Are there any / have you encountered any Jehovah's Witnesses with ASD?
Are there any / have you encountered any Jehovah's Witnesses with ASD?
ClaireHig said:Think about it logically. If a person can learn social skills etc from a book, then perhaps they never had autism. It's more likely that they just weren't socialised or exposed to those things in an absorbable way or when young. With true autism, people can be exposed to the right social skills in the right ways, but they just don't have Neurotypical potential.
I dispute this one. My theory is that people with ASD can learn social skills from a book or if they are explicitly taught them. It's just that they struggle to learn social skills subconsciously like NT people do. This is why I mentioned the 'social skills' training by JW and raised questions about social skills books and websites
http://community.autism.org.uk/discussions/general-discussions/general-chat/are-american-books-websites-about-social-skills-relev-0
ClaireHig said:Think about it logically. If a person can learn social skills etc from a book, then perhaps they never had autism. It's more likely that they just weren't socialised or exposed to those things in an absorbable way or when young. With true autism, people can be exposed to the right social skills in the right ways, but they just don't have Neurotypical potential.
I dispute this one. My theory is that people with ASD can learn social skills from a book or if they are explicitly taught them. It's just that they struggle to learn social skills subconsciously like NT people do. This is why I mentioned the 'social skills' training by JW and raised questions about social skills books and websites
http://community.autism.org.uk/discussions/general-discussions/general-chat/are-american-books-websites-about-social-skills-relev-0