How autism affects learning and social development?

Autism is a lifelong neurological and developmental disorder that affects early in childhood and affects daily functioning.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) develop at different rates and affects the development skills in the same order.

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This disorder is characterized by wide variation in challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, nonverbal communication and strengths possessed by each person with autism.

There are various effects of autism but it mainly affects the Social developmental and learning of an autistic child.

Effects of Autism on Social Development

• Lack of Empathy- Many autistic children lack the ability to see things from another person’s perspective such as their knowledge, feelings, and intentions based on social cues such as gestures and facial expressions.
• Making friends in real life and maintaining those friendships often proves to be difficult for children with autism. Autistic children often seem to prefer being alone and may passively accept such things as hugs and cuddling without reciprocating, or resist attention altogether
• Behavioral Issues- Children may face difficulty regulating their behavior, resulting in crying, verbal outbursts and also self-injuring behavior. They are not able to adapt to change. However, as the child matures and receives education/training, he or she can gradually learn to control and cope with difficult situations and
  changes.

Effects Of Autism On Learning

• Autistic people have a different way of auditory processing which makes it difficult for them to respond quickly. They process incoming information one string at a time.
• Their thinking is very rigid and inflexible. They think either white or black, no grey in between. This causes tremendous anxiety. This prevents them from thinking about new ideas and hampers creativity.
• They have poor coordination of eye and hand, that’s why many of them don’t play team sports such as basketball or soccer and have difficulty maintaining proper hygiene and properly wearing clothes.
• They lack executive functioning which makes it difficult for them to organize and prioritize responsibilities.

Other Effects of Autism

How it affects development:

Many autistic children seem indifferent to other people, lacking in the personal interaction with others that non-autistic children are expected to exhibit. Perhaps learning only some words in a month. It takes more than 2 or 3 years to make a sentence or combine the words.

How it affects attention and interaction:

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) don’t pay attention to other people in the same way as normal developing babies and children do. A child with ASD also gets hesitated to use eye contact or pointing to get someone’s attention or communicate.

How it affects understanding:

Children with ASD can find it hard to understand and get along with other people means it hard for them to see things from other people’s perspectives.

Control and regulation:

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can struggle with emotional expression, time management, attention, and frustration.

Repetitive and restricted behavior:

This main symptoms of autism are repetitive behavior and restricted interests. Sometimes autism children becoming obsessed with specific objects that are as diverse as each individual child.

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