Autism is a spectrum disorder that affects how people act and react. It affects more boys than girls with a 4 to 1 ratio. Autism is not a disease and people with autism are normal human beings. The condition is different for everyone and 1 in every 100 people are affected by autism. Famous people who are believed to have had autism include Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and others. While autism can present challenges, it can also allow people to achieve amazing things and see the world differently.

1. Autism
By Adam Sutcliffe and Sam Tanner

2. What is autism
• Autism brain disorder that affects how people act and react to certain things
• It is a SPECTRUM CONDITION-NOT A DISEASE
• People with it are normal human beings.
• It affects more boys than girls: 4/1 ratio
• It is not visible from the outside
• 1 in every 100 people are affected by it
• Everyone's condition is different, no autistic individual can be compared to
another and be put into categories
• It can cause people to do amazing things that other people would consider
“ordinary”

3. Autism can you tell?

4. People with Autism/ Aspergers?
How many of these famous people
do you recognise?

5. Isaac Newton
Kicked out of first School!
Cambridge psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen considers it "fairly certain" that Newton suffered
from Asperger syndrome.
Lived 1642-1727

6. 1879-1955
Scientist most famous for Theory of relativity
Likely he had autism

7. Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft, businessman, Wealthiest American (2011)
2nd wealthiest man on Earth!

8. Luke Jackson
Comes from an autistic family, has wrote one of the most successful
books on autism (Freaks, Geeks, and Aspergers Syndrome: A User Guide
to Adolescence), has appeared in TV programs and is now in a band.

9. Jacob (Jake) Barnett
Child Prodigy: IQ of 170 (higher than Einstein) Already at University in
New Jersey (IUPUI) and creating his own theory of the universe aged
only thirteen! Also remembers 200+ digits of pie, has a girlfriend and
talks to fellow classmates (Huge difficulty for autistic teenagers) and all
this at only 13!

10. Others on spectrum
Others who are considered to possibly had or have
autism or Aspergers include Michael
Palin, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, George
Orwell, Beethoven, Thomas Edison, Woody
Allen, James Hobley (the person in the video’s
throughout the night) and Henry Ford among
others!

11. Personal achievements:
Adam:
Have Autism-Aspergers and Sensory integration
Dysfunction.
Student Rep and Governor at College.
Young Disabled Champion
Help out in other projects.

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Classic Autism:
More of a challenge than HFA or Aspergers
More visible than HFA or Aspergers
Can have very big social difficulties
Everyday tasks can be extremely difficult
Often Routine is essential
Like things to be a certain way
Find it hard to communicate but it is possible

14. Quotes
“Autism is seeing the world differently”
“Autism is untapped skills, talent and potential”
“Autism is challenging and rewarding”
“Autism is overcoming barriers every day”
“Autism is more than Dustin Hoffman in Rainman”
“Autism is everywhere (Honestly, have a look)”
“If you suffer from autism, you’re doing it wrong”
“For success in science and art, a dash of autism is essential” Hans Asperger
“There is such thing as a disability unless you let it become one” (Adam
Sutcliffe-Brown, 2012)

15. Links and useful pages (later to be put on
Facebook)
National autistic society: http://www.autism.org.uk/
Autism west midlands: http://www.autismwestmidlands.org.uk
Childline: http://www.childline.org.uk/explore/life/pages/autism.aspx
Jacob Barnett's page: http://www.jacobbarnett.org/

16.  Any Questions? 