An Autistic child is described as a child with disabilities that affect verbal and non-verbal communication. Some of the characteristics of autism is a blank stare‚ not responding to his or her name‚ and seeming content being alone. Autism is diagnosed before the age of three. There is abnormal function in one of the following areas: social interaction‚ language (communication)‚ or symbolic play. To meet the criteria the child must display six or more of the following actions: marked impairment
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inconsistently followed commands and spoke recognizable 3 words. She had a 4-year-old brother who was developmentally normal. There was a maternal uncle with a mild learning disability. The family history was otherwise negative for intellectual disability‚ autism spectrum disorders‚ recurrent miscarriages‚ or congenital malformations. There was no history of consanguinity. On physical exam at 20 months of age‚ she was 15th percentile for weight‚ 11th percentile for height‚ and 24th percentile for head circumference
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I. The Healing Power of Animals Animals has been known to help individuals cope with mental and physical ailments. II. How animals Help us Heal a. Emotionally i. Depression ii. Grief iii. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder b. Physically i. Veterans ii. Autistic iii. Blind I. Positive effects II. Why I chose the healing power of animals Conclusion It has been shown that animals are able to heal patients that suffer
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self-injurious” behaviors (Source 5). Repetitive behavior and restricted interests (RBRI) exists as part of the repertoire of typical children and adults across cultures. (source 4) However‚ RBRI’s are more common in children with disabilities‚ including DS‚ Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)‚ and Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS). Studies show that children with DS show similar mental age-related changes in compulsive/repetitive behavior as a comparison group without DS (source 1). Younger children with and without
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I picked the book Life & spectrum: A revealing look at high-functioning autism and Asperger’s syndrome by C.G. Meloy. This book is all about Meloy talking about and answering questions that people have asked over the years about his autism spectrum disorder. He also says that this might be a helpful book for families that might be going through the same thing as he did. Possibly provide an understanding for some of the behaviours and might even provide a little hope knowing that they can get through
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mental retardation. In 1943‚ Martine and Bell described a pedigree of X-linked mental disability. Chris and Weesam were first to sight an unusual “maker X chromosome” with mental disability in 1969. It is also the most common known cause of autism. Autism is a brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication. It can also cause restricted and repetitive behavior. It all starts before a child is three years old. It affects about 1 in 4000 males and 1 in 8000 females
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How The Mind of Autistic Individuals Compares and Contrasts from that of Neurotypical Individuals Though‚ Autism is a common disorder‚ which affects one in eighty-eight children‚ not many people are aware of the differences between an autistic mind and a neurotypical mind‚ one without Autism (autismspeaks.org). This gap in knowledge is one that Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay helps bridge in his book How Can I Talk if My Lips Don’t Move?: Inside My Autistic Mind. By using examples from experiences in
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Autism Speaks I’d like to introduce you to my brother. Christopher Joseph‚ or CJ as my family calls him‚ is 14 years old‚ 5’7” in height‚ and very handsome. He has the most impeccable memory‚ although‚ it is very selective. He doesn’t remember the last place where he placed his retainer‚ but he remembers every line from every Transformers movie and could describe in detail the characteristics and features of every autobot and decepticon in the series. He can also recall the models and features
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(Schwartz and Tsumi‚ 2003). Family and parents will be used interchangeably. There are a number of reasons attributed to the increase in stress levels for the parents: Firstly‚ and the most significant‚ is the realisation that there is no cure for autism and some learning disabilities (Rezendes and Scarpa 2011). Secondly‚ which is intimately tied with the first‚ is a lack of understanding regarding the child ’s needs (Rezendes and Scarpa 2011). This may expose a discrepancy between the actual ability
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another. In order to have compassion you have to have the ability to empathize that is that you have to understand and share the feelings of another. However‚ Jeannette Kennett a philosophy professor at the National University explains in her essay “Autism‚ Empathy and Moral Agency” that it is possible for autistic people to make moral decisions without the ability to empathize while hearing to a logical moral code. Kennett in her essay compares psychopaths to autistic people in order to explore the
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