https://padlet.com/stephalandia477/faq7whnl59qb Made by: Stephanie Eileen Juárez Leiva en-us 2018-05-23 19:54:10 UTC 2026-03-02 16:35:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png stephalandia477 https://padlet.com/stephalandia477/faq7whnl59qb/wish/263157961 "Autism is a mental illness"

Most of the popular thinking about autism is incorrect, so, what ACTUALLY is autism?
Autism is not a mental illness, it's a neurological and developmental disorder of the brain that affects the nervous system, the way the person learns, sees the world and interact with it.
the most likely parts of the development of the brain that autism may affect are: cerebellum, hippocampus, amygdala, ventricles, lobes of the cerebrum, and caudate nucleus

sources: 
- autismservices.com
-nimh.nih.gov
-asws.org
-washington.edu
-spectrumnews.org


]]> 2018-05-23 19:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stephalandia477/faq7whnl59qb/wish/263157961 stephalandia477 https://padlet.com/stephalandia477/faq7whnl59qb/wish/263232154 "Autistic people are emotion less"

This is one of the mayor myths about autism. Autistic people are NOT emotionless, they feel just about the same wide range of emotions you may feel, sometimes even more, just that autistic people may not be able ton express this feeling or just not recognize what are they exactly feeling. but this doesn't mean autistic people always have alexithymia or vice versas.

sources:
-Scientificamerican.com
-vice.com
-spectrumnews.org
_psychologytoday.com


]]> 2018-05-24 04:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/stephalandia477/faq7whnl59qb/wish/263232154 stephalandia477 https://padlet.com/stephalandia477/faq7whnl59qb/wish/263499589 "Autism is the same for all"

Even though some traits and some areas affected in the brain are shared between the autistic community, there are no two cases of autism that are the same, every single individual with autism have unique pros and cons.
ASD even differs between girls and boy. It's more common for boys to have autism than girls, but when girls have a severe case of autism, it affects them more. for girls it is more difficult to diagnose ASD because of stereotypical attitude or interest. In autism, people think that it is a common trait to not want to have social interactions or fail at them, this is true, but for boys. It's been studied that girls are more outgoing socially, and have a bigger desire to connect with people, but when they aren't good at it, they say they are just being shy. Usually, girls with ASD who want to be social, observe other people interactions and mimics them, that's why many girls are diagnosed with the personality disorder instead of autism.

sources:
-boston.com
-autism.org.uk]]> 2018-05-24 23:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/stephalandia477/faq7whnl59qb/wish/263499589