Those participants who were medically diagnosed with autism, as well as those who possessed particular traits linked to autism, even if they had not been diagnosed with the condition, provided fewer but much more unusual responses, in comparison to those who were completely healthy. However, their solutions were more original and creative as compared to those that lacked autistic traits.
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In one “divergent thinking” task, participants were asked to list possible uses for a paper clip.
Researchers from the University of East Anglia and the University of Stirling have published a study which suggests that people with autistic traits generate more original and creative ideas – dispelling the myth that people with autism are useless and dumb.
With the correct planning, support and opportunities from both the family and employers many people coping with autism have the abilities to be in the workforce, said the groups in a prepared statement. Children with autism are insanely creative, which makes them best suited to highly imagine endeavors, related to the creative industry.
In fact, there are some geniuses in history who scientists believe may have had a form of autism, but were not diagnosed because nothing was known about the developmental disorder at the time, reports Autism Myth Busters.
After this first step, researchers have tested participants’ creativity by seeking interpretations of images created to be seen more than one way, such as a picture that might be viewed either as a rabbit or a duck.
Researchers are just scratching the surface when it comes to the complexity of autism, a behavioral disorder that typically becomes apparent during early childhood, with symptoms ranging from difficulties in social interactions, communication behaviors and reasoning abilities. “It goes a little way toward explaining how it is that some people with what is often characterized as a “disability” exhibit superior creative talents in some domains”.
“There is no black and white dividing line between mild autistic traits and having a label of autism, and geeks and nerds in Silicon Valley”, Temple Grandin, an autism activist and livestock researcher at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, said by email.
Autistic individuals can easily be described as uncommunicative, difficult, resourceful, obsessive, they could be defined as deeply unique, peculiar, hard to reach or isolated in their own universe, where the general laws of existence are merely different from the ones regular people use in their morals.
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“People with autistic traits may approach creativity problems in a different way”, Dr. Doherty said. “Trying to understand this variation will be a key part of understanding autism and the impact it has on people’s lives”.
