some myths about autism that are false.

Hello there, the aim of this site AMA autistic minds awareness, is to make people more aware of autism. As this is the site's aim, I thought it would be a good idea to show you some myths about autism, that are false.

So your minds are cleared of bias and filled back up with facts, and also there may be a little bit of history because I do like some history.

1. Bad parenting myth.

The bad parenting myth came from Sigmund Freud, who was the father of modern psychology and he believed all psychological issues stemmed from early childhood trauma.

He believed autism was a form of childhood trauma, and that because of the trauma it would cause a mental illness, and he thought the mental illness could be autism.

The trauma was blamed on the parents and that is how the myth started.

The myth got popularized more when Bruno Bettelheim linked bad parents to guards in a Nazi concentration camp.

2. Growing out of autism myth

You can not grow out of autism, you will have it forever.

I think most don't know this because most people see and care for autism when there a child, that is great and all but, what about the people that are adult with autism.

It does not change the fact they are still autistic, and for any person living in your parents home and moving to your very own home, is a big change, think how an autistic person may feel, with this big change.

I know adults with autism may feel less autistic but they have just learnt more about how most non-typical brains work and they're still autistic.

3. Autism epidemic myth

Autism is not an epidemic, Covid-19 is an epidemic but not autism.

People thought autism was an epidemic because over the years there have been more and more cases of autism.

But this is the case because we are getting better technology and we are also getting more knowledgeable about autism and more aware about autism.

This means we will find more cases because we are more knowledgeable on autism.

4. Autistic people can not learn myth

I know how to learn, I know how to spell, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L,M,N O, 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679. wait that alphabet was partly pie.

But to be serious autistic people can learn, it is just they sometimes have different methods at doing stuff.

A reason why some people may think this is true, is that some primary schools just don't get it, and if you are stressed by sound, germs, etc because you have autism they usually do nothing while your stressed beating your head on a wall, and you wonder why some don't learn.

If you have autism or your son or daughter has autism please find a school where they understand autism.

5. Autistic people don't feel emotion myth

Autistic people do feel emotion it is just they sometimes don't know what emotions their feeling.

A-typical brains and autistic brains feel emotions differently.

The other reason why people thought this myth was true was because lots of people are not aware of autism and there is trauma and sound and germ and etc that make them stressed and because people don't understand they may not have a good social life.

This is THE END

Hope you learned more, seen more, about autism.