Autistic Spectrum Disorder within a Primary School Setting Mukaddes Cross May 2012 Discuss Inclusive Practice for Children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder within a Primary School Setting According to The National Autistic Society (2011 and 2012)‚ autism can be defined as a lifelong developmental disability which affects the way a person is able to interact with others around them and make sense of the world they live in. However‚ there are variations of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and
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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 Autism Spectrum
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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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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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Miriam Leah Waldman Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. “It is a result of a neurological disorder that affects the functioning of the brain and impacts the normal development of the brain‚ in areas of social interaction and communication skills” (Bee and Boyd 226). Research from 2009 suggests autism now affects every 1 in 110 children. Having a child with autism affects the entire family. Amongst the
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in which the student who faces autistic spectrum disorder spends more time alone rather than with other people (Wren‚ 2013). They are found to have ways to contact socially in unusual ways than others. They are also found to be less responsive to social attributes and cues such as smiles and eye contacts. They do not answer back to many of the non-verbal forms of communication such as facial expressions‚ gestures or eye contact. Children diagnosed with autism are frequently incapable to comprehend
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One hundred years ago‚ people defined Autism as “idiot savant”. These “savants” have normal ability in calculating and good memorize. However‚ their actions are slowly and stupid as an “idiot”. That was the people’s early recognition of Autism. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts (“Autism Spectrum Disorder”‚ n.d). Patients are hard to choose correct words which express their feeling such as
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Page:1 Autism is a big life changing in people’s lives. When they are born with autism they will be like that forever. They have so many people that are famous that have autism. They have done big things in their lives‚ like Albert Einstein‚ Tim Burton‚ and etc. Autism awareness color is blue. Blue is the color to say that they are encouraged in life to succeed in what they want to do‚ and plan ahead to be good in the future. They have a foundation called Autism Speak to help support
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What is Autism? Autism is a spectrum disorder‚ which impairs and weakens the child is capability to communicate and cooperate with people. Most kids who are diagnosed with autism face many difficulties socializing‚ and their command of language needs more improving. They also have monotonous configurations of behavior‚ activities‚ interests‚ they are likely to be seen smelling and touching things and objects excessively which is totally normal for an autistic person‚ but rather abnormal for normal
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“Work to view my autism as a different ability rather than a disability. Look past what you may see as limitations and see the gifts autism has given me…Be my advocate‚ be my friend‚ and we’ll see just how far we can go” –Ellen Botbohm‚ author of Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew. Autism‚ also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder‚ or ASD‚ is a complex developmental disability. I happen to have two nephews with autism‚ one who I am very close to and interact with a lot. A
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