April is Autism Awareness month!
posted by Taneyll Allen | April 4, 2022 | In OpinionThe month of April is considered Autism Awareness month. This month was started to educate and bring knowledge and acceptance to the public. It also addresses the signs, symptoms, and realities of living with autism.
There are many different forms of Autism that society is not aware of, such as, Autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder. There are some identifying signs such as avoiding eye contact, delayed speech and communication skills, reliance on rules and routines, getting upset by small things and not understanding other people’s emotion.
Autism disorder is recognized as classic autism, which is what most common for people diagnosed as a child. Those diagnosed with autism usually have a language delay, and social correspondence challenges, and behavioral issues and may also have an intellectual disability.
Asperger Syndrome has similarities to classic autism as well. Individuals with Asperger condition normally have milder side effects, such as difficulty with social interaction and focusing on rules and routines. They could have social difficulties and strange ways of behaving and interests.
Another form of autism is called pervasive developmental disorder or PPD-NOS for short. Individuals who meet a portion of the signs of for autism, yet not all, and might be determined to have abnormal chemical imbalance. These individuals typically have less and milder side effects than those with autism. The side effects could cause just friendly and correspondence challenges.
We have so many differences in the world, and we need to learn how to deal with them in a respective manner. This is a slight overview of the information that will be recognized this month and for further information contact Autism Society of America.
On April 2, The Omega Beta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated is holding an Autism Awareness Day wearing “light it up blue.”
This initiative to show and give knowledge on autism and will be having a sensory toy drive to donate to children that deal with autism.
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