Sam is a 16-year-old boy who struggles with autism every day. He was born six weeks premature. Weighing two pounds ten ounces‚ he remained in the hospital 6 weeks on account of his low birth weight‚ respiratory distress‚ and intraventricular hemorrhage. At the age of 12 months‚ his mom noticed that Sam was delayed on his speech‚ language‚ and cognitive development. At that time‚ he was placed in basic therapy. This therapy taught him to communicate with others through pictures‚ and gestures. Currently
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ENGL1102 Research Essay 10/14/13 Can a person with autism live a normal life? Autistic children grow up to either live normally or always have problems associated with their disorder. Autism has many different causes‚ symptoms and ways of treatment. The causes of autism could include many factors. Even though most people think it is‚ genes aren’t the only cause for autism. The National Autism Association reports‚ “The rapid rise in the rate of autism over the last 20 years cannot be attributed solely
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Causes and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder. This disorder can affect a child’s ability to converse and interact with others. One (1) in sixty-eight (68) children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the United States. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is almost five times more common amongst boys than girls. There are many speculations on what causes ASD. Genes are a very big part of what many scientists believe can cause
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The World of Temple Grandin: Autism at its Best “Temple Grandin” the movie is based on a true story about a child born with autism in the 1940’s. Autism is the impairment of social interactions with others‚ impairment of nonverbal and verbal communication‚ and the lack of make believe/social play and is found in all races‚ gender and society’s all over the world (2008‚ MacKenzie‚ 19). Having been born in the 1940’s Temple’s parents sought medical attention when noticed that their child was “different”
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Autism Can Be Successfully Treated For years they have been treating children with different physical problems such as: autism‚ learning disabilities‚ attention deficit disorder‚ hyperkinesis cerebral palsy‚ seizure disorders‚ etc. The effects on the family of any exceptional child can often be devastating. Families have been shattered by the experience. The effects on siblings are also overlooked. I have not been directly affected by this disease‚ but am very close to loved ones in which deal
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In the month of March 2012‚ I volunteered at Burger School for Students with Autism in the fine arts classroom where students learn about music‚ fine arts‚ reading‚ and computers. I began my volunteering in the first week of March and finished my total of fifteen hours on the sixteenth of April. While volunteering at Burger‚ I was supervised by a woman named Michelle Orow‚ the technology teacher in the fine arts classroom. In the process of completing a degree in elementary education‚ I have enrolled
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CT261 Aims Understand Mental Health Problems This unit aims to provide the learner with knowledge of the main forms of mental health problems according to the psychiatric classification system. Learners also consider the strengths and limitations of this model and look at alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. The focus of the unit is on understanding the different ways in which mental health problems impact on the individual and others in their social network. It also considers
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Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by deficits in social behavior‚ communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior and interests (American Psychiatric Association‚ 1994). Although an individual must show impairment in all three autistic ‘domains’ to receive a diagnosis of autism‚ there is considerable phenotypic heterogeneity in this population. This variability has led to the claim that the diagnostic classification of autism incorporates a number of subtypes (Fein
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Autism and Anxiety Autism is a developmental disorder that usually appears within the first three years of a child’s life and affects approximately four times as many boys as girls (Levy‚ Mandell & Schultz‚ 2009). Autism spectrum disorders are characterized by deficits in social interaction‚ communication and stereotyped or repetitive behaviours‚ and the range of severity varies (Levy et al.‚ 2009). Anxiety disorders are one of the most common disorders in childhood‚ and although
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Appendix E 07/04/2012 HSM 210 Scenario 1: Violence Prevention in a High-Risk Community In scenario one the prevention level being used is the Primary level of prevention. The reason I believe that this method is being used because the services offered through the agency are ones to prevent the abused women from being depressed and leading to other psychological disorders. In this particular scenario I wouldn’t do anything different‚ I think that the agency has a good plan in effect for dealing
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