Every April is an Autism awareness mouth. It is now April 2025.
Autism is a serious impairment development condition causing
to struggle to interact and communicate with people.
Autism is a long - life condition,
which mostly links with the mental illness?
Anxiety and Depression. Most of us with
Autism have learning disabilities, social.
interactions and communication problems.
We might find it hard not to let things get to autism
affects the nervous system, how is this?
Autism is a neurodevelopment disorder it affects
the nervous system in the way we function,
heart rate, respiration, and sensory processing.
People with Autism have an overactive nerve system,
which causes stress and anxiety.
We also struggle to manage our sensory processing.
Therefore’ we are likely to worry more than other people,
even over things that may seem mild to other people seem major to us.
There is no right or wrong, only we cannot always monitor
how concerning or not concerning something may be.
It is what most people may say, we are making a mountain out of a mole hill without meaning to.
Autism and ADHD are two conditions that affect the nervous
systems making people vulnerable and sensitive.
Neurodivergent that makes people struggle, with accepting it when things change,
where they may get stressed, they may face panic attacks, anxiety, depression,
even Epilepsy, some people if not most people who face Autism and ADHD.
To be able to understand the nervous system we need to
understand the difference between Autism and ADHD.
ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,
we also even need to understand
the difference between anger and Anxiety.
ADHD is a condition that affects the brain, even the body as well,
which could physically or mentally.
It starts from childhood, some of us grow out of it and others do not.
However,’ those of us who do it is probably still very hidden.
I went from too much energy as a child till I was a close to teenage years,
Where I had no energy at all, and I have been the same as far as that is concerned ever since.
ADHD causes the body or the brain to be overactive, which is why is called hyperactivity.
When it comes to the brain, the person may over think at times they do not need to,
for example, sleeping hours, which may keep them awake at night.
They call it insomnia today,
which no one really knew when I was a child.
This then makes it hard for them to focus on whatever
they are doing on the day to.
This was why I struggled to learn in school, but I was not thinking about education,
I was facing bullying like a lot of kids do.
Therefore’ it can affect sleep and relaxation.
What has not changed is I still need support in the classroom, workplace, etc with most things.
I spent a lot of my young adult life going to college and trying to catch
up with what I missed in school, I caught up with some thin not others.
ADHD does not only affect your thinking but your mood, how you feel and your behavior as well.
It is hard to know for sure whether ADHD or Autism causes melts downs or even both.
There are many reasons why this is, everyone feels emotions and as if life is not fair times.
Naturally there are things we can’t do anything about and
no matter who we are to not go our own way all the time.
there is no excuse
negative behavior but conditions do not help either.
Getting to the point, Autism and ADHD do cause these difficulties.
ADHD struggling with organizing, planning, tasks,
management, memory, and emotions.
Autism lack of communication, lack of understanding,
difficulty with socializing and getting on with people,
difficulty with planning tasks struggling with abstract thinking,
struggling with problem solving, struggling with change and routine.
Without pinning blame on people in our lives, no one is
to blame but naturally not everyone has the conditions.
For safety it is too easy to focus on the person’s struggles, when underneath
those difficulties it is easy to forget there are strengths.
There is no wrong looking out for safety, but independence is important too.
They say that Autism Spectrum is the main type of
Autism ASD that affects the nervous system
Where it affects taking in information, emotions and social interactions.
It’s not all about me but I believe is also about reactions
as well as how people feel and react to life around them.
Autism makes it hard for people to understand
how people they come across and those in their lives how they feel and think.
Most people with Autism may be sensitive to bright light, busy atmosphere,
a lot people around them, loud noises and more.
They may get nervus of unfamiliar people, unfamiliar situations,
not ungrateful to new positive things but over- welled.
What is confusing is that different people may write about this
subject different ways depending who is writing about
it and how they are involved in the subject.
It could be those who face the conditions like me or trained professionals.
Even those who face the conditions face them differently.
There is no right or wrong, it is just peoples’ experiences.
Like a lot of disabilities Autism affects a lot of different people in different ways.
Autism is a lifetime development disability, which affects people’s
communication and understanding and interactions. There are at least one hundred.
people or more who are on the autism spectrum. At least 700,000
People in the UK are alone who face Autism.
Not everyone who faces Autism is affected the same, they do
not share the same strengths and weaknesses, like other people don’t.
Like all people with and without disabilities, people with Autism want to live full lives.
We want to make the most of life. We live in society too and we are human beings.
lack of social communication and Anxiety is most common in people with Autism,
mainly with people we don’t know and or as we are getting to know people.
Most people may find us strange, as most of us may struggle to communicate
verbally and nonverbally. Unable to speak or limited speech.
Most of us have good language skills but have difficulty with
understanding sarcasm, jokes, tone of voice etc.
Most of us may take things literally, for example
e saying things like breaking a leg.
Most of us may need extra time to take in and understand
most information or what people say to us.
Some of us may repeat ourselves without meaning to.
My experience with travel. I find airports busy, too many people rushing.
Information hard to understand flashing on and off too quickly.
I get into route and struggle to get used to change.
I like my independence and my support when I can get it.
I like to know where I am going, I get lost easily if I have not been to a place before and
when I have it can take any length of time for me to find it.
I would like to raise awareness of my experience of traveling.
Not everyone with disabilities etc. can drive.
It may be hard for those who live in the country without depending those who know who drive,
even harder if they don’t know anyone who does, public transport etc.
Even for those who live in towns and cities, transport is not always dependable.
Some people with Autism and other disabilities etc.;
have no sense of direction and may be slow to find where places are if
they know where they are, which may make it tricky,
if they need to get somewhere for a certain time.
Some people may need support getting out and about, travel training etc.
Most people with disabilities don’t get out at
night as there may be little or support,
plus, safety as well. Fundings have been on the learning
disability social events over the years in the Uk.
Most people like me have been bullied in school,
and did not have many friends during childhood and teenage years etc.
Most employers don’t understand learning disability.
Not everyone follows the learning disability Discrimination act, but they should.
Society says people with Autism find change a hard thing and it is true,
it causes us a lot of anxiety. However,’ with a lot of difficulties we face,
I won’t say goes away but the older we get,
the more we learn to live with them, the less that is what I have found for me.
Things have improved to what they were, but we still have a long way to go.
We live to make the most of what we can do just that society needs to let
we put what know into use. Just like other people we have hobbies, interests and even careers.
Not all people with disabilities know how to use computers and other devices, the internet etc.,
even those of us who can, don’t know how to use everything on their necessarily but we know most.
There is not always the jobs in what do need and not always
the training and qualifications in what we don’t know or support.
The government tends to spend money on the least important things.
They are robbing off the poorest instead of the rich.
If you work or study in the learning disability field or and you’re a parent,
or family member life may be little easier if you learn to understand the person or people you support,
such as communication aids as I have written at the bottom of the paragraph next to this one,
plus making information easy for them to read.
There are too many mistakes most employers make.
Most service users with disabilities don’t understand jargon,
there is not any or enough accessible information. We find it very confusing.
(language barriers), sigh language, brail, accessible information etc. is needed.
Most people don’t understand that many people have hidden disabilities because in most
people it is hard to see the difficulties they face unless they are in their lives most of the time.
There are two forms of Autism, which used to be separated but now they have joined together,
Autism Spectrum and Asperger Syndrome.
The reason for this is because Autism is on the spectrum.
Despite this, some people’s disabilities may show others they may not be as much,
depending whether they are mild, minor or severely Autistic.
This may be such signs I may have already said such as rocking, spinning, no speech,
very little speech etc. most of us, if not all of us have at least a little
bit of those signs but some of us more so than others.
Autism spectrum is not that much different to Asperger’s syndrome apart
from people with Asperger’s syndrome very signs are shown where it may
seem as we don’t have a learning disability, really we do but very mild.
We may have a mild stutter in our speech in most of our talking.
