Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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]
ISBN. 978-0-307-98567-5 (Hardcover) In a Different Key: The Story of Autism is a 2016 non-fiction book by John Donvan and Caren Zucker. It discusses the history of autism and autism advocacy, including issues such as the Refrigerator mother theory and the possibility of an autism epidemic. [ 1][ 2] Donald Triplett, perhaps the first person ...
Overview. The Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) philosophy recognizes autism as a lifelong condition and does not aim to cure but to respond to autism as a culture. [ 2] Core tenets of the TEACCH philosophy include an understanding of the effects of autism on individuals; use of ...
Too Sane for This World is a documentary series that was directed by William Davenport. The first film, Too Sane for This World, was released on September 1, 2011, and features an introduction by Dr. Temple Grandin. [1] The second documentary, Citizen Autistic, was released on April 1, 2013.
Donald Gray Triplett (September 8, 1933 – June 15, 2023) was an American banker known for being the first person diagnosed with autism. [ 1] He was first diagnosed by Leo Kanner in 1943 and was labeled as "Case 1". [ 2][ 3] Triplett was noted for his savant abilities, particularly the ability to name musical notes played on a piano and the ...
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]
H. Iyad Halaq. Kevin Healey (autism activist) Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Nick Hine. Dylan Hockley. Brandon Scott Hole.