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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Bad Gene
« on: 13/07/2004 10:12:10 »
Thanks for those examples Chris, they answer my question well. Jai, People on the autistic spectrum are a good example, they are often referred to as having problems within the triad of impairment.
Socialisation: difficulties with social relationships, poor social timing, lack of social empathy, rejection of normal body contact, inappropriate eye contact.
Communication: Language impairment across all modes of communication: speech, intonation, gesture, facial expression and other body language.
Imagination: rigidity and inflexibility of thought process: resistance to change, obsessional and ritualistic behaviour.
Because of problems they experience in this triad they can produce challenging behaviours (being bad – hitting, biting, spitting, stripping…). These behaviours are a emotional reaction, usually a combination of things such as anxiety, confusion, fear or even excitement. They may be doing bad things but may not understand that they are bad, diminished responsibility.
Autism is a funny thing. Look at people at the top end of the spectrum, they can sometimes be “super smart”. Photographic memories, read a book once and know it off by heart. I met, through my work an 11 year old boy who could strip down a car engine and rebuild it just by looking at the manual once! Ok, he was completely obsessed by cars which caused a slight problem. Every time he saw a car he would quote the engine size, registration, make, model, year of manufacture, place of manufacture causing a few problems on the motorways when he could not keep up with the amount of cars passing us!
Anyway I’m going off on one so I’ll stop! Thanks for all your replies.
Alex
Socialisation: difficulties with social relationships, poor social timing, lack of social empathy, rejection of normal body contact, inappropriate eye contact.
Communication: Language impairment across all modes of communication: speech, intonation, gesture, facial expression and other body language.
Imagination: rigidity and inflexibility of thought process: resistance to change, obsessional and ritualistic behaviour.
Because of problems they experience in this triad they can produce challenging behaviours (being bad – hitting, biting, spitting, stripping…). These behaviours are a emotional reaction, usually a combination of things such as anxiety, confusion, fear or even excitement. They may be doing bad things but may not understand that they are bad, diminished responsibility.
Autism is a funny thing. Look at people at the top end of the spectrum, they can sometimes be “super smart”. Photographic memories, read a book once and know it off by heart. I met, through my work an 11 year old boy who could strip down a car engine and rebuild it just by looking at the manual once! Ok, he was completely obsessed by cars which caused a slight problem. Every time he saw a car he would quote the engine size, registration, make, model, year of manufacture, place of manufacture causing a few problems on the motorways when he could not keep up with the amount of cars passing us!
Anyway I’m going off on one so I’ll stop! Thanks for all your replies.
Alex