11/26/12 Specific Disability Paper: Autism People have been trying to define and “normalize” what it is to be human through science‚ media‚ and culture for centuries. A mold has been created by societies around the world to look‚ feel‚ and act‚ without giving much more than an afterthought to what it would be like to break out of the mold; to know what it is like to be different. At a basic‚ surface level‚ PubMed Health defines autism as a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3
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all physicians look for signs of autism in children 18 to 24 months? This can be a great benefit for those families that have children with this disorder. Children with autism can show certain symptoms of the disorder very early in life. There are many different levels to this disorder that sometimes can be confused with slow development‚ but in fact are due to the disorder of autism. Parents and pediatricians need to be aware of the signs and symptoms of autism in order to get the earliest diagnosis
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Autism is a serious developmental disorder that completely impairs children to communicate with their parents and others. When a child is born with Autism the parents might not notice any signs of the disorder. The disorder is usually detected around the first three years of the child’s life. Since there are no known test to determine if a child has Autism there are many indications that a child might be suffering from Autism. When a mother brings a child home from the hospital the thought of
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One out of every 88 children in the US is affected by an autism spectrum disorder. They occur more often among boys than girls. While autism appears to be on the rise‚ it’s unclear whether the growing number of diagnoses shows a real increase or comes from improved detection. Early diagnosis is important‚ as early treatment can help a child with autism make significant gains in language and social skills. Autism spectrum disorders affect social interaction‚ nonverbal and verbal communication‚ behaviors
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How do you feel when you hear the word autism? There is a numerous amount of people that are actually afraid of people with autism‚ or they just do not know how to act around them. Here is the kicker though: they are people just like me and you just born with different chromosomes than us. So why do we keep acting like this towards them when they are no different than us? Do we think that we are going to catch what they have? Although autism has been a vast issue since the 1980’s‚ it is still
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and hearing‚ repetitive behavior‚ etc. According to Wikipedia‚ all signs of autism show before a child is 3 years old. Autism affects how information processes into the brain‚ altering how nerve cells connect and organize information and details. Sometimes it is caused from genetics but is also be listed as a birth defect. About 1 in every 1‚000 people is diagnosed‚ and is most commonly found in males. Signs of autism are usually noticeable in the first two years of a child’s life‚ symptoms usually
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Benefits of Social Skills Groups for Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study Rachel Rose & Caroline Anketell By Sharon Dennis The Benefits of Social Skills Groups for Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Introduction Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that ranges from mild to severe impairments in communication‚ social interaction‚ and repetitive pattern of interest. Children with autism need early social skills support to develop their
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health‚ education‚ and specialists in certain area are including in the assessing process of the child in addition to developing effective and appropriate treatments for the child. A child with Autism will fall on the Autism Spectrum‚ based on his or her stance on the spectrum will determine the degree of Autism the child has‚ this is typically characterized by the symptoms the child exhibits. It is important to get know the child‚ conducting many test to see where the child’s weakness and strengthens
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SPE 3340 THAA Diverse Learners Autism Presentation Paper April 14‚ 2013 Sarah Beth Leverette‚ Emily Gesink‚ Brooke Hilliar‚ and Megan Hogg Autism Identification and Characteristics “Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development” (Unknown‚ 2013). However‚ there are multiple definitions of Autism spectrum disorder and autism. The two most accepted definitions are those outlined in IDEA and the Diagnostic and Statistical
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Although some say that autism can’t be cured‚ and research should be spent on other disability’s‚ that research should be spent on autism because it is a serious disability. Many blame genetics for autism‚ but in many cases‚ genetics has nothing to do with it. Other disabilitys aren’t as serious or as prevelant as autism‚ so why do they get more funding than autism? Children affected by autism should grow up knowing that people are trying to find a cure for them‚ that people are funding the research
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