A Little Bit of a Background

When we first began talking about what we wanted to do, all we had was a blur of ideas and random thoughts in our minds. We wanted our presentation to be creative, we wanted to involve the class and yet, we wanted it to portray a concept or an idea that we had not only taken from the class but that had shaped us and that we were still fascinated by. And when we set standards that high for ourselves, we suddenly didn’t know what to say. We floated between concepts like dreams (and how we as a class dreamt together), learning (and how we learnt to learn) and others similar to that.

An Introduction

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    Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are serious neurological disorders, which usually present themselves in an individual before three years of age. The spectrum refers to the wide variety in severity and type of characteristics. Young autistic individuals generally appear physically normal but engage in a variety of bizarre activities that are markedly different from those of other children their age. They often appear disconnected, self-absorbed, and avoid major and minor routine changes. Both autistic children and adults are generally seen (to varying degrees) to be impaired socially and emotionally, as extremely sensitive to loud noises, lights or smells, and as having difficulty with language as well (9).

            Malcolm Gladwell’s book, “Blink,” about the usefulness and importance of rapid cognition illustrated and sparked questions about our complex and mysterious brain. Gladwell’s theory, “thin-slicing,” is the concept that our unconscious mind makes lightning decisions based on preconceived n

                                                Cultural influences on the Brain