If I was serving time in prison, will I be allowed to listen to music to help myself with my sensory issues?
I have Learning Disorders and Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Symptoms of severe to profound forms of Autism and other profound developmental disorders may include:
1. Intellectual disability (an IQ of 69 or below).
2. Impaired social communications or interactions, bizarre behavior, and lack of social or
emotional reciprocity
3. Delusional interests and bizarre behaviors
4. Sleep problems, aggressiveness, and self-injurious behavior are also possible frequent
occurrences
5. Lack of eye contact, inadequate body language and a lack of emotional or physical
response to others' behaviors and emotions
6. lack of communication (both oral communication – i.e. nonverbal autism – and body
language), Repetitive use of words or phrases, and lack of imaginative play skills.
7. Respond only to very direct external social interaction from others
8. severe deficits in communication skills (verbal and nonverbal), inflexibility of behavior, extreme difficulty coping with change, and extreme difficulty
with shifting focus and attention. Individuals with level 3 autism would initiate very limited amounts of social interactions and would respond only to
direct social approaches from others.
Wikipedia states that it is common for individuals with PDD-NOS to have more intact social skills and a lower level of intellectual deficit than individuals with other PDDs.
Characteristics of many individuals with PDD-NOS or anyone like me are:
● Communication difficulties (e.g., using and understanding language)[6]
● Difficulty with social behavior
● Difficulty with changes in routines or environments
● Uneven skill development (strengths in some areas and delays in others
● Unusual play with toys and other objects
● Repetitive body movements or behavior patterns
● Preoccupation with fantasy, such as imaginary friends in childhood
Other symptoms of Autism includes:
● Making little or inconsistent eye contact
● Tending not to look at or listen to people
● Rarely sharing enjoyment of objects or activities by pointing or showing things to
others
● Failing to, or being slow to, respond to someone calling their name or to other
verbal attempts to gain attention
● Having difficulties with the back and forth of conversation
● Often talking at length about a favorite subject without noticing that others are not
interested or without giving others a chance to respond
● Having facial expressions, movements, and gestures that do not match what is
being said
● Having an unusual tone of voice that may sound sing-song or flat and robot-like
● Having trouble understanding another person’s point of view or being unable to
predict or understand other people’s actions
Asperger's Syndrome is multifaceted, with varying degrees of severity in the key symptoms:
● Difficulty in social interaction, often due to issues with nonverbal communication
● Specific subjects of interest, often manifesting as a borderline obsession with a few
areas and/or hobbies
● IQ can vary, but is generally higher than average
● Surpressed and/or difficulty expressing emotions
I used to have profound developmental disorders from my early childhood.
It got milder, because I had IEP plans and meetings.
When I was 0-8 years old, I had some symptoms of Profound Developmental Disorder.
When I was 9-10 years old, I had some symptoms of PDD-NOS.
When I was 11-19 years old, I had some symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome
Now I feel like I have Learning Disorders, with Broad Autism Phenotype.
Now as an adult, I am very good at reading and understanding emotions, facial cues and body languages.
12 Sep 2020, 12:15 pm
