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I’m going to talk about ASD and what the symptoms and how to treat the disorder. I’m also going to talk about how it is caused and how many people can get. I will also talk about how they do not know what other people...
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be defined by the federal explanation in the united state authorized cod, Individual with Disability Education Act follow as, A child is classified as having ASD when the developmental disability significantly affect the teenager verbal and non-verbal communication or social...
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Every year there are more and more children born with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and there is more of a need for accommodation for their needs. “The future will likely present teachers with even more students with learning disabilities” (Gerstle and Walsh 35). With these...
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This paper explores a film, A Boy Called Po, discussing the challenges Patrick, best known as Po, lives with the daily challenges of autism. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and...
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Introduction The most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 59 children have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Centers for Disease Control, 2018). This is a 15% increase from their last estimation two years ago, which highlights the importance...
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‘Autism is a lifelong, developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people and how they experience the world around them’. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) published in 2013 provides a ‘more...
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Autism has a special place in my heart. Growing up, my godmother would watch me and her two sons during summer breaks. One of her sons had Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD, and I would later discover that both my godmother and her husband also...
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Autism spectrum disorder is a condition that impacts how a person interacts with others. It focuses on communication and cognitive difficulties. It can also affect the child socially in school and work. There may be no cure for autism, but with the right amount of...
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We Help You, Help Your Child. If you have a child with autism, you probably face many difficulties when you are seeking to make your child’s life as fulfilling as possible. You dream of getting to spend time with your child in a fun, engaging,...
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As a teacher, it is inevitable that one will encounter various students in his or her classroom. The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism discusses how a child with autism views the world. This text is an eye-opening experience...
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Parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), tend to opt for alternative intervention for their children, for example, the use of gluten-free, casein-free diets, which they perceived as risk-free, to improve the cognitive-behavioral function of their children with ASD. The main focus of...
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For Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) children an early treatment is important for them as well as the early diagnosis. The behavioral approaches are used to treat children with ASD, the approaches include different programs such as the Developmental-Individual Difference-Relationship Based Model (DIR) and the Applied...
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Individuals with autism may experience difficulties with body awareness which will impair their ability to safely interact with the environment around them or specific objects. This could affect their fine motor abilities such as doing up buttons on a shirt or a pair of jeans...
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Due to the modern prevalence of autism diagnoses in children and the lack of scientific understanding about the causal factors of ASD, it is clear that those entering the healthcare field should have a certain understanding of this area. Numerous researchers propose theories on what...
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) encompasses a wide range of social and mental afflictions that are difficult to treat. Due to a lack of established treatments for ASD, alternative therapies have been the primary form of intervention. One of these alternatives is animal-assisted therapy, a field...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is the story of Christopher John Francis Boone’s adventures as told by him. The protagonist, Christopher, wrote the book as a murder mystery, describing his investigation of the killing of Mrs. Shears’ dog,...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time introduces fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone, whose counselor has suggested that he write a book. Christopher’s book is about his quest to find out who murdered his neighbors’ dog; however, while searching for clues about the dog Christopher...
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Hiding truths and replacing them with lies are often very devastating to family members and even more so when a son’s whole life has been built upon these lies. Mark Haddon, in the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, explores the...
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Social skills are any competence, rules, and abilities that helps conduct interactions with others. Many people generally pick up on social cues over time and how one is supposed to react in certain situations. For people with autism it is generally hard for them to...
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At the age of four her doctor had diagnosed Temple Grandin with Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism, due to her lack of speech and sensitivity to touch and also with her photographic memory. She was going to go into a mental asylum where many...
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The world can be a very harsh place especially for kids with disabilities. They tend to have a hard time adapting to new people and new things. Usually they require special education along with attentive care at all times. They can become depressed very easily...
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“I am different, not less.” These simple yet extremely influential words were spoken by Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the most accomplished and well known adults with autism in the world. Dr. Grandin was raised in an era where there was much less research and...
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Autism is something many people have as a factor in their lives. Whether it is they themselves who have it, or someone they know, it makes a difference. Temple Grandin, a lady who has grown up with autism, utilized her own to better animal welfare...
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Vaccines have been used to prevent diseases centuries, and have saved countless lives of children and adults. The smallpox vaccine was invented as early as 1796, and since then the use of vaccines has continued to protect us from countless life-threatening diseases such as polio,...
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The title of Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a reference to a famous Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Conan Arthur Doyle. Baker Street’s most famous resident deduces who committed the crime in this particular story by interpreting a...
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Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism which is a lifelong dysfunction that affects how a person perceives the world, processes information and relates to other people. Autism is often described as a “spectrum disorder” because this condition affects people in different ways and to...
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The crystal clear water was wavy after all the kids started to jump in. The kids all filed in through the small door and could not wait to have their turn to get into the pool. The nine lane lines were all packed with kids...
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Autism Spectrum Disorders are disorders with multiple etiologies of genetic and non-genetic origins. Promising advances in research of ASD in recent years have provided several important information about the impact of Vitamin D as a causative factor of ASD. Vitamin D receptor polymorphism has an...
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It is commonly understood that young adults with autism and intellectual disabilities (ID) struggle to find and maintain successful employment. Although a large percentage of high school students with autism and ID work toward a goal of establishing paid employment after high school, approximately only...
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If a person works in the agricultural field they are most likely going to know who Temple Grandin is, she is revered as a visionary by many. Temple not only has first-hand experience of working with animals but she also has a Ph.D. and teaches...