Topic: Autism General Purpose: Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about autism. Autistic Introduction Attention Catcher: You notice a child throwing a tantrum‚ and you think to yourself‚ isn’t that child too old to be acting like that! Listener Relevance: What you may not know is that‚ that particular child is autistic. Today I am going to tell you what it means to be autistic. Thesis: Autism is real and affects many in various ways. My goal is to inform you on how it affects
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Review of Literature Brian Garland Saint Xavier University Introduction With its growing rate of incidence and consequential publicity and attention‚ autism is a major topic of discussion within the field of education. While the cause of autism is still yet to be discovered‚ we can‚ in the meantime‚ focus on how to help those already with a diagnosis of autism. Autism is characterized by social‚ communicative‚ and behavioral deficits with the vast spectrum of autism diagnoses ranging from extremely
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As a character with Asperger’s‚ Sheldon often has difficulties communicating with his friends‚ coworkers‚ and superiors. A reoccurring behavior of Sheldon’s is that he presents himself as being very blunt or straightforward when he speaks to others as well as taking things literally since he is unable to clearly understand sarcasm and social innuendos due to his Asperger’s. However conversations become easier when there is a common interest such as when Penny started to play The Age of Conan‚ an
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“Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be difficult‚ since there is no medical test‚ like a blood test‚ to diagnose the disorders. Doctors look at the child’s behavior and development.” (www.cdc.gov) ASD is one of the hardest diseases to diagnose. Doctors cannot just run multiple tests to conclude whether or not a patient is on the spectrum. There are many signs that lead to the diagnoses of autism. Specialists examine many symptoms and behaviors. Symptoms then lead the doctor to a true diagnoses
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Results have shown that over 15 hours of intervention‚ preferably from a young age‚ has had an impact on children with autism and their progression and development of life skills. Interventions become even more effective when parents become involved‚ as the more time spent on an intervention‚ the more the child will progress and therefore independence will grow. There are many different types of intervention that schools and parents invest in‚ one of which is social stories. Social stories are a
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Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevention 2 Autism is a disorder that affects a child’s social and emotional skills. It’s a disorder that appears in childhood and continues into adulthood. Each child with autism is unique and has different needs. Each child’s treatment and intervention plan should be tailored to their needs
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ by Mark Haddon‚ relies on the narration of a fifteen year old autistic boy to tell a simple yet convoluted story of murder‚ betrayal and triumph. At first thought‚ Christopher Boone‚ would not seem to be a reliable narrator yet Haddon asks the reader to take a leap of faith by believing in Christopher’s abilities despite the limitations of autism. Using Christopher’s point of view‚ straightforward and honest narrative diction‚ imagery as well as
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Introduction Understanding the background of‚ and knowing how to implement ABA strategies based on ABA practices is essential for those that work with students who present with autism. Though the implementation of ABA can present a number of challenges in the public school setting‚ educators and service providers need to be aware of the misconceptions surrounding ABA as well as have awareness of what ABA is and is not (Boutot & Hume‚ 2010). Educators need to be aware of their own misconceptions
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Moreover‚ many misconceptions exist regarding people with ASD and before I move on‚ I would like to address some prominent myths about autism. Due to the popular movie Rain Man‚ many people in America and elsewhere believe that every individual with ASD is an Autistic Savant‚ as in they are exceptionally gifted in a specialized field‚ such as artistic ability‚ musical acuity‚ and more (Sicile-Kira‚ 2). This is a falsehood‚ as only ten percent of people with ASD have astounding gifts and are considered
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Borgi et al.‚ (2016) study aims at improving autistic children “adaptive and executive functioning” (p.1) through EAT. For a participant to be included in the study they had to have an IQ 70 or above and had diagnoses of ASD that was in accordance to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)- IV-TR (Borgi et al.‚ 2016). The study had a total of 28 participants ages six to twelve years old‚ that received one 60 to 70 minute session a week for 6 months‚ which equals to 25 sessions
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