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[5] Furthermore, according to the UK Office for National Statistics, the unemployment rate of autistic people may reach 85%, the highest rate among all disabled groups studied. It is noted that in many countries autism is not a disability protected by anti-discrimination employment laws, and this is due to many corporations lobbying against it. [6]
Like non-autistic people, autistic adults feel the need to be useful to society, and to experience a sense of comfort. [95] However, there are differences in expectations between autistic and non-autistic people: the absence of a circle of friends may be experienced as problematic by a non-autistic person, but not by an autistic person. [70]
Until 2006, South Africa was the world's largest gold producer. In 2007, increasing production from other countries and declining production from South Africa meant that China became the largest producer, although no country has approached the scale of South Africa's period of peak production during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The autism rights movement advocates a variety of goals, including greater acceptance of autistic behaviors; [24] therapies that focus on coping skills rather than imitating the behaviors of neurotypical peers; [25] the creation of social networks and events that allow autistic people to socialize on their own terms; [26] and the recognition of ...
Aspies For Freedom (AFF) is a solidarity and campaigning group that aimed at raising public awareness of the autism rights movement.The aim of Aspies For Freedom is to educate the public that the autism spectrum is not always a disability, and that there are advantages as well as disadvantages. [1]
The Spielmans family has traveled the world with their autistic son, which has come with challenges. Here's what travel has meant for the family. Most families with autistic children don't travel.
Temple Grandin, autistic designer of cattle handling systems, said that one reason she can easily figure out how a cow would react is because autistic people can easily "think the way that animals think". [49] According to Grandin, animals do not have "complex emotions such as shame or guilt" and they do not think in language. She says that ...
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