Children With Autism Research Paper
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Najah Dail
Liberty University
Abstract
Autism is a developmental disorder that affects your behavior, your ability to socially interact with others and your communication skills. Autism is recognized at a young age when symptoms such as speech delays, inability to respond, little or no eye contact, doesn’t interact with others, and little use of gestures is present. When studying autism you learn that there are many different types of autism. These specific types of autism are known as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and are characterized by the level or degree of difficulties in communication, social interaction, and repetitive behaviors. This paper will discuss the different autism spectrum …show more content…
A child may love to play football and will use this interest to regulate their moods and behavior. “These interests border on obsession, such that individuals with Asperger syndrome are deeply engaged in gathering information about their topic and talking about it” (Piotrowski, 2011, p.192). For example, a child with Asperger’s who as a huge interest in sharks may not be able to remember what their mother told them to do this afternoon as a chore, but can recall that their mother mentioned a documentary on sharks will play tonight and what shark will be featured and the time.
Another distinction of Asperger’s syndrome is that there is not a presence of language or speech impairment. Most children with Asperger’s develop normally linguistically and have no apparent issues with speech. However, they typically have one-sided conversations and are more concerned with what they are getting out of the conversation and getting their point across to whoever they conversing with. You may have to ask the child, “what did I just say,” and “what does that mean to …show more content…
“The term pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) is also referred to as atypical personality development, atypical PDD, or atypical autism” (Fundukian, 2011, p. 3362). This disorder is not as severe as Autistic Disorder but is more severe than Asperger Disorder. So, to correctly diagnose a child with PDD-NOS, one has to really take a look at their symptoms and see how severe each one is. Generally children with PDD-NOS have decent language skills. They do not have significant language delays like children with Autistic disorder but they are not as clear and concise as children with Asperger’s. They also have trouble in social interactions and have trouble receiving and giving social information. A distinct difference between PDD-NOS, Asperger’s and Autistic Disorder is that children with PDD-NOS have fewer repetitive behaviors than the other two. They also have a later onset of symptoms than children with other Autistic disorders. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine it
Najah Dail
Liberty University
Abstract
Autism is a developmental disorder that affects your behavior, your ability to socially interact with others and your communication skills. Autism is recognized at a young age when symptoms such as speech delays, inability to respond, little or no eye contact, doesn’t interact with others, and little use of gestures is present. When studying autism you learn that there are many different types of autism. These specific types of autism are known as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and are characterized by the level or degree of difficulties in communication, social interaction, and repetitive behaviors. This paper will discuss the different autism spectrum …show more content…
A child may love to play football and will use this interest to regulate their moods and behavior. “These interests border on obsession, such that individuals with Asperger syndrome are deeply engaged in gathering information about their topic and talking about it” (Piotrowski, 2011, p.192). For example, a child with Asperger’s who as a huge interest in sharks may not be able to remember what their mother told them to do this afternoon as a chore, but can recall that their mother mentioned a documentary on sharks will play tonight and what shark will be featured and the time.
Another distinction of Asperger’s syndrome is that there is not a presence of language or speech impairment. Most children with Asperger’s develop normally linguistically and have no apparent issues with speech. However, they typically have one-sided conversations and are more concerned with what they are getting out of the conversation and getting their point across to whoever they conversing with. You may have to ask the child, “what did I just say,” and “what does that mean to …show more content…
“The term pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) is also referred to as atypical personality development, atypical PDD, or atypical autism” (Fundukian, 2011, p. 3362). This disorder is not as severe as Autistic Disorder but is more severe than Asperger Disorder. So, to correctly diagnose a child with PDD-NOS, one has to really take a look at their symptoms and see how severe each one is. Generally children with PDD-NOS have decent language skills. They do not have significant language delays like children with Autistic disorder but they are not as clear and concise as children with Asperger’s. They also have trouble in social interactions and have trouble receiving and giving social information. A distinct difference between PDD-NOS, Asperger’s and Autistic Disorder is that children with PDD-NOS have fewer repetitive behaviors than the other two. They also have a later onset of symptoms than children with other Autistic disorders. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine it