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Understanding autism
Understanding autism

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

A condition characterised by inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Although not linked to intelligence, ADHD may disrupt learning.


Attention to detail

A cognitive style especially associated with autism characterised by focusing closely on the specifics or details of task rather than the overall picture.


Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R)

An interview designed for use with the parents of children or adults who are being assessed for an autism spectrum diagnosis. The ADI comprises questions about the offspring’s current skills and behaviours, as well as how these behaviours were manifested at age four to five years or at any point during development. The original version of the instrument (the ADI) was often used to verify diagnoses for research purposes. The revised version, designed for diagnosis in clinical settings, was published in 2003.


Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)

An interactive assessment tool used in making autism spectrum diagnoses. It consists of four separate modules, each comprising tasks designed for use with children of different ages and different levels of development and language.


Autism Rights Movement

A network of people with autism that advocates that autism is a form of human variation (a neurodiversity), rather than a disorder to be cured, and that society needs to be accepting of autistic behaviours, teaching coping skills rather than trying to make autistic people neurotypical. The movement also organises social events where autistics can ‘be themselves’.


Autism Spectrum

A description of the fact that whilst all individuals with autism share some core characteristics, they also have their own unique profile of strengths and weaknesses.


autism spectrum condition

autism spectrum condition


Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)

A term favoured over Autism Spectrum Disorder by some professionals and people in the autism community as it avoids the negative connotations of ‘disorder’.


Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

The term used in formal diagnosis, and by many professionals in the context of clinical practice for diagnoses on the autism spectrum. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterised by moderate to profound difficulties in social communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests.


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Bangladesh is a business asset for entrepreneurs with disabilities"

Bangladesh is a developing country. Separate measures need to be taken for the backward communities, especially the disabled. In the present age, people with disabilities should be given job opportunities through training in the field of information and communication technology. So that Bangladesh can move from developing to advanced and go one step further.

People with disabilities have more opportunities to start their own businesses than ever before. Those working with the deaf, blind, paralyzed, or with intellectual disabilities can contact government programs, support nonprofit organizations, organize scholarship and grant bases, and more. These programs increase the chances of success, and give people with disabilities a plan and start their needs. Business planning is the most important element for an enterprise trying to start, whether disabled or not. This plan outlines specific information about potential business, including purpose, cost, demographics, marketing plan, and risk. Not only sound education but his alertness and dedication too are most required.




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