J Autism Dev Disord (2010) 40:1485–1494 DOI 10.1007/s10803-010-1001-3 ORIGINAL PAPER Sense of Coherence and Coping with Stress Among Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism Ewa Pisula • Zuzanna Kossakowska Published online: 2 April 2010 Ó Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2010 Abstract The purpose of the study was to compare the level of sense of coherence (SOC) in parents of children with autism and in parents of typically developing children‚ and to examine the association between
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Color Blindness: Explanation Of Disease: · Color blindness is often the result of a genetic deficiency‚ but can also result from eye‚ nerve or brain damage‚ or exposure to certain chemicals. Being color blind means individuals have an inability to distinguish between some of the colors that others can see differently. Color blindness can be present from birth‚ or it may develop at a later stage in life. It can also be stationary or progressive. Normal color vision requires the use of specialized
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parents tell us – then why do they believe that vaccines cause autism? Andrew Wakefield published the article that said vaccines cause autism in the medical journal the lancet in 1998‚ and refused to correct it until 11 years later‚ despite 14 worldwide studies. Obviously‚ Andrew Wakefield is just one example of people’s egos getting in the way of recognizing their faults‚ even when data proves otherwise. The need for self-esteem causes writers and readers to not believe concrete facts for self-gain-
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Intellectual disability Intellectual disability‚ also known as mental retardation‚ is a term used when there are limits to a person’s ability to learn at an expected level and function in daily life. Levels of intellectual disability vary greatly in children – from a very slight problem to a very severe problem. Children with intellectual disability might have a hard time letting others know their wants and needs‚ and taking care of themselves. Intellectual disability could cause a child to learn
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org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_whatis_factsstats http://autism.emedtv.com/autism/autism-statistics.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism http://www.medicinenet.com/autism/article.htm http://autism.about.com/od/treatmentoptions/a/treatmentshub.htm Writers Notebook Entry #1 For my first entry I searched for common statistics that go along with the topic of the disease of autism in the United States. For starters the cost of autism treatment is $60 billion annually‚ with 60% of the costs being towards
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Stephanie Conley 10/23/13 Biology Correlation between Autism and Control groups Introduction Autism also known as Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of disorders of brain development. These disorders are described such as difficulties in social interaction‚ verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. People with Autism can have problems with intellectual disability‚ difficulties in motor coordination and attention and physical health issues such as sleep and gastrointestinal
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the broad diagnostic category that includes autism and autism-like disorders. Autistic Disorder (autism) is now believed to represent only one part of a clinical spectrum or group of disorders collectively termed pervasive developmental disorders. What is Autism? Autism is a neurobehavioral syndrome caused by a dysfunction of the central nervous system that leads to disordered development. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚4th edition (DSM-IV)‚ published by
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2 Ensuring that a child remains safe from harm or injury during the long journey from infancy to adolescents is a constant task that requires the participation of parents and many other adults who care for and help to raise children‚ and of course the children themselves. Unintentional injuries continues to be the leading cause of death among children older than 1 year‚ adolescents and young adults. The leading causes of unintentional death in the school age child are: (HG‚ 2014)
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The Ancient Egyptians were the first civilisation to display an interest in the causes and cures for disabilities and during some periods blind people are recorded as representing a substantial portion of the poets and musicians in society.[3] In the Middle Kingdom (c. 2040-1640 BCE) blind harpists are depicted on tomb walls.[1] They were not exclusively interested in the causes and cures for blindness but also the social care of the individual.[2] [edit] 1800s The 1880s saw the introduction
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Deaf Demand Right to Designer Children After reading this topic‚ the first thing that popped into my head was‚ "Oh my good‚ that ’s awful." After this thought‚ I decided to take a couple days to think about it‚ read up on it‚ and try to come up with some reasons as to why parents would want to do this. I came up with a few and I still don ’t understand how people could think like this. In the first article I read‚ there were parents that said "Creating made-to-order babies with genetic defects
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