Myth: Autistic people don’t care about other people.
Fact: Autistic people care for and love others in the same way non-autistic people do but they have problems expressing their feelings and affections in a normal way.
Myth: Autistic people don’t like to socially interact and prefer to isolate themselves.
Fact: Autistic people care for and love others in the same way non-autistic people do but they have problems expressing their feelings and affections in a normal way.
Myth: Autistic people don’t like to socially interact and prefer to isolate themselves.
Fact: People who suffer with autism want to socially interact, in the same way as others do, however they often are unable to develop the necessary social skills to enable this.
Myth: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) patients are unable to learn any social skills
Myth: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) patients are unable to learn any social skills
Fact: Both children and adults with ASD are able to learn social skills but they require personalised, specialised teaching and training from ASD trained healthcare professionals. ASD patients often do not acquire the basic social skills that we take for granted as part of our natural development.
Myth: Autism is the result of bad parenting or bad parent behavior prior and during pregnancy.
Myth: Autism is the result of bad parenting or bad parent behavior prior and during pregnancy.
Fact: Parenting has nothing to do with the onset of autism nor does the behavior (intake of alcohol, drugs etc.) of parents prior to the birth (inc. during pregnancy) of an autistic child.
Myth: Autism spectrum disorders are not becoming more common. People are simply being more effectively diagnosed, so it only appears that the numbers are increasing.
Myth: Autism spectrum disorders are not becoming more common. People are simply being more effectively diagnosed, so it only appears that the numbers are increasing.
Fact: Autism spectrum disorders are being diagnosed at growing rate. Some states in America have reported increases in ASD diagnosis by 600-900%. More effective diagnosis procedures can only account for a certain percentage of this, so why ASD is on the rise is not known.
Myth: Autism is a behavioral, mental health condition.
Myth: Autism is a behavioral, mental health condition.
Fact: ASD related conditions are the result of neuro-developmental disorders. These disorders become apparent early in child’s life and without specialised treatment they can be expected to manifest themselves throughout the entire life of the person.