Autism- Is There an Issue with Over Diagnosing? One in 68 boys and one in 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in America. This means that in our school‚ potentially 28 boys and 10 girls have autism. As a junior in high school I was able to read many articles about Autism and over diagnosing. There could be many people at your school who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and you would not know. I will be talking about what Autism is‚ if there is an issue of over diagnosing ASD‚ and the reasons why
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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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Eye Gazing in Individuals with Autism Emily Thao University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Abstract In this paper‚ eye gazing will be defined in terms relating to autism and the differences between neural typical brains verses brains with autism will be mentioned. The scholarly articles each will provide their own definitions of eye gazing and different methods to achieve results to their hypotheses. Keywords: joint attention‚ face processing‚ neuroscience Eye Gazing
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Methods For the purpose of this research a nonprobability type of sampling will take place. Participants will be recruited from three outpatient substance abusing programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and surrounding areas. The study opportunity will be announced to individuals after group therapy sessions and by posting flyers at different outpatient substance abusing program facilities. Purposive sampling will be most beneficial because it will allow for the deliberate selection of individuals
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What is Autism? And why should I care? Well‚ those are good questions‚ that I plan to answer. Autism is a mental disease that affects children‚ first used to diagnose social problems in 1911. We’ve slowly learned more‚ and it’s gotten worse. It might be because of unawareness that it’s taken so long to make any headway. It affects up to 1 in every 45 children between 3 and 17. It’s only grown‚ and it will continue to grow if we don’t do anything to stop it. It makes children have a more difficult
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Describe the difficulties that people with an autistic spectrum condition have with communication‚ social interaction and relationships‚ imagination and inflexibility of thought in relation to activities? Autistic individuals may not be able to communicate using speech and language to verbally communication with staff to explain that they would like to participate in activities. They also struggle to express their feelings and understand body language and facial expressions. They find it hard to
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In “the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time”‚ the author Mark Haddon presents a series detective stories of a autistic boy of 15 year-old named Christopher Boone‚ living in Swindon‚ England to investigate the death of a dog called wellington and finds the secret of his family and venture across London. As my first sight of the character Christopher‚ I just got the impact of his suffering of autistic issue and took pity on him. He was in a special-needs school and stuck in a stereotypical
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Growing up people always ask the question‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most children answer firefighter‚ ballerina‚ or in my caseload a fashion designer; however not all children may get the chance to follow their dreams‚ for example children with autism. Autism Spectrum Disorder also known as ASD‚ is a disorder that affects the brain’s development. AutismSpeaks.org distinguishes these disorders in different degrees on the Spectrum. Including difficulties in social interaction‚ verbal
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In society the term Autism is heard very frequently‚ but what is Autism? The term Autism is used frequently with children that have developmental issues‚ sometimes incorrectly. Living with a child with Autism creates a number of different issues a parent has to overcome. As a parent of a possible child with Autism I decided to research the subject. Sifting through all of the research can be a challenge‚ but I believe I have hit the high points to answer a number of questions. Autism is actually
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Autism is known as a complex developmental disorder that appears in the first three years of life. It affects the brain’s normal development of social and communication skills. People with autism have problems with non-verbal communication‚ social interactions‚ and activities that include elements of play. Symptoms of autism are usually first noticed by a parent or another caregiver sometime during the child’s first three years. Autism is a wide-spectrum disorder which means no two people with autism
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