Blind And Autistic
Note added 4th january 2016.
Blind and autistic. A wide variety of neuropsychological and educational organizations refused to diagnose him with autism since he was blind. Christopher duffley a blind teen with autism inspires others with his voice music has been significant for 15 year old christopher duffley. By christopher brito may 30 2019 12 31 pm cbs news.
If you are surprised that you have not received an email from me for some time please see the up dated newsletters section below. America s got talent season 14 episode 1 auditions agt americasgottalent talentrecap for more hd videos news analysis and recaps of the four ple. My husband and i have a son who is blind and exhibited many of these same behaviors.
Today autism is his primary diagnosis. When diagnosing autism in blind children it is important to recognize that certain behaviors that seem autism related can be attributed to an inability to see experts say. For example if a blind child recoils from being touched the behavior is more likely to reflect a learned protective mechanism than an inherent dislike of tactile stimuli.
He was 14 before anyone was willing to diagnose him with autism. In this article the author knut brandsborg a psychologist tries to explain why there may be a relationship between blindisms and autistic behavior. The visual impairment and autism project which ran from september 2008 to march 2011 was established to provide guidance for practitioners working with children who have both visual impairment and autism.
And the latest a mother of a 59 year old blind autistic son who has learned to navigate multiple state educational and workshop settings to secure necessary services and is currently waiting for group home placement. In this article the author a psychologist tries to explain why there may be a relationship between mannerisms seen in many blind children and autistic behavior. Blind contestant with autism leaves america s got talent judges and audience in awe after inspiring performance.
To find out more about this connection i visited a school for the blind and evaluated 38 of the school s 125 students for autism. The sum of all the consequences of being born blind combined with the way sighted people interact with them may give a sufficient explanation for the development of additional problems that are usually called autistic. And like sighted autistic children about one in four blind children experiences regression at 15 to 30 months of age.
