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Autism
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Autism – what do you know?
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Valuing the learner’s voice
“I have Asperger's Syndrome, a 'milder' form of Autism, (yeah right!). That means that I have difficulties with social interaction, communication and imagination. Of course you could say that that is a matter of opinion because after all, interaction and communication are a two way thing - maybe I have it right and others have the difficulties!!” (Luke Jackson, aged 14)
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The learner’s voice ahttp:// boy.htmlction=printable&book_number=1252
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Background Autistic Spectrum Disorders: communication, imagination and socialisation. We are all on it -AQ First described by Leo Kanner in 1943. ASD affects 1 in 100 people, approximately and is more prevalent in males (National Autistic Society).
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Some brain-based explanations
B) The limbic system The cortex C) The cerebellum Diagram Source:
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What might it mean in your lesson?
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Literacy and language difficulties
Some learners on the autistic spectrum may have particular difficulties with: Speaking and listening – following ‘conversational maxims’, using/recognising paralinguistic features, prosodic features, functions of speech, adopting different registers. Reading - understanding any ‘non-literal text’, inference, de-coding unfamiliar words, idioms or figurative language, unfamiliar typeface, using semantic reading cue. Writing - about other people, re-presenting information, understanding text genre, phonically irregular spelling, handwriting.
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