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Autism, Asperger’s Highlighted by BBC
, 01 12th, 2012
All of last week, BBC South featured stories on high functioning autistic individuals. Though each profile focused on an individual, the experiences of those individuals represent the struggles of many. For example, 28 year-old Alex Jordan described feeling like a prisoner due to her autism. Through the UK’s universal healthcare she likely received autism therapy and continues to work with medical and social workers.
Lots of rules have been set in place to try to protect her. For instance, she is not supposed to go out by herself because she was hit seven times in one year while trying to cross the road. Her autism skews her perception of moving vehicles; cars don’t move fluidly – they can “jump” – and exhaust appears colored which can be disorienting. Still, the young woman described trying to keep a positive attitude and “looking forward to the good things.”
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