Tutorial seven: Linking to blogs of interest and exchanging comments

I have chosen to link to different blogs that relate to Occupational Therapy practise and intellectual and mental disabilities. I have set up links on the side of my blog which are easy to locate and click into. Within this list of links there are blogs from other class mates of mine.

Below i have put a communication i have had with another blogger.

Ruby17 May 2012 18:56Hi Lily
I have always been interested in Autism however i still do not know what the difference is between autism and Asperger's? would you mind giving me a brief explination of the difference? thank you

lilycrombie-PO117 May 2012 19:16

hi ruby!

Aspergers and Autism come under the umbrella of Pervasive Developmental Disorders, and have features that are very similar to each other, which is why you are probably confused. the main difference is in language development.
Children with Aspergers Syndrome have no trouble with language development, unlike children with Autism.

here is a video clip which helps to explain the differences a bit more! enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCuk_NQMwOM

Ruby17 May 2012 19:20

Thank you Very much :)