A person's memories are very important as they make up every part of who they are. Without our memories we would have no knowledge or emotions from past experiences. We would also have no communication skills or strategies for learning new skills.
I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder at the age of sixteen. It is a widely heard of and spoken about disorder yet the true characteristics of OCD are often misunderstood.
The number of autism diagnoses at the moment are climbing higher every year. So much so that it’s being described by many as an epidemic. The media are indeed paying attention to this. But there is one particular word that many reports are including, which still continues to give us misconceptions. Many are reporting autism as a childhood developmental disability.
