| Autism is a disability which disrupts the development of social & communication skills. Up to 75% of people with autism have learning difficulties, but whatever their level of intelligence or ability they share a common difficulty in making sense of the world |
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Asperger's
syndrome, often mistakenly called 'mild autism', is a
disability affecting people's ability to communicate and/or understand the communication
of others. Individuals often have reasonable or even above average verbal skills. |
Despite these skills these
individuals lack the underpinning abilities to understand the social behaviour in other
people. The primary problem underlying Asperger's syndrome as with autism appears to
affect that particular set of abilities that are innate in the rest of humanity. The
main characteristic of autistic behaviour is the individual's lack of understanding of
certain normal social conventions which can be manifested in all sorts of ways: erratic
behaviour, moodiness, over-friendliness, indifference, learning problems, aggression,
non-communication, obsessive behaviour, repetitive behaviour, noisiness and many others.
These secondary problems, unlike the primary problem, can be addressed and
alleviated to some extent, depending on the severity and nature of the problem.
There is a significant shortage of high quality, specialist service providers in the UK
and the situation is many times worse in parts of the European Union. The DCACT is
working with a number of partners from within the UK and across Europe to look at the area
of specialist service delivery. The current list of partners include a number of
Universities and several well known service providers. For further
information on this particular exciting project please contact: -
Craig Bradford: e-mail or mail - Trafalgar House.
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