Autism is classed as a learning disability. So many believe that if taught in the right way at school or reading books, then with support an autistic person can gain social skills. But that's a very narrow view of autism. Where you're just acknowledging the learning disability aspect.
Wrong. It is not a learning disability. It is a pervasive developmental disorder.
It could be argued that it's a learning difference because people with ASD can learn advanced stuff, sometimes at a younger than average age, providing the style of teaching and learning is optimal for them.
Many of us have had a lifetime of exposure to people, where we've had to learn to mimic social skills.
A lifetime exposure to Egyptian hieroglyphics doesn't imply that one can read them. They can only read them if they read books about them or are taught how to read them.
Autism is classed as a learning disability. So many believe that if taught in the right way at school or reading books, then with support an autistic person can gain social skills. But that's a very narrow view of autism. Where you're just acknowledging the learning disability aspect.
Wrong. It is not a learning disability. It is a pervasive developmental disorder.
It could be argued that it's a learning difference because people with ASD can learn advanced stuff, sometimes at a younger than average age, providing the style of teaching and learning is optimal for them.
Many of us have had a lifetime of exposure to people, where we've had to learn to mimic social skills.
A lifetime exposure to Egyptian hieroglyphics doesn't imply that one can read them. They can only read them if they read books about them or are taught how to read them.
