pattern in many families of autism or related disabilities‚ encouraging the theory that the disorder has a genetic basis. While no one gene has been singled out as causing autism‚ researchers are looking for irregular portions of genetic code that children with autism may have inherited. It also seems that some children are born with a susceptibility to autism‚ but researchers have not yet named a single “trigger” that causes autism to develop. Characteristics Autism can be linked with intellectual
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Re: Why does the Vaccine/autism controversy live on? From Discover magazine‚ June 2009 The purpose of this article is to reveal the reason that the vaccine/autism controversy still lives on and the importance of understanding this controversy. Since the early 1990’s the incidence of autism has dramatically increased‚ Researchers claimed an epidemic of autism. Some publications showed evidence that mercury and thimerosal in vaccines might cause autism. However‚ the opponents of this controversy
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The Ignorance Towards Autism The average person tends to stare‚ or look away from a person with a disability. The average person is ignorant about the condition that every 1 in 88 people are diagnosed with‚ which is autism. The average person considers autism to be a disease that a person may “suffer” from‚ and tend to label these people as “unfixable.” Like the well known character Lennie‚ from the novel Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ people cannot seem to understand the reason Lennie
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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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Informative Speech Date 10-10-2012 Topic – Hippotherapy for Children with Autism Specific Purpose – To inform my audience of Hippotherapy for Children with Autism Central Idea – The four benefits of Hippotherapy for children with Autism Introduction I. How many of you know what Hippotherapy is? Do you know the benefits of Hippotherapy for children with Autism? II. I learned about Hippotherapy about six years ago when I had to get rid of my horse (I couldn’t afford my horse and
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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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What is autism?Autism is a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication. Autism causes children to experience the world differently from the way most other children do. It is hard for children with autism to talk with other people and express themselves using words. Children who have autism usually keep to themselves and many can’t communicate without special help. They may also react to what is going on around them in unusual ways. Normal sounds
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! ∀ # ∃!% ∀ % % #% & %∋ %! % CHALLENGES AND CAUSES OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS Challenges and Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders In 1978 a normal baby girl named Violet was born into a loving family of five older children. Coddled and spoiled as new babies are by their parents and siblings‚ Violet initially 2 appeared to be a healthy and happy child. By one year of age
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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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Autism As I began reading the articles on autism I knew that I did not know much about this disorder and who were the most affected by it. It affects 1 out of 88 children in the world and most of them are males who are four times more likely to develop ASD than females (“Autism Fact Sheet”). Early signs of Autism may appear in the first months of life‚ and children with autism do not reach maturation as fast as normal children. One of the most common signs is that a normal child will point to objects
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