31/01/2022
How an Autistic brain works differently to a "normal" brain type
The Autistic Brain
The autistic brain develops differently to the dominant neurotype. This difference in development impacts on how the individual plays, communicates and interacts with the world around them.
This unique view point is important to see the world from a different perspective and inspires innovation, creativity, and thinking
Detail oriented - Unlike the dominant neurotype, the autistic brain doesn’t prioritize generalised information. Instead, the autistic brain focuses in on the smallest details to build a picture of the whole.
Whilst this means it takes longer to conceptualise the whole, it is understood with greater accuracy and awareness
Literal interpretation - Due to the detail oriented thinking of the autistic brain, information is first interpreted literally, rather than figuratively
Sensory Exploration - A priority is placed on understanding the environment through sensory exploration over social information.
Information seeking - Unlike the dominant neurotype, the autistic brain prioritises fact based information rather than social information to understand the world around them.
Hyper-focus - The autistic brain has great capacity to hyper- focus on activities it finds engaging. Hyper-focusing helps the autistic brain to unwind, find details, explore in depth and understand every aspect of what it is focused on
Pattern Seeking - Finding patterns in the world around them helps to generalise information, find consistencies and inconsistencies in the details and understand how the environment functions
Monotropic - The autistic brain works best when given a single task or request to focus on at a time.
