{"id":86,"date":"2019-03-22T11:38:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2019-04-10T10:13:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T10:13:44","slug":"perspectives-on-autism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives on Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is estimated that 1 in every 100 people in the UK is autistic, so it is inevitable that we will teach, interact, or work with someone with autism whatever our role is.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This resource aims to develop an understanding of autism, and explores some different points of view. It is built around interviews with four people with different experiences of autism.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/files\/2019\/03\/Group-Collage-1-1024x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/files\/2019\/03\/Group-Collage-1-1024x190.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/files\/2019\/03\/Group-Collage-1-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/files\/2019\/03\/Group-Collage-1-768x142.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The four people who gave their time and expertise to help make this resource.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first video introduces the individuals, and in the following videos they give their opinions on topics relating to autism;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"\u201d#introductions\">Introductions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"\u201d#definitions\">Definitions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"\u201d#inclusion\">Inclusion<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"\u201d#concepts\">Concepts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"\u201d#diagnosis\">Diagnosis<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"\u201d#research\">Research<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To further explore these themes head over to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/topics-for-discussion\/\"><strong>Topics for Discussion<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> page.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This resource can also be used in learning and teaching &#8211; see <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/about-this-resource\/\">About this Resource<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a name=\"introductions\"><\/a><strong>1. Introductions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introductions\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/243281406?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><a name=\"definitions\"><\/a><strong>2. What is your definition of autism?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Definition - What is your definition of autism?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/243276887?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><a name=\"inclusion\"><\/a>3. Is the notion of inclusion positive or negative when applied to the autistic population?<\/h4>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inclusion - Is the notion of inclusion positive or negative when applied to the autistic population?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/243283649?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><a name=\"concepts\"><\/a><strong>4. What are the most important concepts to understand when engaging with an autistic individual?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Concepts - What are the most important concepts to understand when engaging with an autistic individual?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/243303176?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><a name=\"diagnosis\"><\/a><strong>5. Should we be diagnosing people as autistic?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diagnosis - Should we be diagnosing people as autistic?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/243304969?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><a name=\"research\"><\/a><strong>6. What area of research is most important within the autism field in your view?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Research - What area of research is most important within the autism field in your view?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/243308422?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is estimated that 1 in every 100 people in the UK is autistic, so it is inevitable that we will teach, interact, or work with someone with autism whatever our role is.\u00a0This resource aims to develop an understanding of autism, and explores some different points of view. It is built around interviews with four &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Perspectives on Autism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9obFE-1o","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}