png\" alt=\"Autism Superheroes storybook by ASD Info Wales. \" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> The &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asdinfowales.co.uk\/autism-superhero-2\">Autism Superheroes<\/a>&#8216; storybooks and comics produced by ASD Info Wales help teach children how to understand their autistic friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are strategies and services to assist people on the autism spectrum.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/braininhand.co.uk\/who-we-help\/individuals-parents-carers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Brain in the Hand<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> app helps people manage schedules and prepare for unforeseen problems. \u201cIt\u2019s having strategies built into your phone,\u201d said Matthew Williams, Cardiff University Senior Disability Advisor. \u201cYou\u2019re going to university, and your bus is late, what do you do? Well I\u2019ve got my timetable on a link here. Or I can start walking, or I can just wait for the next bus. Instead of thinking \u2018I\u2019ll go back to my flat because the bus isn\u2019t here.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asdinfowales.co.uk\/home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ASD Info Wales<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lets people build a personal profile where they can add specific tasks they struggle with. The profile will then suggest ways to make those tasks easier to handle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are simple changes others can make to help accommodate people on the autistic spectrum.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, reducing office clutter or distractions before appointments, or providing written instructions along with verbal ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32502\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32502 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/Fidget-Spinner-Pic-625x352.png\" alt=\"Fidget spinners stimming autism\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32502 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/Fidget-Spinner-Pic-625x352.png\" alt=\"Fidget spinners stimming autism\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Tools like fidgets spinners can help people with autism stay focused. This self-stimulatory behaviour is called &#8216;stimming&#8217;, and can take many forms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clear communication is particularly important. A common problem, said Blees, is \u201cif you use a tone of voice or an expression or emphasize a certain word to suggest something that you meant, as opposed to just saying it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps the biggest stereotype that the autistic community wants to dispel is the idea that autism is something negative. It can be challenging, but rewarding too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSome people have such amazing strengths. They often have quite intense interests, and know so much about their topic,\u201d said Williams. \u201cThey\u2019re so knowledgeable, so motivated, so passionate about it, that that\u2019s clearly going to be benefit throughout their life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/study\/student-life\/student-support\/disability-and-dyslexia-service\">Disability and Dyslexia Services<\/a> encourages anyone who want support, or more information on autism, to reach out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Autism Awareness Month, learn some simple steps to accommodate people on the autism spectrum. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":32516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[651],"class_list":["post-32434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How well do you understand autism? 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