Department of PsychologyAutism Studies is a group of researchers at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's University interested in understanding how individuals with and without Autism develop over time. Autism typically involves impairments in communication and language, difficulties with social interactions and a restricted range of interests. People with autism may demonstrate repetitive behaviours and may have unusual reactions to their everyday environment.
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Autism
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that is characterized by difficulties in social communication and differences in sensory perception and behaviours.
- difficulties with communication
- insistence on and need for routine and sameness
- difficulties transitioning between activities
- poor or absent eye contact in social situations
- difficulties taking the perspective of others
- poor or absent imaginative play
- difficulty understanding figurative language and indirect speech
- difficulty understanding abstract concepts
- delayed motor skill development, clumsiness
- obsessive interests
- over or under sensitivity to sensory stimuli