Module 6

In this video, the young boy is having difficulty completing his school work even with assistance from his mother. This video is appropriate to the topic of 'sensory registers' as individuals with Autism have sensory difficulties. In the power point presentation, a list of "factors that determine whether our sensory registers 'register' something" were provided. These factors included the following: "attention, perception, constancy, context, intuition, duration and intensity, imagery, the role of context, shitfting perceptual set, pattern recognition, the physical and psychological environment, and meaningfulness", all of which can be tremendous road blocks for individuals with Autism. As with individuals who have other disabilities, each situation is very individualistic, but more so with Autism because it is a spectrum: some may be higher functioning, while another individual may be nonverbal. Students with Autism may have things that set them off which could disturb their attention to their academics; these things could include a loud noise or bright lights, which may cause a distraction. Their perception to external stimuli is very different than how a typically developed individual may experience 'reality'. Individuals with Asperger's may struggle with their 'psychological environment' due to a lack of appropriare social skills, which could cause them to be alienated from peers. Those are just a few examples of how individuals with Autism have a very different 'sensory register' than that of typically developed individuals and how it can effect their learning. The above video is a small example of the difficulty a child with Autism may have while learning.