1. AUTISM
IN THE MODERN
WORLD

2. SOME OF THE BIGGEST
MYTHS
•ALL AUTISTICS ARE THE SAME
•CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS HIGH
FUNTIONING OR LOW FUNCTIONING

3. WHAT IS AUTISM?
•A MENTAL CONDITION PRESENT
FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD,
CHARACTERIZED BY DIFFICULTY IN
COMMUNICATING AND FORMING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PEOPLE AND IN USING LANGUAGE

4. AUTISM: A HISTORY
SCHIZOPHRENIA - ASPERGERS
• FROM 1911 TO AROUND 1946
IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A
SYMPTOM OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
• ASPERGER’S COMES FROM A
GERMAN SCIENTIST BY THE
NAME OF HANS ASPERGER
WHO STUDIED CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF AUTISM IN
CHILDREN.
“TREATMENTS
”
1960-1970 TREATMENTS
INCLUDED
• LSD
• ELECTRIC SHOCK
• BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
TECHNIQUES THROUGH PAIN
AND TORTURE
• SOME USE(D) BLEACH

5. SYMPTOMS
•POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS
•SPECIALIZED INTERESTS
•MORE EXTREME REACTIONS TO
SENSATIONS
•LESSENED PHYSICAL

6. CHALLENGES
•TEMPERATURE
•AMOUNT OF LIGHT
•NOISES
•SMELLS
•CROWDS
• Inability to easily communicate and
interact with people (some people, can
sometimes experience a type of
physical pain when confronted with
the idea of talking to or in front of
other people)
• Interest in objects or specialized
information.
• Reactions to sensations
• Physical coordination
• Difficulty adapting to change

7. MYTHS RE-EVALUATED
•ALL AUTISTICS ARE THE SAME
•THEY CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS
EITHER HIGH OR LOW FUNCTIONING

8. CONCLUSION
• NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE AS A WHOLE
• HOPEFULLY THE INFORMATION HELPS GIVE A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.