Why Autism is a Difference, not a Deficit
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- Опубликовано: 17 апр 2023
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While there may be some shared characteristics, every autistic person is unique, with their own strengths, differences and needs.
We champion a world where being different is something to be celebrated and where all autistic learners experience a positive education that supports their wellbeing.
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It is a deficit in looks, a deficit in emotional and social intelligence and a deficit for living. I know having lived with it nearly 4 decades.
Oh how sad it is that you've let allistic-dominated society with it's labels cause you to view your difference as a deficit. You surely can't be happy within yourself. The fact is that it's not autism that disables us. Rather, it's having to live in a world that's mostly not designed with our needs in mind and the way that many - if not most - allistic people treat us for being autistic that disables us.
I am a 52 year old autistic. While I like the spirit of this video it Completely brushes over the fact that Autism IS IN FACT a disability. You can not brush over the fact that we DO have hyper sensitivities that ARE debilitating. This a typical example of neurotypicals speaking for us instead of LISTENING TO us. You do not have any idea what the autism experience is. This being said I do agree that it should be seen as a neurological difference rather than a deficit as it is the deficits in reason and logic, a compulsive need for socialization, lack of ability to hyperfocus, and an irrational emotionally guided brain function among many other "deficits" that we have to deal with from neurotypicals that makes our lives even MORE difficult. Next time try having some autistic input in your videos as it appears you don't even know an autistic.
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This video may not be representative of every autistic person, as every individual is different and unique, but we have developed it with our Panel of Autistic Young Experts.
We aim to hold autistic voice at the centre of everything we do, and since 2016, we have consulted our Autistic Young Experts Panel.
This group of people, aged 16 to 25, add their voice and life experience to AET projects and input on our strategy.
The panel have even recently created their own RUclips channel, to share their experiences with the education workforce and their peers. Watch their videos, and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@autisticyoungexperts7988/featured
You can also find out more about the panel on our website: www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/about/autistic-young-experts-panel
Interesting response. Although it's great to have the voice of autistic young people, you and other organizations are missing learning from autistic adults who have been through education, and often years of being in work, and often out of work. The support put in place for children and young adults is suddenly ripped away from them when they are transitioned to non-existing adult services. They are then left to fend for themselves in the NT adult world which rarely accommodates for autistic adults. In my experience, those who cope better are those who were diagnosed as adults. Even with their issues, many manage to work and fend for themselves because they have struggled and fought daily battles throughout the undiagnosed parts of their lives. It is definitely correct to not focus on 'deficits', but on differences and strengths - that is where the support is needed. I congratulate this and wonder how this works for career planning and understanding what the reality of the workplace will be. Working autistic adults are the experts in this area, so may be an asset to the education of young autistic adults. @@autismeducationtrust3195
Autism is not a disability, defect, deficit or disease. I am not trying to invalidate your struggles, but I am autistic too and I do have struggles, but I don't blame them on autism itself. Autism itself is just a hyper connected nervous system. That may come with struggles, depending on a lot of things, mostly friction with society that I refuse to internalize
Another video narrated by someone non-autistic. Why not let concerned people talk for themselves instead of guessing them ?
How do you know the narrator was not autistic? If that is true, yeah, that sucks. Nothing about us without us. We should be speaking for ourselves