necessary medications that are needed and prescribed‚ and experiencing minimal social support from health care providers. Parenting a child with an autism spectrum can be very stressful because of the number and nature of symptoms associated with the disorder and because of the child’s inability to communicate effectively‚ difficulty in learning‚ and inappropriate and sometimes aggressive or violent behavior. Other parenting challenges include the child’s ongoing dependency as well as the need for
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Summary The article‚ Outcome-based evaluation of a social skills program using art therapy and group therapy for children on the autism spectrum (Epp‚ 2008)‚ is narrative of a study that examined the efficacy of a program for adolescents and teens – ages 11 through 18. This program utilized art therapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques in group therapy to expand the social skills of students on the autism spectrum (Epp‚ 2008). Carey and Martin wrote‚ “Outcome research is intended to test whether
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children. If both parents have the heterozygous gene‚ then the child suffers a twenty five percent chance of contracting Tay Sachs disease‚ if they have the homozygous recessive gene. 3. Tay Sachs Disease - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders). (n.d.). Retrieved February 18‚ 2016‚ from
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Simon Baron-Cohen and Sally Wheelwright conducted an experiment involving 2000 families that lived in the United Kingdom. Half of these families had a child with autism. Autism is a developmental condition in which individuals have difficulty communicating and interacting with others and display obsessive behaviors. Autism limits one’s abilities to read others’ emotions and to form relationships‚ which in turn may reduce one’s chance of having children and passing on one’s genes (Baron-Cohen). When
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His name Jonah and he was unable to recover from this horrible disorder. He and another child‚ received the A.B.A. treatment at the same time‚ but for Jonah it was unsuccessful. Besides this‚ the article claims that the school he attended was not aware he was autistic. Also‚ the author provides an example of how another
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Visual Object Agnosia and Prospopagnosia Visual Object Agnosia Visual agnosia is a deficit in recognition that is not due to impairment of vision or memory.[1] Apperceptive recognition includes the visual information from the retina being put together to create a perceptual representation while associative recognition means the meaning of an object is attached to the perceptual representation. If someone can perceive the form of an object and has knowledge about it but cant identify it‚ this is
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Difficulty forming a relationship as well as speaking is form of autism. Autism is normally found in early childhood and is normally first noticed by parents. (1) There is many adaptations for the child as well as the parent and/or caregiver of a child with autism. However‚ learning to adapt is possible and parents are successful. Parents normally notice signs of their child not making eye contact‚ inability to respond to hearing their name being called which causes concerns that their child is
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but more so who I think I am and what knowledge I have in the approach. I have a younger brother‚ eight years apart‚ and he has a what is called Asperges Syndrome. This a stem off the autistic spectrum and best described as‚ “A neurological disorder (that) becomes apparent when the AS individual interacts with others socially. Social interaction‚ empathy or to see things from another’s point of view (are inhibited by AS) so the individual will struggle‚ causing feelings of inadequacy‚
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Asperger’s Syndrome is a neurological disorder in which the individual has normal intelligence and language development‚ but lack some social and communication skills. People with Asperger’s Syndrome dislike change and have obsessive routines that they must follow. They have overly acute senses and observe the world differently than others. However‚ people with Asperger’s syndrome have a normal IQ and in some cases are very talented in a certain area. Treatment for Asperger’s syndrome is mostly to
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well‚ which caused numerous professionals to question the validity of the concept as it was recognized to only affect the acquirement of language. Shortly after it was changed to language impairment‚ the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ Fifth Edition came to be as it includes numerous components in diagnosing a child with language impairment. In most cases‚ autism still co-exists with language impairment as it causes a child to struggle with obtaining language while remaining behind
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