vaccines. These constant back and forth perspectives are important for public health officials to understand how to target certain audiences and how to administer preventative care efficiently and agreeably. After reading the article‚ Vaccines and Autism
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Topic: Autism General Purpose: Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about autism. Autistic Introduction Attention Catcher: You notice a child throwing a tantrum‚ and you think to yourself‚ isn’t that child too old to be acting like that! Listener Relevance: What you may not know is that‚ that particular child is autistic. Today I am going to tell you what it means to be autistic. Thesis: Autism is real and affects many in various ways. My goal is to inform you on how it affects
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Over the past four years‚ the rate of autism diagnosed has increased over 30%. Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which the diagnosed exhibit social and behavioral deficits. Since autism is a life-long impairment‚ researchers are attempting to rapidly find the causes in the hope to find a cure. It is theorized that prenatal hormone exposure could potentially result in ASD. Therefore‚ the prenatal hormones estradiol and dihydrotestosterone were subcutaneously injected into
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October‚ 2013 Autism Autism is a disability that affects how someone communicates and interacts with others. The disability results from problems in the nervous system‚ which is made up of the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and a network of nerves. This is all connected to our ability to move‚ think‚ and sense the things around us. To understand autism‚ we need to understand the characteristics‚ how it is diagnosed‚ and the way it is treated. There are many characteristics of autism. Some include making
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connection I experienced with my classmates is empathy. So what if I received a good grade and my autistic friend received a good grade too? Do I feel just as happy as he or she does? It is said that people with Autism are different than people who do not. I have not experienced having a friend with Autism until I was in high school. I always thought that they were stupid and awkward. It seemed harsh but that is how I felt about them because that is what
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Support Plan Outline Educational Advocacy Anna has been diagnosed with autism or autism spectrum disorder‚ ASD‚ and there is no known cure. Scientists are not sure what causes autism‚ but they think environmental and biological factors are contributors. “Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts‚ including deficits in social reciprocity‚ nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction‚ and
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There are those that believe the MMR vaccine contributes to a diagnosis of autism. According to Laskowski-Jones‚ there was a fraudulent study published in 1998. It swayed many parents to believe that if their child received the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination that child will have a higher chance of being diagnosed with autism (Laskowski-Jones‚ 2015). That study has since been removed from literature; however it did enough damage to affect the number
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Autism is a developmental disability of the brain‚ much like dyslexia or attention deficit disorder. Autism is not a form of mental retardation‚ and though many autistic people act like they are retarded‚ but a lot of times they are very intelligent. The Autism society of America quotes "autism...occurs in approximately 15 of every 10‚000 individuals and nearly 400‚000 people in the U.S. today have some form of autism." <br><br>The sympots of autism may vary from person to person. Autism is called
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students with Autism where tested before and after FC therapy‚ to examine if there was any benefit from the therapy. The results showed no positive correlation between FC and social interactions. The intended audience of the article would be anyone who wants to know more information about FC. Both of the main authors are from the Department of Special Education at The University of Kansas. The motive of the article is to show that is no direct benefit of FC when treating children with autism. ABC News
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Individuals with autism show equal or increased abilities in pitch processing‚ labeling of emotions in music‚ and musical preference when compared to typically‐developing peers. The most compelling evidence supporting the clinical benefits of music therapy lies in the areas of social‐emotional responsiveness and communication including increased compliance‚ reduced anxiety‚ increase speech output‚ decreased vocal stereotypy‚ receptive labeling‚ and increased interaction with peers. Preliminary
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