Tag: profound

  • ‘Profound autism’ does not exist – rather there are autistic individuals with PMLD / PIMD

    ‘Profound autism’ does not exist – rather there are autistic individuals with PMLD / PIMD

    ‘Profound Autism?’ Language matters, but it is complicated and there are constant changes of vocabulary and what is deemed as “correct” or inline with best practise of the time, particularly in education and health care. Earlier this year Emily Ansell Elfer (Feb 2022) shared the news that the phrase ‘Profound Autism’ had been ‘officially recognised…

  • ‘Profound’ in relation to those with PMLD / PIMD

    ‘Profound’ in relation to those with PMLD / PIMD

      PIMD / PMLD The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities – IASSIDD) supports individuals and their families who have profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). They define this group of people by saying that ‘they are characterized by very severe cognitive, neuromotor and/or sensory…