Autism - it's not a spectrum, it's a color wheel

1. READ FIRST Link to my PSA and the Reading - Make sure you read the article linked below and view the videos I posted to the right.

1.1. Class Announcement

1.2. These will be very different resources than probably what you are used to. I wanted to you hear authentic voices of autistic individuals. Hopefully it will help bring some of the diagnostic criteria and more educational impacts we discuss in class to light and bring a new perspective to them. My goal again is for us to see the humanness of the disabilities we learn about.

1.3. READING FOR CLASS - "Autism is a Spectrum" Doesn't Mean What You Think » NeuroClastic

2. Voice of an Autistic

2.1. Person First Language

2.1.1. i don’t have autism, i am autistic! 🤍☺️ #autism #cup #fyp #feature #viral #xyzbca

2.2. Autism is/isn't a spectrum - individuals are not high or low functioning across it. They simply demonstrate different levels of the characteristics that are found in autism - think degrees, not a linear measurement. It is not like volume - more like a color wheel.

2.2.1. idk how to word sometimes. also i did intense makeup?? #foryou #learnontiktok #tiktokpartner #fyp #autism #edutok #viral

2.3. What is Autism?

2.3.1. #duet with @medicineexplained love this! ♥️ #autism

3. #autism #fyp #foryou #disabled #viral #xyzbca

4. Diagnosis and Understanding Traits across males and females

4.1. special interests!!! #featureme #autism #autism #learnontiktok #tiktokpartner

4.2. pt 3 #feature #autism #fyp #foryou #LearnOnTikTok #TikTokPartner

4.2.1. Getting Diagnosed

4.3. Autism specifically in girls - how it looks different than in boys

4.4. more on special interests later ☺️ #feature #autism #fyp #fyp #featureme

5. High and Low Functioning - How being told you don't look "autistic" is not a compliment - FYI - she swears in this one, I'm taking it as part of her story and ignoring it.

5.1. #autism #viral #feature #fup

5.1.1. More on high functioning

5.2. if you’re only listening to me you aren’t listening ♥️ (it’s a good start tho ily) #foryou #autism #disorder #foryoupage #xyzbca #viral

5.2.1. Label - Low Functioning Autistic

6. Sensory Integration and Challenges

7. Empathy

7.1. Many people think that autistics have no empathy, whereas it's actually not true.

7.2. They do feel, understand, and can empathize with others, however, it's the next step of what do I do and how do I respond where the issue arises

7.3. it's the response - the socially appropriateness of it or the social norm