We can face the challenges imposed by Autism, Asperger syndrome, and other associated conditions by sharing our knowledge and experience. Autism Wikia is a place where we can do this to help the families and people facing the challenges of Autism alone. We can also draw inspiration from the life stories of some of the unique persons with autism including Gottfried Mind, Temple Grandin, Henriett Seth F., Kim Peek, Matt Savage, and Stephen Wiltshire.
Persons with Autism, their family and friends should never feel alone. There are a number of organizations dedicated to stand by their side, and to guide them to a better life. Some of the organizations include Autism Society Canada, Autism Society of America, Cure Autism Now, and National Autistic Society. There are surly many more such organizations … Please come to Autism Wikia to tell the world about these and many other similar organization which may be functioning in your area.
Story of Stephen Wiltshire in Autism Wiki:
Wiltshire (born 1974) is an autistic savant who was diagnosed with autism when he was three year old. Over a period of time, his autistic savant abilities developed and he became an accomplished architectural artist…He was born on 24th April, 1974 in London, and his parents were of West Indian origins. At the age of three, it was diagnosed that Wiltshire has autism. The same year his father died in a motor cycle accident. He could not learn speaking even when he was three, but ultimately learnt to speak from the age of none. When he was four, he was sent to a London school named Queensmill School. Within a few years, he expressed his interest in drawingsd, and by the time he was eight, he had started to draw seriously especially cars, and post-earthquake cityscapes. His teachers encouraged him to draw.
Narrow interests on Autism Wiki: Children with Asperger syndrome often have an intense and obsessive level of focus on things of interest. Some have suggested that these “obsessions” are essentially arbitrary and lacking in any real meaning or context; however, researchers note that these “obsessions” typically focus on the mechanical (how things work) as opposed to the psychological (how people work).
Sometimes these interests are lifelong; in other cases, they change at unpredictable intervals. More …
An autistic savant is a term used for the person who has both autism and another condition called Savant Syndrome. People with Savant Syndrome has serious developmental or mental infirmities coupled at the same time with certain extraordinary skills. Such skills may include exceptional memory, arithmetical abilities, extraordinary skills in art or music. The special abilities of autistic savant are recognized generally during childhood in children with autism and other developmental difficulties. (more …)
The autism spectrum (also referred to as the autistic spectrum) is a developmental and behavioral syndrome that results from combinations of characteristically autistic traits, including impairments to social interaction, communication, interests, imagination and activities.
Although these traits may be normally distributed in the population, some individuals manifest more autistic traits. At the severe end of the spectrum is low-functioning autism, which has profound impairments in many areas, to Asperger’s syndrome and high-functioning autism, to “normal” behavior and perhaps hypersocialization on the high end of the spectrum.
In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are classified as pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), as opposed to “specific developmental disorders” like dyslexia or dysgraphia.
Cure Autism Now (CAN) describes itself as an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising money for research projects, education and outreach. Founded by Jonathan Shestack and Portia Iversen — parents of a child with autism — in 1995, the organization has grown from a kitchen-table effort to a leading provider of support for autism research and scientific resources. The organization’s primary focus is to fund essential research through a variety of programs designed to encourage innovative approaches toward identifying the causes, prevention, treatment and a cure for autism and related disorders. more
Kirez’s story: I was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in September of 1993, at the age of 20, in the first weeks of my sophomore year at Cornell University. Mine was a textbook diagnosis. For three or four weeks I’d been feeling very poorly, mostly including exhaustion, a feverish feeling with heat in my thighs, and my blood feeling “muddy”, hot and thick, after meals.
I felt I was losing weight and very clearly losing strength and muscle. I had been an active athlete for five years, including running cross-country and track, wrestling, gymnastics, diving, swimming, and a variety of martial arts. I had an exceptional build, like a body builder’s but still athletic: a narrow 30-inch waist and beefy 44-inch chest, big shoulders and ripped, muscular arms. In those first three to four weeks of the fall semester, my arms, shoulders and chest visibly shrank.
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A snippet from from Diabetes Wiki’s Carbohydrate counting
Carbohydrate counting is a useful method to control one’s intake of foods, and is especially relevant for persons with Diabetes. It is an important tool of Diabetes management, and its approach to meal planning is flexible. Carbohydrate counting revolves round the foods containing larger amount of carbohydrates, and aims at planning meals in such a way that blood sugar remains within normal ranges.
There are certain foods which have high carbohydrate contents compared to other food. Example of foods rich in carbohydrates are: foods made of grains like breads, pasta, cereals; vegetables & fruits, particularly root crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams; all alcoholic beverages like beer and wine; desserts and candies; most of the milk products except cheese. Some foods may be nutrient-dense carb foods while some may be low-nutrient carb foods. Foods prepared from whole grains, legumes, milk products (except cheese), fruits and vegetables are example of nutrient-dense carb foods. Low-nutrient foods include table sugar, candies, and beverages containing alcohol.