Appendix F – PSY/270 CheckPoint: Autism and Mental Retardation Respond to the following: 1. List the primary features of autism. Children with autism are unresponsive to others‚ uncommunicative‚ repetitive‚ and rigid their symptoms usually appear before the age of three. An autistic individual will have difficulty sustaining employment‚ accomplishing household responsibilities‚ and leading independent lives. Furthermore‚ they express having problems displaying closeness and empathy
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the frustrations she was experiencing. She told Dr. Tony Attwood that “it explained why I wasn’t getting along with the other kids at school and I didn’t understand some of the things teenagers did.” (Grandin‚ 2011‚ p. xxvi) But her struggles with autism began many years before she entered high school. She spent much of her childhood being nonverbal and exhibiting many autistic behaviors. However‚ because of the determination fueled by her mother‚ she persevered through many social and relational
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Wedmore‚ Haley V.‚ "Autism spectrum disorders and romantic intimacy". Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 10143. The paper written by Haley V. Wedmore discusses the challenges that autistic individuals face when pursuing romantic relationships. Due to our present society believing that intimacy which typically leads to the production of family as an important part of the human experience. She discusses the impairments that this disorder brings in terms of communication‚ social understanding
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378 (LD310).1 Understand the main characteristics of autistic spectrum conditions cont... 1.3 Explain the meanings of the term spectrum in relation to autism be reference to the notions of sub-conditions and individual variation within the autistic spectrum... The term ‘spectrum’ was introduced to convey the fact that while all people with autism share certain areas of difficulty‚ their condition will affect them in different ways (as discussed at the beginning of this chapter). It was the research
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consciousness is autism‚ a grain disorder that impairs a person’s ability to communicate‚ socialize and participate in group behavior.” In reading about autism‚ the diagnostic criteria require that symptoms become apparent before a child is three years old. As stated in Wikpedia under Autism‚ [2] Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. [3] Some say that Autism has a strong genetic
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discussing what has changed and why. In this essay I am firstly going to write about what is meant by the term special educational needs; then I will talk about the history of my chosen topic which is autism; when it was diagnosed‚ who diagnosed it‚ how labelling can affect a child suffering from autism‚ and what treatments are available to assist autistic people in leading some-what normal lives. I will also write about the medical and social model‚ what they are and how they relate to SEN‚ I will
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not to make a profit‚ but to help those with Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders. The goal the first year is to break even. The goal the second year is to put all the profits into making blankets to be given away. They will be given away to those who can’t afford to purchase a blanket. The long term goal is to increase the amount of blankets given away each year. Situation Analysis Weighted blankets are used by individuals with Autism‚ Sensory Processing Disorder‚ and other neurological
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Dawn Giordano English 101 Professor Crutchfield Argumentative Essay Autism and Vaccines There has been controversy recently over whether or not vaccines‚ in particular the MMR (measles mumps and rubella)‚ cause autism. Your child is at the doctor‚ the doc says “it’s time for those shots tough guy”. Your bouncy baby boy is 18 months old and very happy even after the doctor administers the MMR‚ he doesn’t cry‚ just giggles. Later that night he develops a fever and has trouble sleeping
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AUTISM AND ASPERGER SYNDOME AUTISM Autism affects around 1 in 100 people‚ it affects how they communicate and how they see the world around them. The condition affects people in different ways some may live a fairly independent life‚ others may have accompany learning disabilities and need more specialist care. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability and affects how they see the world around them. People with Autism have said that the world around them can feel like a mass of people‚ places
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Observation/assessor Observation/expert witness Written account Tick Tick Tick Witness testimony Knowledge questions Professional discussion Tick Tick Tick Unit Outcome Assessment details 4222-378 Outcome 1
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