Autism spectrum may vary, from minor to severe speech problems.
Overall, as far as I am aware, we all face difficulties in communication, social interaction, social imagination.
Not necessarily all people with Asperger syndrome and Autism Spectrum face but most do, and I am one of them.
Dyspraxia motor skills, balance, gripping and coordination problems.
This affects skills such as cooking, housework, hygiene, tying shoes laces, climbing, and more.
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/
https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/application/files/8315/4142/8187/Autism_Spectrum_Disorders_ASD.pdf
https://sparkforautism.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=how%20is%20autism%20caused&utm_campaign=&utm_content=648201310721&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxuCnBhDLARIsAB-cq1oxdrrVZdF1nl5j_ztnzvh04MIMkJdR2Fh6MS7XH8YB6SUGt-sfSAkaAt1gEALw_wcB
If anyone remembers that the risks and concerns that
it could cause Autism, to protect German meseases/
rubella. Yet did not see a learning disability as
I thought Autism as a side - effect from an injection,
I found that hard to understand but maybe you have.
your own views. I thought if this study was right.
it is likely to cause autism spectrum rather than
Asperger, not sure why I thought that.
Causes of Autism.
Cause Autism is unknown yet in my case I.
was born lack of oxygen to the brain.
I guess in the late 20th century to the early 21st century,
it was reported on the news about the MMR vaccines,
I admit this study is probably wrong but going by me.
Mother and experience, I was born lack of oxygen.
because my Mum was neglected, where she had me.
before help came to deliver me. Therefore’
I was born too quickly, and I was fitting but
despite of that my weight was fine, I was 7lb 6 months old.
There are probably other causes into which I am looking.
https://www.dh-attorneys.com/blog/2020/january/genetic-tests-reveal-cause-of-seizure-disorder-i/
Autism affects different people different ways.
It may depend on the of Autism or and the person.
within themselves. Even two people with Same
problems as odd as it sounds do not always face.
the difficulties and strengths. Except the unexpected.
Sure, may know this but people have disabilities and so have.
strengths etc., as they was a time when society people.
with disabilities having all weaknesses no strengths.
We have strengths and weaknesses in different ways.
like other like other people but naturally not the same
to one another. Try supporting people through them.
difficulties but take interest in what they are.
good at well, to encourage them to see that.
life is worth living in the positive way they have,
and no one can do everything.
I guess what the world trying to understand is,
what causes Autism and many hidden disabilities and more.
If. I am right most people with Autism,
find it hard to explain what they are trying to say.
people, which part communicating, people.
with Autism, can struggle, it can affect us socially.
We can lack communication and understanding.
There can be misunderstandings between us and others.
It can make us feel as if we haven’t.
got any control over our lives, we have or haven’t.
If we don’t have a great choice and
control over our lives, this does not help.
us to be independent, yet support is not always.
around when we need it, needs to balance.
We may struggle with managing money but
support for most of us is very little support.
with home, benefits etc.
Not sure what it is like by you, but services are few.
and far in between in West Midlands
or and Wolverhampton., funding seems.
to be cut a lot for Autism and other services
for vulnerable people, children and adults.
With Autism there are two forms that used to be
(ASD) Autism Spectrum and Asperger Syndrome.
(AS).
Levels of Autism. ADS comes in three different levels,
Autism affects people can vary where they face.
of these difficulties, one or just a few.
Level one struggles with communicating with
people who can vary to friends, family,
relationships even professionals in their lives
even all sorts of people.
Struggling to manage social skills, lack of
communication and understanding between
them and others where always the person
with Autism has misunderstood the other
person but the way round, which maybe in
some cases, which happen work, school,
college, home etc.,
in some or and all walks of life.
We May spend a lot of time alone.
We may find it hard to understand.
people’s feelings and thoughts but
the person may overcome the
older they get.
We may behave in a strange manner.
others may find odd.
We may find it had to make friends.
We may have poor eye contact.
Level 2 difficulty with basic living skills,
money, shopping, home skills, study, work,
traveling and more, they need support in those areas.
