Aces Autism - Three Ways To Describe Autism

Jan. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- Aces Autism

When you are asked the question "what is Autism?" or "what is the Autistic Spectrum?" depending on who you ask you will get a completely different response from person to person. The underlying principles are the same, but people will explain things in ways that they are comfortable with or using metaphors and symbolism which they can relate to.

Not wanting to simply produce another article explaining Autism in my own words, I struck upon the idea of asking a number of experts how they would describe Autism and the Autistic Spectrum. I have compiled three of the most effective responses in one user friendly place so that you can choose your favourite and hopefully help to spread awareness.

Wild Plant Autism/Autistic Spectrum Analogy

This analogy likens Autistic people to wild plants. Wild plants very rarely grow the same way twice, much in the same way that there is no one size fits all, single set of must-have traits required to be classed as Autistic. Essentially: you don't have to have all of the recognised traits of Autism to be on the Autistic Spectrum (The symbolic term used to define how Autistic somebody is).

Some wild plants overgrow, in much the same way that some Autistic people are very open and verbal, in contrast other wild plants hardly see the light of day. We can liken this to those Autistic people who keep everything inside and are non verbal. Try Internet #1 - Aces Autism @ http://autismcure01.webs.com and live your family life normally right now!

Although our wild plant may be overgrown and in some cases not look very pretty, it may still excel in one particular area (such as producing an abundance of flowers). This can be likened to the fact that some Autistic people excel in areas far beyond neurotypical capabilities.

Taking the wild plant analogy a little further, it wouldn't be fair to leave out the comparison between Autistic traits and the neurotypical. A popular way to do this is to liken neurotypical people to Cabbages. The only reason why this comparison is drawn is because one cabbage is pretty much the same as the next cabbage and the next. In addition, cabbages are grown in fields of uniform rows - a parallel to the way that for the most part neurotypical people feel the need to fit in with the crowd and possess a similar set of neurological traits.

The pebble Analogy

There is a very popular video of this analogy on the internet by Dave Spicer (A way of describing autism). This particular video has received lots of comments both good and bad. Some people don't like referring to people with Autism as pebbles whereas some people don't like referring to people with Autism as Autistic people. There are also people who think it's a wonderful representation.

With this level of engagement surrounding this excellent video it wasn't surprising that this particular comparison popped up quite a bit in people's responses. Read it below in the words of myself on how we can compare people with Autism to different pebbles. Try Internet #1 - Aces Autism @ http://autismcure01.webs.com and live your family life normally right now!

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