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Why do some people with autism have restricted interests and repetitive movements?
The Conversation
26/06/2018
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Abstract
As a society, we’ve come a long way in our understanding of the challenges people with autism face with social communication. But there is a large gap in our understanding of another cluster of behaviours that form part of an autism diagnosis: restrictive and repetitive behaviours and interests (RRBs).
These behaviours and interests appear to be made up of two dimensions. The first is a pattern of overly regulated thinking: obsessions and intense interests; a strong preference for maintaining sameness; and ritualistic or habitual patterns of behaviour, such as fiddling, or motor tics like blinking or throat clearing.
The second dimension is the rocking, twisting, flapping behaviour often associated with early depictions of severe autism in the media.
Details
- Title
- Why do some people with autism have restricted interests and repetitive movements?
- Creators
- Andrew Cashin - Southern Cross University, Nursing
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991013180411502368
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article