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24 relations: Asperger syndrome, Autism, Autism rights movement, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, Changeling, Darold Treffert, Fantine Thó, From The Doctor to my son Thomas, Global perceptions of autism, High-functioning autism, Historical figure, List of academic fields, List of Horizon episodes, Loving Lampposts, Neurotypical, Outline of academic disciplines, Outline of autism, Outline of sociology, Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler, Shain Neumeier, Temple Grandin, The Imitation Game, World Autism Awareness Day.
Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.
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Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by troubles with social interaction and communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior.
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Autism rights movement
The autism rights movement (ARM), also known as the autistic culture movement, is a social movement within the neurodiversity and disability rights movements that encourages autistic people, their caregivers and society to adopt a position of neurodiversity, accepting autism as a variation in functioning rather than a disorder to be cured.
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Autism Society of America
The Autism Society of America (ASA) was founded in 1965 by Bernard Rimland and Ivar Lovaas together with Ruth C. Sullivan and a small group of other parents of children with autism.
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Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks is an autism advocacy organization in the United States that sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public.
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Changeling
A changeling is a creature found in folklore and folk religion.
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Darold Treffert
Darold A. Treffert is a psychiatrist who specializes in the epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders and savant syndrome.
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Fantine Thó
Fantine Rodrigues Thó (born February 15, 1979) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer and instructor.
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From The Doctor to my son Thomas
"From The Doctor to my son Thomas" is a viral video recorded by actor Peter Capaldi and sent to Thomas Goodall, an autistic nine-year-old boy in England, to console the child over grief from the death of Goodall's grandmother.
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Global perceptions of autism
Diagnosis, treatment, and experiences of autism varies globally.
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High-functioning autism
High-functioning autism (HFA) is a term applied to people with autism who are deemed to be cognitively "higher functioning" (with an IQ of 70 or greater) than other people with autism.
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Historical figure
A historical figure is a famous person in history, such as Catherine the Great, Abraham Lincoln, Washington, or Napoleon.
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List of academic fields
The following outline is provided as an overview of an topical guide to academic disciplines: An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge.
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List of Horizon episodes
Horizon is a current and long-running BBC popular science and philosophy documentary programme.
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Loving Lampposts
Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic is a 2010 documentary film directed by Todd Drezner, exploring the neurodiversity movement and the principle of autism acceptance through a series of interviews and candid footage.
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Neurotypical
Neurotypical or NT, an abbreviation of neurologically typical, is a neologism widely used in the autistic community as a label for people who are not high on the autism spectrum.
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Outline of academic disciplines
An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as part of higher education.
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Outline of autism
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to autism: Autism – disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.
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Outline of sociology
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the discipline of sociology: Sociology – the study of society using various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to understand human social activity, from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structure.
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Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler
The Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler is an umbrella term for psychiatric (pathographic, psychobiographic) literature that deals with the hypothesis that the German Führer and Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) suffered from mental illness.
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Shain Neumeier
Shain Mahaffey Neumeier (born 1987) is an American autistic and nonbinary transgender activist and attorney from Los Angeles, California.
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Temple Grandin
Mary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American professor of animal science at Colorado State University, consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior, and autism spokesperson.
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The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (which was previously adapted as the stage play and BBC drama Breaking the Code).
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World Autism Awareness Day
World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognized day on 2 April every year, encouraging Member States of the United Nations to take measures to raise awareness about people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) throughout the world.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_and_cultural_aspects_of_autism
