Different Communications

By: Robert Tapia

Date: 4/14/11

Different Communication

I was asked to write a 500 word essay from my teacher. She had told us we could write about anything, but we have to support our thesis. I thought to myself that I can write about the autism bracelets that are sold at my school, but I have to back it up. I scheduled a couple of interviews and took a couple of pictures to back up my facts. While I was doing this process I realized that all of my evidence has to do with communication. We take for granted all of o

ur communication abilities because people with autism have a different way of communicating and is difficult to understand by other people. People have to understand that autism has not just appeared out of nowhere, it has been in our world for a while now and we have to

recognize it.

Autism is out there and people need to recognize it. Their way of communicating is different than ours and they struggle to obtain what they want. People communicate all the time to interact and survive.

To do anything in this world you have to communicate with somebody that understands you. Talking, texting, chatting online, singing or rapping are all forms of communication in their own ways. When you don’t understand something then you might ask a question. With autistic people it is harder because they are frustrated and use sounds instead of words. How autism occurs is a mystery. Autism is noticed around the ages of three to four years old.

There are many different forms of autism. The three main forms are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Asperger’s Disorder. Spectrum Disorder is

the most serious because their behavior and interaction are really effective. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is not as much as serious as Spectrum but still a serious

matter. PDD are people who think literally and can’t take jokes. Lastly, is Asperger’s Disorder which is the least serious and it is only a general language delay.

There was a walk in Marisa Mead’s, sophomore at Daniel Pearl Magnet High

School (DPMHS), hometown. Her friend called Mead and told her that there is a walk on April 2^nd. The walk was at Land caster Jet Hawks stadium. The walk was for autistic awareness and Mead wanted to support the awareness. Mead had orders some bracelets that she had found on awarenessdepo.com and wanted

to raise money toward the foundation of the walk. She is doing that by selling the bracelets at the student store on the campus of DPMHS. The bracelets are $2.00 at the student store.

“The main Point of the Fundraiser was to raise money to bring awareness to an educational environment as well as raising money to advance technology pertaining to the Autism Spectrum Disorder.”

Mead’s twin brother has Autistic Spectrum disorder and she has made the decision to donate all the money from the bracelets to the foundation even though the walk has ended. You don’t have to have an autistic family member to be a donator. Support the awareness of autism.