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The employment of people with autism is a social issue that is being addressed more and more frequently. These people suffer one of the lowest employment rates among workers with disabilities, with between 76% and 90% of them being unemployed in Europe in 2014 and ca. 85% in the USA in 2023. [ 2] Similarly, in the United Kingdom 78% of autistic ...
Discrimination. Discrimination against autistic people, also known as Autistiphobia, involves any form of discrimination, persecution, or oppression against people who are autistic. Discrimination against autistic people is a form of ableism. [ 1]
Special interests are highly focused interests common in autistic people. [ 1] Autistic art depicting a special interest in cats. Special interests are more intense than typical interests, such as hobbies, [ 2] and may take up much of a person's free time. A person with a special interest will often hyperfocus on their special interest for ...
The Picture Exchange Communication System ( PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication system developed and produced by Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc. [ 1] PECS was developed in 1985 at the Delaware Autism Program by Andy Bondy, PhD, and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP. [ 2] The developers of PECS noticed that traditional ...
Autistic masking is the act of concealing autistic traits to come across as non-autistic, as if behind a mask. Autistic masking, also referred to as camouflaging or neurodivergent masking, is the conscious or subconscious suppression of autistic behaviors and compensation of difficulties in social interaction by autistic people with the goal of being perceived as neurotypical.
H. Iyad Halaq. Kevin Healey (autism activist) Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Nick Hine. Dylan Hockley. Brandon Scott Hole.
Ever wonder why seeing pictures of adorable puppies turns humans into piles of emotional mush? Stanford University Professor Robert M. Sapolsky looked into the phenomenon and came up with some ...
Disability. The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [ 1]