Autism Spectrum
Autism is a mind style associated with being socially quite closed off, finding it difficult to interpret all the range of social meanings like facial expressions or gestures, and maybe having difficulty to communicate what the person is feeling, or doing so in unusual or quirky ways. It often also means preferring quieter surroundings, more predictable routines, or engaging in patterns or repetition behaviours.
Like most of the topics on this site, autism really is a name for a spectrum of mind styles. It would be possible to have just some of the characteristics of autism, or an autistic spectrum mind style, or to have many of them.
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