Autism

In our activities in class, we dealt with a text on Autism.  We did it with the objective of interpreting certain features of a text easily and quickly. The text served its purpose because you achieved the task in the suggested time, although the lexis it contained might have been demanding.

Now, how much do you know about autism yourself? What would you like to know about it?

Do you know any child who suffers from it? Have you heard of a child with this problem?

Let's learn together about what autism is from a reliable source of information:

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)

What is autism?

Autism is a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication.  Symptoms usually start before age three and can cause delays or problems in many different skills that develop from infancy to adulthood.

What is an autism spectrum disorder?

Different people with autism can have very different symptoms.  Health care providers think of autism as a “spectrum” disorder, a group of disorders with similar features.  One person may have mild symptoms, while another may have serious symptoms.  But they both have an autism spectrum disorder. 

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ACTIVITY FOR THE CLASS

(after working with the first two units on Presentations)

Scenario

You will soon give a short talk on Autism. 

1. How are you? How would you introduce yourself?

2. How would you structure your talk?

3. How long will your talk be?

2. How would you rather deal with questions?

Write down your speech for those first three or four minutes of your talk.

You don't need to be an expert to do this. 

You do need to be familiar with signposting

Look forward to reading your posts.