This document summarizes the characteristics, capabilities, limitations, and needs of people with autism. It notes that autism is a severe disorder affecting communication, relationships, and behavior. It lists characteristics like preferring to be alone, making little eye contact, and engaging in repetitive behaviors or routines. The document also discusses capabilities such as accurate memory, concentration, and spatial perception, as well as limitations like difficulties with communication, social interaction, and sensory issues. Finally, it mentions needs for social skills training, attention, conceptual learning, and reducing challenging behaviors.
This document summarizes the characteristics, capabilities, limitations, and needs of people with autism. It notes that autism is a severe disorder affecting communication, relationships, and behavior. It lists characteristics like preferring to be alone, making little eye contact, and engaging in repetitive behaviors or routines. The document also discusses capabilities such as accurate memory, concentration, and spatial perception, as well as limitations like difficulties with communication, social interaction, and sensory issues. Finally, it mentions needs for social skills training, attention, conceptual learning, and reducing challenging behaviors.
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This document summarizes the characteristics, capabilities, limitations, and needs of people with autism. It notes that autism is a severe disorder affecting communication, relationships, and behavior. It lists characteristics like preferring to be alone, making little eye contact, and engaging in repetitive behaviors or routines. The document also discusses capabilities such as accurate memory, concentration, and spatial perception, as well as limitations like difficulties with communication, social interaction, and sensory issues. Finally, it mentions needs for social skills training, attention, conceptual learning, and reducing challenging behaviors.
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Autism - a severe disorder of thinking, communication,
interpersonal relationship and behavior.
Characteristics: Capabilities: Limitation: Needs:
Healthy, Accurate Communicating Social skills good-looking and detailed Social Attention Prefers being in memory interacting Conceptual alone Can Sensory perception Makes little concentrate impairment Learning eye-contact for a long Play Exhibits period of Behaviors repetitive time on routine particular Intensely task preoccupied Good Maladaptive spatial to change perception Self injurious Exceptional Dysfunctional long-term verbal memories language Ability to Delayed in imitate language conceptual abilities