AUTISM ESSAY Name: Cloleisha Ottey Group: M1 Date: April 11‚ 2013 Lecturer: Miss. M. East Assignment: Three Autism and its Effects Autism is a syndrome characterized by issues in communication and social interaction and is diagnosed at the latest three years in a child’s life. Autism is also called Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and includes a broad range of disabilities such as Asperger Syndrome‚ Rett’s Syndrome (almost exclusively affects females) and Pervasive Development Disorder.
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Anxiety in high-functioning children with autism was written by three authors‚ Alinda Gillott‚ Fred Furniss‚ Ann Walter D‚ The author’s main purpose was to compare traits of so called “normal” children against children that have been tested and labeled high functioning autistic. The groups were matched for both gender and age. The main research of this paper dealt with Anxiety levels of normal children‚ opposed to the anxiety levels of those children with autism‚ The article also linked a comparison
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The topic I am choosing to study and research further is Family Member with Autism The Effects of Autism on the family will be my tentative title The purpose of my research is to discover how does having a child with autism affects the various aspects of life. Question:how does autism limit and benefit my subtopics (Education‚Socialization‚Stress on Family Dynamic‚Future Employment‚Future Relationships) The five subtopics I will be discussing are Education Socialization Stress on Family Dynamic Future
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Autism‚ Ability‚ and Adaption: Asking the Right Questions Psychologytoday.com Dec. 4‚ 2011 Summary: The author of the article starts of by telling the reader about an episode of “60 minutes” that discusses autistics. In the episode‚ autistics who were thought to be unintelligent were proved to be as smart as normal kids their age through apps on the iPad. The problem wasn’t that the autistic weren’t intelligent; it was that they had no way to communicate their thoughts. The iPads kept them focused
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Autism spectrum disorders in children can cause several different symptoms within the child. Children who are diagnosed with ASD show a wide range of impairments in language ability‚ and intellectual functioning. Language can develop to different levels depending on the severity of the condition. In general terms a child with ASD will have difficulty understanding language communicated to them and in turn struggle to communicate‚ or shown a lack of interest to communicate. Communication can be a
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Humanistic/Existential perspective of personality Christine Bernardo Psych 405 December 3‚ 2012 Thom Mote Humanistic/Existential perspective of personality I would like to summarize the strengths of both the humanistic and existential perspectives of personality. This will focus on strengths and examples of personalities using these theories. Both of these perspectives are part of a progressive and positive attempt to resolve upset and inhibiting behaviors to uncover the better person hiding
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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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differently‚ for example‚ changing self-defeating thinking patterns in cognitive behaviour therapy or interpreting historical mal-adaptive patterns as in transactional therapy. The two approaches I have chosen for the purpose of this assignment are Existential Therapy and Group Therapy. Introduction To understand loss we need to understand attachment. John Bowlby‚ the father of the Bowlby Attachment Theory‚ found that without attachment to a significant other person‚ usually the parent‚ a child’s emotional
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Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories A personality is similar to a fingerprint‚ it is distinctive. The Humanistic and Existential. Theories of personality illustrate self-actualization‚ motivation‚ existentialism and person-centered theory. Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explicate the humanistic theory of motivation. Man achieves a situation in life established as self-actualization; nevertheless‚ the principle to achieving self-actualization a high level need‚ commence with
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Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that shapes the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. People with autism have difficulties with everyday social interactions‚ learning disabilities and difficulty in making sense of the world. Kirsten Sheridan found an interest in this and chose to portray it in a brief documentary. She lived with her autistic cousin and he was a strong influence on her which got her interested in autistic people. The short film is about an autistic
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