Autism Research Report Autism Research Project Final | Page 21

The National Autistic Society came up with their five-
year strategy which are all designed to make the positive
impact on the lives of over 700,000 autistic people in the
UK and their families and friends.
They’ll be starting from excellence in their schools and
80 services. They are the one’s who started the first
autism-specific school in the world with first autism-
specific residential area. Over that they are acting as
trusted partners to autistic people, families and friends
by passing on the knowledge they have gained in 50
years of practice. They advice people for the navigation
needed at key stages of life. By sharing their knowledge
through training, consultancy, conferences and expanding
their Autism Accreditation scheme they hope to help as
many employers and employability specialists. Their aim
is n ot just to tell people what Autism is but to make them
understand what it is to be Autistic in our society. They are
doing as much as they can to push governmental policies
at local and national level to include the real understanding
of impact on autistics.
There is a need for organisations like The National Autistic
society and many more schools, volunteer groups, other
societies all over the world because people have way
too many misconceptions that shouldn’t exist. Autism
is generally confused with Mental Retardation but there
is a big difference in the two. Most people with mental
retardation don’t even show a prevailing skill development
while in case of Autism individuals show uneven skill
development with deficits in certain areas majorly in the
inability to communicate. Although Mental retardation
can be something that can be a major lasting defect
neurologically and might not be treatable but Autism is
somewhat treatable, as studies show that people with
autism improve significantly with proper instructions.
Many individuals with Autism eventually becomes more
responsive towards the world around them. With trained
teachers, using specially structured programs have helped
autistic individuals learn how to function at home and in
the community which nearly helps them to lead normal
lives.
The theory I am proposing revolves around believing that
we are Autistic because somewhere or the other we all
cater to one or more symptoms of Autism Spectrum
Disorder. Toiling things upside down I wanted my research
show the similarities in between us as humans and creating
a relatable argument for the readers to actually feel how
similar we are as humans without letting our brains come
in way of manipulating us to differentiate between different
kinds of people behind the labels we as humans have
given them. According to the factors and symptoms from
the data collected as a part of my research I want reader
to feel the severity of misconceptions created and read
forward to feel that “We all are Autistic at different levels”.
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