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Autism

The reason I want to learn about autism is because of a little girl and her family I waitress back at home. There are three children in this family, one of which, Jackie, has autism. Everyday their mom takes them to pool where I work and they spend all day playing in the water, at the ping pong table and just talking to us. I have never had a personal relationship with someone who has autism and I don't know very much about it. I'm hoping that this project will help me to know more about how to work personally with Jackie. That family has inspired me to become a teacher.

I will be rating my videos and other sources on two 1-5 scales, one for information and one for inspiration. I know that people with autism and the people who are close to them can be very inspirational.

Top Five Things I Learned: 1. Autism can be a range of different symptoms. 2. Autism is a spectrum disease meaning that someone can be a little autistic or more autistic. 3. Families with autistic family members need support and help from the people around them. 4. There is no cure to autism, just ways to help. 5. Inspiration can be from those with autism.

1. This video is something that a friend had posted to share on Facebook in order to share the story. I then found it on youtube.com for this project because it is one of the most inspirational stories I have ever seen. It was originally on ESPN later on brought to youtube.com through viewers. The sound quality isn't the best but the story will make it worth it. I give this video a 2/5 for information and a 5/5 for inspiration.

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2. I want to share an episode of World of Jenks, on MTV, about autism. Andrew Jenks is a filmmaker who goes to different place and lives with different people to experience the world they live in. His second episode, he lived with a 20-year-old who has autism. This is the entire episode, so be sure you have plenty of time to sit down and watch it because it will be worth your time. You get to see Chad in school, at home and the places he likes to go. You also learn about some of the habits that a person with autism has. I learned so much about autism from this video. I give it a 4/5 for information and 5/5 for inspiration.

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3. This clip was made to raise awareness of World Autism Awareness Day. It does not have high ratings from me however I thought it would be important to add a clip showing that people are trying to help find a cure for the disease. I would rate this at 3/5 for information and 2/5 for inspiration.

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4. This is a slideshow created to help educate the teachers and future teachers develop an understanding of autism. It also provides help to identify when a student has autism. This slideshow gave me a much better understanding and hopefully is helping other future teachers in the world. I rate this slideshow at 5/5 for information and 1/5 for inspiration.

[|Slideshow] 5. This next video is about an adult who has autism. Stephen Wiltshire is a man who can take a 45 minute airplane ride above cities and then draw what he saw in detail in three days on 5 yards of paper. He does not leave any detail out. He drew out every road and every column. This video shows that people with autism are not completely hopeless but instead absolutely brilliant. I rate this video at 2/5 for information and 4/5 for inspiration.

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6. I found out the other day that one of the kids at the preschool I'm volunteering at has an autistic sibling. This made me want to look more into the family and sibling part of autism. I found this video about a specific relationship between brothers and about support groups that siblings of autistic children can go to. I give this video a 3.5/5 for information and 2/5 for inspiration. media type="youtube" key="UEX-5YxUUoA?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="left"

7. This video gives some background on how autism was first discovered. It mostly goes over the basic knowledge of autism. A main focus is that there are many different degrees of how autistic a person is. The things the video recommends to work with autistic students are: good sense of humor, patience, clear use of language with less words. I think this video deserves a 5/5 for information and 2/5 for inspiration. media type="youtube" key="aRK1gZb55Y8?fs=1" height="385" width="640" 8. This is a simple 10 top facts about autism. Very simple but some very good information. For someone who knows nothing about autism this is a very good website for a little more information.I rate this video 4/5 for information and 1/5 for inspiration. [|Autism]