Traveling,
Level three is outside difficulties and support,
for example, getting themselves out and
but in some cases, they may have strengths.
as well as weaknesses where they may know.
their way round locally to them but not for
away from them, mainly if it is somewhere.
they have not been before, but this may vary.
However,’ it may be if they go somewhere not.
necessary every day but regularly they may
pick it up, it may take some people longer than others.
My experience with the outside world has been.
overwhelming and crowded with people and places.
where there is no one to ask for help if I need it,
mainly in airports for example. Airports can be.
very busy. Information find where your gate to your
plane flashes on and off far too quickly.
This cause people a lot of Anxiety, where
they could miss important information.
Where they may struggle to get to where
they are going whether it is going or
coming back from somewhere.
Little support is still given airports.
and on the plane well but it has
improved to what it was but
we still have a long way to go.
Few people with disabilities
drive, me included.
Most of us are having to rely on
public transport.
Not everyone like me is lucky to
be independent but there.
only a limit of places I can go.
Some people need support with money.
Nighttime seems to be a dangerous time.
as support workers do not work at night
and we should not except them to either.
However,’ people with disabilities should
have rights to choices as much as anyone,
even though some are one of the lucky ones.
like me but that does not mean
do not look out for others.
This is not only difficult for
me but for others too,
mainly those like me. For example;
woke up to find on the news,
if I have not misunderstood
about all if not most railway tickets
offices are closing.
The change will be if I am right
ordering our tickets online,
where not everyone knows how,
mainly vulnerable people such as the
disabled and elderly people.
It's understandable that there.
cannot be IT courses in everything.
no one knows everything IT,
however,' I understand there may be some.
positives as well negative the change.
where most people face positives and
negatives, others may say one or the other,
feel free to tell you your views, experiences etc.,
which may you or and someone you support,
care for etc.
However, if you are commenting on behalf of someone,
make sure they have their permission,
if they say no or say one or the other do
not-comment on their behalf. In the west Midlands,
the disabled people have three disabled bus passes.
and we can travel by rail, bus and tram around the
West Midland but no further.
I am sure how pension bus passes work.
In the week we can travel three from half past night,
Saturday all day, not sure about other parts of the
UK though. It is not possible to suit everyone's needs.
but accessibly needs to improve,
the only way to learn that is to find out.
from those who face difficulties.
This is an example of other things too such.
as most shops that self-service,
cash machines etc. most people.
may struggle. We understand privacy,
such as naturally
PIN numbers etc. are private but not.
everyone can manage everything there.
What is the difference between?
autism spectrum and Asperger syndrome,
what is the same?
As confusing as this sounds that (AS)
and (ADS) are not these days classed.
as separate forms of Autism anymore,
which understandably throws everyone?
even me. Your question and my question in too,
not if I am right or wrong you are thinking same,
which is. How is that? It makes no sense.
You would be right to do so makes no sense.
at all but if but I guess maybe when we get
used to how it is set out, it may be less confusing.
A page or a few pages ago,
I wrote about different levels of Autism,
which is the way someone is?
somewhere
has changed the way of explaining with
Autism is why I have no ideas and not.
if anyone knows why but sure may have good
reasons to do it this way. All the same (As)
and (ADs) have their own differences and parts of
form Autism that causes the pr emblems.
Therefore’ there is very little or difference.
between the forms of Autism,
which now is considered as one?
big developmental disorder.
(ASD) compared to (AS) face.
milder speech problems
but that may vary to be honest.
For both forms difficulty with communication with society,
we find it hard in different ways to one another,
difficulty.
with social imagination.
By a guess I have (AS), I have motor skills and
gripping problems, poor co-oration,
I struggle with my strength which is known as
Dyspraxia, which is linked to Autism.
It is not shown, in fact it is very hidden,
which makes it very hard for a person to prove themselves,
unless others spend a lot time with them,
which is not always possible.
However,’ they say (ASD) people do not appear.
to have learning disabilities,
again, sorry are you confused about that one because I am?
The answer is we do have learning disabilities though,
which is hidden, classed more of learning difficulties,
which conditions can be linked,
it maybe one some or all such dyslexia,
dyspraxia, ADHD etc.,
which may link to mental illnesses?
such as Anxiety and Depression.
Communication,
little language,
speaking in the
same tone, unable to
understand
facial expressions,
mixing words up
like you and I,
repeating what
others say.
Movements, flapping hands, rocking,
twirling toes, talking about and
repeating the same topic, which
vary to how long they talk about
something for to when those changes
to when the next topic lasts for so for,
having fixed routines, upset and anxious.
by change, I may appear nervous even if.
the change positive, sensitive to sound,
smells, taste, etc.; misunderstanding
people’s thoughts, feelings, actions etc.
Asperger syndrome (AS) comes under
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ADS).
They both cause social interaction.
but (ASD) does not cause people to struggle.
with thinking and language problems both
(AS) and ASD) behavior and relationships
problems around people in general,
mainly from my experience if
I do not know them.
Even though I have not been diagnosed by
a health professional, my family have learned.
what I have faced and what I have been through
with my problems, strengths as well weaknesses,
reading books, films etc. on Autism etc.
In some ways people with LD are them
own health professionals in many ways
of everyday life because
we must live with the problems.
Dyslexia can also link to Autism.
so, what is the difference between
Dyslexia and Dyspraxia?
They are so similar it is hard to whether.
you can have both or not but then there.
is an easy way to work it out.
Dyslexia is all to do with reading and
writing but before I go on, never say a person.
can’t read and write when they dyslexia,
that is not to put politely, we just face.
difficulties with reading, writing along
the way, for example; mixing up bs and
dbs., spelling words, writing numbers.
the wrong way round, 23, 32, bad, dad.
Dyspraxia can be similar but with more added on,
such as untidy handwriting,
Pressing too hard on pens and pencils,
struggling to grip. Dyspraxia affects.
everyday skills mentally as well as
physically whereas Dyspraxia doesn’t affect.
physically only mentally.
However,’ both have positives in creative ways,
which people are talented in different ways.
Therefore, how did (ASD) and (AS) come
about in the first place?
(AS) was discovered by Han Asperger in
1944. He was doing studies in Autism with
Lora Wing 1981, me and family knew nothing,
I was eleven years of age. He gave he gave.
the development condition a form of
Asperger Syndrome. en.n.Wikipedia.org
History of Asperger Syndrome.
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism/the-history-of-autism/asperger-syndrome
Since then, support has come in place,
but we still have a long way to go.
More than fifty years ago, Leo Kenner
described his Autistic syndrome but
a German psychiatrist named Eugen Bleuler
described the most severe cases of childhood Autism as Schizophrenia.
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/evolution-autism-diagnosis-explained/Leo classed Autism as a pattern of ad normal behavior
back in 1943.
DR Jean Marc Gasped Iraq was a French physician.
She discovered a boy who was afraid and neglected.
in a forest.
He could not speak; he was deaf and he
rocked a lot. This was in the 1800s.
There were famous writers who had autism.
such as Hans Christian Anderson children’s
writer, Lewis Carol children ‘s writer
Charles Darwin naturalist and geologist,
Emily Dickinson poet, Albert Einstein scientist and mathematician, Thomas Jettison Politician.
Research famous people with disabilities and other.
problems for example;
Han Christian Anderson was.
born in Denmark 2nd April 1805.
His Father was a shoemaker and him.
Mother was a stay-at-home spouse.
He was an only child, had great imagination.
with his toys and he was great.
children’s fairy tale writer. Google search for example;
jobs for people with Autism.
Course search tips, animal care courses
for people with autism.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/what-is-autism/https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccines-and-other-conditions/vaccines-autism https://www.thevillarifirm.com/2020/11/can-birth-injury-cause-autism-here-s-how-the-two/https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism/the-causes-of-autism
