Autism - a severe disorder of thinking, communication,

interpersonal relationship and behavior.

Characteristics: Capabilities: Limitation: Needs:

 Healthy,  Accurate  Communicating  Social skills
good-looking and detailed  Social  Attention
 Prefers being in memory interacting  Conceptual
alone  Can  Sensory perception
 Makes little concentrate impairment  Learning
eye-contact for a long  Play
 Exhibits period of Behaviors
repetitive time on
routine particular
 Intensely task
preoccupied  Good
 Maladaptive spatial
to change perception
 Self injurious  Exceptional
 Dysfunctional long-term
verbal memories
language  Ability to
 Delayed in imitate
language
conceptual
abilities