Lauren DeSimone Family Ethics 5 November 2014 Extra Credit – Loving Lampposts “Loving Lampposts” is a story about the struggle to find ways to cope and deal with autism. There are many obstacles that come with finding out your child has autism‚ and there is only so many things you can do to make them fit into a normal society. Sam‚ a toddler who has just been diagnosed with having autism‚ is the son of the director who is trying to find ways to cope with this problem. There are many people in
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Burke1 Kacey Burke 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
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At USC Upstate all freshmen enrolled in English 101 are required to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time‚ written by Mark Haddon. The novel focuses on an autistic teenage boy named Christopher. In order to understand and interpret Christopher’s actions‚ we are required to attend two PREFACE events during the semester‚ all of which are about autism. The first PREFACE event I attended was a huge let down‚ so I was really dreading going to another one. The second PREFACE event that
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Autism is when a person is born with physical or mental abilities. There is a scale for autism‚ which states if the kid is high functioning or low functioning. High functioning autistic kids means that they are close to being “normal”. Autistic kids need survive through their lives because they can’t understand most things neurotypical people understand without even thinking. For instance‚ on the ABC Primetime video‚ countless autistic kids can’t determine people’s faces and expression‚ can’t have
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“’Original and affecting‚’ said The New Yorker. ‘Clever and observant‚’ gushed The Washington Post. ‘Funny‚ sad‚ and totally convincing‚” added Time” (Moss 1). All these statements are pertaining to the riveting novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. First of all‚ this story recounts the tale of Christopher Boone‚ who suffers from autism through his own point of view. Christopher lives with his father‚ because he thought his mother had died‚ however his father lied
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Infants and child with hearing loos early language access According to this article‚ 96% of children who are born deaf are born to hearing parents. Often‚ this leads to a delay in intervention due to variety of reasons. Research has proven that early exposure to both oral and sign language increases individual abilities to learn language and learn in other areas‚ as well. In 2009‚ 47 states including the District of Columbia have passed legislation requiring universal newborn hearing screenings
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Tay Sachs Disease Tay Sachs disease is caused by the homozygous recessive gene on chromosome 15 that codes for the lack of production of hexosaminidase-A (Hex-A) [1]. Since there is no HexA‚ a fatty substance is allowed build up abnormally in nerve cells‚ which damages the cells and the brain [1]. Males and females are equally likely to carry this recessive gene but the heterozygous gene carriers are not affected‚ because they still have the dominant gene [2]. If both parents have the heterozygous
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Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common movement disorders‚ especially in children. Approximately 2.1 per 1000 births are diagnosed with this disorder (CDC 2013). Causes of cerebral palsy range from preterm birth and birth complications to poor genetics to hypoxia or inflammation in the newborn brain. Since many causes of cerebral palsy occur prenatally rather than postnatally or perinatally‚ and given that it is hard to isolate any one of these factors as the cause‚ it is very difficult to determine
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Introduction In order to understand the causes of autism‚ biologically‚ environmentally‚ cognitively‚ one must understand what autism truly is. According to the American Psychiatric Association‚ autism spectrum disorder is defined by impairment in social interaction and communication skills‚ as well as an occurrence of repetitive behavior along with a need for a routine (APA‚ 2000). The American child psychologist Leo Kanner first described the condition in 1943 (Funk & Wagnalls‚ 2014). It is
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The earlier an infant/child is provided earlier intervention services the better their outcome in all circumstances but especially for children with hearing loss. Outcome viabilities range from being representative of peers of similar ages to being severely behind their same age peers. This range is common with children who have hearing loss‚ with or without implantation‚ but when provided services earlier rather than later‚ outcomes are more likely to be positive (Jackson & Schatschneider‚ 2014
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