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    What is Autism? Autism is a lifelong mental condition that is diagnosed in early childhood‚ characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. Early Signs of Autism There are lots of signs that young children can display‚ that may indicate Autism. Unfortunately many physicians and pediatricians are not experienced in diagnosing Autism. Most physicians are nervous to diagnosis a child with Autism‚ because it

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    Insurance Fraud A gang of Russian crooks ran a record-setting‚ $279 million fraud that exploited New York’s “no-fault” auto –accident law‚ authorities said 2/29/12. The gang worked with corrupt doctors to set up more than 100 phony medical clinics across the city. There‚ they generated fake bills for the treatment of “injuries” that “ranged from wild exaggerations to outright fabrications‚” Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said. The fraudsters took advantage of the “patient-friendly provisions”

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    was heard stating that if he was out of the picture‚ the team would fail. Hill’s micromanaging style shows a need to have control over every detail of the business. This type of management is a huge red flag pointing towards financial statement fraud (ACFE‚ 2012‚ p.1.238).One of the employees‚ Sam MacCarty‚ pointed out that though Ackers is the President of the team‚ Hill is seen as the one in control. This could lead to a possible resentment of Ackers and the team as a whole. Hill is pulling all

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    HealthSouth Corporation Case Study By Robert H. Barr‚ Jr. - © 2012 In 2002‚ HealthSouth Corporation was one of North America’s largest outpatient surgery‚ rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging companies. HealthSouth had over 1800 facilities in all 50 states plus the United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada and Saudi Arabia. In 2002 HealthSouth had over 50‚000 people on staff in sales revenues in excess of $4 billion per year. HealthSouth worked with more than 85‚000 referring physicians

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    make his major customer happy Pomerantz had to approve significant markdowns in Leslie Fay’s wholesale prices and grant those customers large rebate. In 1993‚ Donald Kenia‚ the company’s controller‚ took full responsibility for a large accounting fraud revealed to the press by John Pomerantz. Leslie Fay’s earnings had been overstated by approximately $80 million from 1990-1992 and about $130 million entries were fake. Upon the investigation of the Audit committee it was found out some audit tricks

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    Autism And Aetiology

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    cognitive and affective theories and will ultimately demonstrate the utility of such theory being put into practice in the writer’s given field of work. For the purpose of this assignment the words Autism and ASD will be used interchangeably and any names used will be pseudonyms. The field of Autism has developed significantly over the past few years and there has been much research since its discovery over 60 years ago (Wolff 2004). Nevertheless‚ it is actually still in its infancy and there is

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    Forensic Accounting in New Zealand: Exploring the gap between education and practice. Jennette Boys Auckland University of Technology‚ New Zealand Abstract ‘Accounting practice has always been concerned with fraud’ (Lehman & Okcabol‚ 2005) The global business environment is rapidly changing and this has resulted in evolutionary changes in the skills accountants need to meet the requirements of their clients so they can continue to add value to their businesses

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    The History Of Autism

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    History of Autism Doctors have come a long way since 1908‚ when the word autism was first used. Here’s a look at the history of autism spectrum disorder. By Virginia Sole-Smith  You might think of autism as a new problem because it has become so much more prevalent in recent years. But it’s actually been on the books for more than 70 years--and our thinking about the condition has changed dramatically during that time. Here are the key events in autism history. 1908: The word autism is used to describe

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    Why is the problem a problem?- If vaccines were to cause autism‚ it would be a huge issue that needed to be addressed. autism is a serious disorder and if society was causing it in children‚ it would be absolutely terrible and needless suffering. For whom is the problem a problem?- Well autism affects the child and their parents the most. A child with autism will suffer throughout their life and have difficulty socially and most likely educationally. Their parents will need to pay for treatments

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    take him to his Spee3ch Therapy on Wednesday at the Norton’s Children Hospital in downtown Louisville‚ there they have a unit dedicated to children with Autism. I did some research on Autism after I started dating Jodi and it is a very complex genetic disease there are so many different reasons that a child may have the gene that carries the Autism. The doctors are testing Trae now to see what genetic marker is at fault‚ Trae is a low functioning which is classified as the worst form and they don’t

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