1. Austim
1.1. myth:
1.1.1. everyone with autism is a savant
1.1.2. vaccines cause austim
1.1.3. people with autism cannot form relationships
1.2. fact:
1.2.1. many people with autism have very fulfilling relationships, even, marry
1.2.2. autism is a spectrum disorder, therefore ranges of abilities depend on individual
1.2.3. there is no single cause of ASD, there is no evidence of a link from vaccines
2. Stuttering
2.1. myth:
2.1.1. people who stutter cannot read
2.1.2. people stutter because they are shy, nervous or self-conscious
2.1.3. cannot finish sentences
2.2. fact:
2.2.1. people who stutter are intelligent
2.2.2. internal monologue is not impaired
2.2.3. people who stutter can hold jobs
3. cultural-lingustic dialects
3.1. myth:
3.1.1. people with different dialects can’t understand each other
3.1.2. languages deteriorate over (die out) time
3.1.3. some languages or dialects are more complex or better than others
3.2. fact:
3.2.1. language changes over time, languages borrow adapt and improve upon previous languages
3.2.2. children learn the language they are exposed to at a relatively similar rate
3.2.3. there is no evidence that one language is superior over another