Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development
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1) How did this initiative get started in this company? JP Morgan Chase’s Autism at Work program launched in July 2015. The initiative began when a high-level executive at JPMC was approached by a HR Business Partner. This outside party broached the topic of whether the firm would be interested in hiring qualified individuals on the spectrum. To get the ball rolling‚ they reached out to a manager in a line of business that they thought would be a good fit for employees on the spectrum. This happened
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Abstract Autism is a disorder of the brain that is characterized by impaired communication and social skills. Toddlers began to show signs of Autism by the time they are three years of age. Autism is one of the five pervasive development disorders. The range of Autism can be from people with severe impairments to individuals with high functioning skills who may be active but have a difficult time in social settings. Autism has been linked to genetics and environmental factors. Autism is better
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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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Parents of the recently diagnosed autistic child Autism: The First Encounter Introduction My now 15 year old son was diagnosed with Autism at 2 years and 4 months old. My wife and I were stunned by the official diagnosis though we had long assumed there was something wrong with our precious boy. We knew very little about Autism and what this diagnosis meant for our son. It seemed as if all of the hopes and dreams we had for our child were lost. Everything we wanted for him seemed beyond his
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changes in a gene’s DNA. Autism risk factors‚ for example‚ appear to include such influences as parental age at conception‚ maternal nutrition‚ infection during pregnancy and prematurity (“Environmental Factors in Autism Initiative”). If a child is conceived at an older age or the mother does not take proper care of herself‚ then the end result could be an Autistic child. An infection during the pregnancy and prematurity are also environmental factors that could cause Autism. Because these factors
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Causes and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder. This disorder can affect a child’s ability to converse and interact with others. One (1) in sixty-eight (68) children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the United States. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is almost five times more common amongst boys than girls. There are many speculations on what causes ASD. Genes are a very big part of what many scientists believe can cause
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Autism now effects one in every 110 children. Also‚ more children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS‚ diabetes and cancer combined. To understand autism‚ think of the most complicated aspect of our universe‚ and then multiply that by infinity. Autism affects the brain’s ability to develop social and communication skills. The way the media presents it‚ you would think that autism is autism‚ but that is not true. In fact‚ autism is actually a collection of diagnoses‚ each a little
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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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Autism: A Neurobiological Disorder Abstract Autism is a neurobiological disorder that effects about 1 and 1000 children that are born. There cause of Autism is still unknown. As of right now‚ there is no cure for autism‚ only some of its symptoms. Nevertheless‚ with proper care and medication children and adults that suffer from autism can live a full productive life. What is Autism? Autism is a developmental disability‚ also known
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