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Applied Behavioural Analysis
A system of early educational intervention first developed by Ivar Lovaas. It is designed to promote
appropriate language and behaviours, and to reduce problematic ones.
Asperger Syndrome (AS)
People with Asperger Syndrome have difficulty with social understanding, and their patterns of behaviour
are often inflexible. Language, and especially abstract language, can be hard for these people, but to
a much lesser degree than with Kanner's autism.
Chelation
Using a chelating agent that will bind with metals in order to try to release them from the body. With
autism, this might be done in order to test for mercury levels.
Echolalia
Repetitive words or phrases that autistics may say, sometimes hours after the event. Sometimes
this will just be an echoed word, and some autistics will mimic whole sentences or even conversations, and
they may even use convincing accents and the voices of other people. Echolalia is a normal developmental
stage that children go through before learning to speak, but in some autistics it is prolonged.
Epilepsy
A neurological disorder which can lead to convulsions, partial and full loss of consciousness, and
absences. It occurs more frequently in autistic people and their families than in the general
population.
Extinction
The attempt to eliminate an undesirable behaviour by ABA methods.
Generalisation
The concept that something taught in one situation with a particular person can be applied to other
places with other people.
Gluten-free casein-free (GF/CF) diet
Gluten is found mainly in wheat, oats and barley; casein in milk products. Certain people on the
autistic spectrum have found that a diet free from these things can help their concentration and
prevent digestive problems.
Hyperlexia
The precocious ability to read at an early age, coupled with having significant trouble with the spoken
word.
Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI)
Another way of referring to the applied behavioural analysis approach to teaching autistics.
A vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, given to children at 18 months and again at around
4 years. Some parents believe it to be directly responsible for autism developing in their child.
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