Essay „Curious Incident of a dog in the nighttime“ - Mark Haddon In the "Curious Incident of a dog in the nighttime" from "Mark Haddon"‚ the author is trying to bring us nearer to the life of an autistic child by showing us his realm of thinking and behavior Haddon creates in his book a story that actually stands more in the background. The story talks about the autistic fifteen-year-old narrator‚ Christopher John Francis Boone‚ who finds the dog of a neighbour dead in the garden. He wants
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Criticism or Approbation?: Mark Haddon’s Interpretation about Autism in The curious incident of the Dog in the Night-time Simon Makin’s article about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) introduces that “core abilities involved in drama match up strikingly well with what is often described as the main triad of impairments in ASD: problems with social interaction‚ communication‚ and imagination” (Makin‚ vol 26). Willamson’s research can relate to Mark Haddon’s first person narrator –Christopher- in his
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risk of childhood autism with the level of persistent organic pollutant (POPs) in the Finnish Prenatal pilot case study.4 Persistent organic pollutant is an industrial chemical that has remained a long time in the environment. 4 The measurement of POPs in prenatal maternal serum was operated. Afterward‚ the data was used to find the correlation between the relationship of prenatal POPs exposure and ASD. The samples were taken from 1991 to 2000 and 150 subjects (75 with subjects autism and 75 control
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An Abstract for the Lovaas Workshop Observational Study Objectives Autism can be treated through behaviour modification‚ typically in the form of Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA). ABA is the process of systematically applying interventions‚ based upon the principles of learning theory‚ to significantly improve social behaviours. The principles of ABA were adopted by Lovaas (1987) for his research‚ in which operant conditioning techniques were used to punish self-injury and reinforce the acquisition
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Children? Autism is a brain disorder that impairs social skills‚ developmental language‚ and communication skills. Autistic people respond to their surroundings in unusual ways that may include aggressive behavior. This disorder may cause seizures and repetitive movements such as rocking‚ pacing‚ etc. For these reasons‚ autistic children need special education to fulfill their specific needs. Due to this disorder‚ some people discriminate against autistic children. There are several types of autism discrimination
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Autism caused by dysfunctional synaptic pruning? Research shows that autism patients have an increased number of synapses‚ leading to a slower and less efficient neuronal communication. Due to dysfunctional pruning mechanism‚ the brain fails to weed out the unnecessary synapses resulting in autism like symptoms. Autism is a complicated multifactorial disorder Autism is a collection of many diseases and it has many genetic causes. Examined brains of children and adolescents with autism and
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laboratory of the University of Chicago‚ studies and work with disturbed children‚ it can only be said that these feral children most likely suffered from infantile autism‚ because the kids that were studied by this school exhibited similar actions and were raised with some of the utmost attention from adults and were diagnosed with infantile autism; thus meaning‚ that these children are usually not able to blend in socially with others or with circumstances that are presented throughout life. Bettelheim
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act differently than others are still children that have a purpose in this world. Autism is a brain disorder that is characterized by communication challenges and repetitive behaviors‚ activities‚ and interests that are restricted (Autism Science Foundation). The first time that this order was by doctor Kanner in 1943 when 11 boys had a seminal clinical description of autistic disorders (Advances in Autism). Autism is 4.5 times more likely to affect boys than girls‚ but it is found in all racial
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NEONATAL PRIMITIVE REFLEXES INTRODUCTION Normal‚ full-term newborns are capable of responding to the external stimuli such as visual‚ olfactory‚ auditory‚ oral‚ and tactile stimuli. They even can signal their needs likes crying when they are hungry‚ wet‚ or bored but they have limited ability to respond to their caregivers. They exhibit the generalized movements which seems disorganized‚ purposeless and meaningless to caregivers. However‚ the newborn’s generalized reflexive movements are eventually
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The Black Balloon was a film which explored themes of belonging and prejudice through the life of Charlie Mollision and his family. His underlying characteristics and interest are depicted in ‘Full or empty?’‚ questioning the audience; is the glass half full or half empty? The ‘glass’ is made of a plastic material‚ man-made‚ as was the barrier between Charlie and the world. Like prejudice‚ it warps the appearance of an image‚ portraying Charlie and other Autistic children to be stereotypically dangerous
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