Outline On Autism Informative Essay

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Specific Topic: Autism Submitted by: Jay Childers General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about autism, how people with autism may act, and the impact it has on their everyday lives Intro Imagine a world where you’re trapped inside your own head, and anything and everything around you just scares you. You, with no way to communicate, speak your mind, or express how you feel in a way that most people will understand. And imagine, just imagine, the world views your “condition,” per say, as some sort of disease, trying to find some sort of “cure” for you, and until then they treat you as some sort of social outcast, simply pushing you aside in everything. This is the world of someone with autism, a neurological disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels and relates to their environment. It’s simply terrifying that this is how they have to live every day. People with…show more content…
The retardation that springs from a lack of development is the enemy. The sensory problems that are often themselves the barriers are the enemy. These things are not part of who the child is… they are barriers to whom the child is meant to be, according to the developmental blueprint. Work with the child’s strengths to overcome the weaknesses, and work within the autism, not against it, to overcome the developmental barriers." (What is autism?) Body 1 – Definition I could easily go on for who knows how long explaining what autism is and how it works, but in short, a person with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) usually has problems interacting with people, and may avoid or lack eye contact, may not imitate others, may not point or use other hand gestures, may prefer to be alone, and may not understand social cues. The poem “I Am Autism” by Marty Murphy defines autism in a very different way, saying this:
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