Autism and Co-occurring Conference 2019 How to support the sensory experiences autistic people - Network Autism

Autism and Co-occurring
Conditions    Conference
           2019

How to support the sensory
experiences   of   autistic
people
By Paul Isaacs

Speaker, Trainer, Author & Consultant On the Autism
Spectrum

Introduction,
    Birth & Early
    Years
   Born premature – Preemie
    Syndrome
   Brain injury – Prenatal
    Abruption (left hemisphere
    brain damage – right
    hemisphere dominance) – Dr
    Manuel Casanova
   Genetics
   “Blind” to the right side of
    my body
   Non - Verbal , Speech and
    Language Delay
   Functional speech gained at
    7/8 years old

Sensory
Integration
   Touch
   Smell
   Taste
   Sound
   Vision
   Movement
   Balance
   Hypo (Under)
   Hyper (Over)

Fruit Salad
    Analogy –
    Reference Points
   Created By Donna Williams (Polly
    Samuel) in 1995
   Her Books on the subject:

Autism Inside Out Approach (1995)

The Jumbled Jigsaw (2005)

What is Autism? Blog
http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2014/01/
     24/what-is-autism-by-donna-
     williams/

Visual
Perception

   Prosopagnosia – “Face blindness”
    not processing faces
   Simultagnosia – Object Blindness
    being “object blind” and seeing
    things is pieces rather than in its
    totality
   Semantic Agnosia – Meaning
    Blindness being “meaning blind”
    means the person will sniff, tap,
    lick, touch and press to gain
    “meaning” of their visual field
   Visual – Verbal Agnosia – Reading
    text with no meaning or
    understanding
   Form Agnosia- Being “mono” and
    not integrating the “whole”

Body
Disconnect

   Oral Dyspraxia [Speech
    Apraxia]- Articulation &
    forming of words
   Pain Agnosia [Analgesia] –
    Lack of pain recognition
   Visuospatial
    Dysgnosia/Hemiplegia –
    Body awareness
   Finger Agnosia [Digit
    Blindness] – Unaware of
    your fingers
   Mirror Agnosia – Depth
    perception

Language
Processing
   Meaning Deafness
   Aphasia (Receptive &
    Expressive) (Before the
    Literal)
   Semantic Pragmatic
    Disorder (Literal)
   Echolalia, Echopraxia,
    Echomimia & Palilalia
   Emotional Processing
    Alexithymia &
    Echoemotica
   “Self” and “Other”
    Integration

Pattern, Theme & Feel – D. Williams
   "Eeeeee!!!" is "happy" which includes clapping and jumping
    Low sounds "ugggg!!!" - Is Unhappy

    And/or "clicking" sounds with my tongue - Represents Anxiety
    Head hitting - Processing problems

    Chest thumping - I would like come back to this world please
    Head banging - I can't cope I need some help

    Sniffing, Licking, Tapping, Mouthing, Rubbing Surroundings - What are
    you?

    Sculpting Faces - Who are you?

    Tilting Head - I Remember You! And I like your company

Asperger’s Syndrome & Autism
                             Asperger’s Syndrome:
                              Literal, Logical With
                              Left Brain Dominance
                              uses Logic to make
                              sense the world

                             Autism: Less Literal,
                              Logical With Right Brain
                              Dominance uses sensory
                              experiences to make
                              sense of the world

                             “Aspinauts” – Mix of
                              both

Sensory Perceptual        Social Perception              Body Disconnection

                                 Social
  Simultagnosia                                            Oral Apraxia
                               Emotional
                                Agnosia

  Prosopagnosia          Emotional Perception               Pain Agnosia

                              Alexithymia

 Semantic Agnosia                                           Visual Spatial
                                                             Dysgnosia

                      Paul Isaacs Autism “Fruit Salad”
Language Processing
                                Part 1 2016
                        Copyright Donna Williams             Hemiplegia
      Aphasia                 1995/2005/2014

Mental Health                                Personality Types

     Obsessive                 Mood
    Compulsive           Disorder/Emotional                 Idiosyncratic
     Disorder               Dysregulation

    Psychosis              Dissociative
                                                              Mercurial
     (2007)               Disorder NOS

Personality Disorders
      (2007)                                                   Serious

                        Paul Isaacs Autism “Fruit Salad”
                                  Part 2 2016
Impulse Control           Copyright Donna Williams               Self-
   Disorder                     1995/2005/2014                Sacrificing

Learning Style           Information Processing   Learning Difficulties

      Tactile /Kinaesthetic      Mono “Self & Other”            Dyslexia
                                  Integration Issues

                                    Aphantasia Lack           Dyscalculia
      Exposure Anxiety             of Visual Internal
                                      Mentaliising

                                                              Dysgraphia

Paul Isaacs Autism “Fruit Salad”
                                      Information
          Part 3 2016
                                 Processing/Integration     “Mild” Learning
  Copyright Donna Williams
                                         Delay                Disability
        1995/2005/2014

Sensory Perceptual     Integration                Health

                         Scotopic
     Auditory           Sensitivity              Candida
     Agnosia            Syndrome                 Albicans

                      Compulsion
   Visual Verbal                      Paul Isaacs Autism “Fruit Salad”
      Agnosia                                   Part 4 2016
                       Nocturnal
                        Nocturnal       Copyright Donna Williams
                        Bruxism
                         Bruxism
                                              1995/2005/2014
 Echophenomena

     Echolalia        Palilalia
                                                  Mutism

    Echopraxia       Echomimia

Personhood &
Personality

    “Paul” is “me first
    Personality traits &
     profiles are in all
     human beings
    My likes and dislikes are
     not all to do with my
     “autism”
    Autism is not the sum
     and total of my “being”
    I remain balanced in my
     view of what autism is
     and what it means

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My Books
   Living Through The Haze
   Life Through A Kaleidoscope
   A Pocket Size Practical Guide for
    Parents, Professionals and People on
    the Autistic Spectrum
   Understanding & Supporting Autistic
    Students in Specialist Schools
   Autism: Inside Perceptions of
    Communication, Interaction,
    Thoughts & Feelings

Other Books

   Endorsed Jennifer Cook O’Toole’s Asperkids Coloring Book
   Chapter in Gifts of Autism and Alzheimer's
   Been There, Done That. Try This!
   Colour Coding By Adele Devine
   Uncommon Minds – Artwork
   Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism And Asperger
    Syndrome Second Edition – Olga Bogdashina

Paul Isaacs
             Freelance Speaker, Trainer, Consultant &
                 Author on the Autism Spectrum

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