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Aspergers Presentation

jools.evelyn

jools.evelyn

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Hey everybody, I'm Jools, I'm 23 and I'm a college student. First and foremost, this sounds like a really great forum and I'm proud to be a part of it.

But basically, I have to do a 45 minute presentation at my college and I've basically decided to pick Aspergers Syndrome as my topic, (1) because I believe it to be really fascinating (2) I'm about 90% sure I have it (I'm hoping to get an official diagnosis in the next couple of weeks) so there's kind of a personal connection, and (3) I want to try and spread the word for those that are uninformed.

I'm off to Waterstones to get some books, which will hopefully give me some ideas on how to present it. But the main problem I'm having is that I have to base my presentation around a debatable, analytical question surrounding Aspergers Syndrome and I'm not sure what to go for.

If anybody could help me out, I'd be very, very grateful

Thanks :)
 
Hmm...some possible questions for debate (I take that to mean a yes/no question for which a person must take one side or the other. Most wh-questions would result in a description rather than a debate):

Should Asperger's be a separate diagnosis from Autism?

Should a child with Asperger's receive treatment?

Should Asperger's be defined as a disability? (Kind of goes along with the previous question--and it currently is defined this way.)

Should people with Asperger's be taught to suppress their non-harmful self-stim behaviors in order to appear more "normal"? (also kind of goes along with treatment).



Another thing you could do is go to a database and see what peer reviewed research articles exist within reputable databases (jstor, or American Journal of Psychology), and see if you can find two opposing articles. Even if you can't, you could use any article that makes a point about aspergers, and the debate would be you presenting the points in the article and adding your own counterpoints.

I don't know what the exact assignment is, or what the expectations are, so maybe my suggestions are WAY off, but I hope this is at least somewhat helpful.
 
Ah, thank you!

Yes, those are all excellent starter points to help me get the ball rolling. I think, with that, I've now got an idea on how to coordinate my presentation and what questions i could raise, but if anybody else what's to help contribute, I'll gladly accept any other ideas
 
Hiya, good luck with your presentation. Not sure when it is but if you wanted to ask some questions I'd be happy to help. I'm not good at giving non specific advice (that doesn't make sense) I prefer to answer questions!
 
Okay guys, well since I last posted a couple of things have transpired. Firstly, I've been officially been diagnosed with AS, which has been a welcome relief and helps me understand myself a lot better. Secondly, I've purchased a couple of books on AS which have proven extremely beneficial to me. They are "Appreciating Asperger Syndrome" by Brenda Boyd and "The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome" by Tony Attwood, who I'm sure most of you are familiar with. If you haven't got these books, I highly recommend them!

Also, I'm well underway into the planning stages of my presentation, but one thing that would prove very useful is general opinions on how Asperger's Syndrome is represented in certain forms of media. I have my opinions on certain things, but obviously being only one person, I might be part of a minority. So if anyone could give me their opinions on how Asperger's is represented, in either films, documentaries or novels, it would be much appreciated.

Currently, films I've looked at include "Mozart and the Whale", "My Name Is Khan" and "Adam" as well as watching a documentary called "Billy The Kid". If you've seen these, or know any more that you could recommend to me, I'd very much appreciate it.
 
Have you ever seen Forrest Gump? Maybe you could try and look into that film as the character has autism or something else.
Maybe you might get even more tips of AS and autism. Very good film, I highly recommend it, unless your looking more into the higher part of the spectrum?
 
Forest Gump has been suspected of LFA but he's not been dx'd with anything, and to be fair it's very probable he doesn't have an ASD if he was created in mind of having a specific dx.
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