ENGL1102 Research Essay 10/14/13 Can a person with autism live a normal life? Autistic children grow up to either live normally or always have problems associated with their disorder. Autism has many different causes‚ symptoms and ways of treatment. The causes of autism could include many factors. Even though most people think it is‚ genes aren’t the only cause for autism. The National Autism Association reports‚ “The rapid rise in the rate of autism over the last 20 years cannot be attributed solely
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2015 Title: Embracing Autism Topic chosen: Persuasive Speech – Autism Specific purpose: To persuade my audience to be more understanding and accepting towards people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Central Idea: The increasing number of autism cases calls for a greater need for more understanding and acceptance of the autism community. ___________________________________________________________________ Introduction I. Which one person in this group has autism? II. This is my sister
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changes in a gene’s DNA. Autism risk factors‚ for example‚ appear to include such influences as parental age at conception‚ maternal nutrition‚ infection during pregnancy and prematurity (“Environmental Factors in Autism Initiative”). If a child is conceived at an older age or the mother does not take proper care of herself‚ then the end result could be an Autistic child. An infection during the pregnancy and prematurity are also environmental factors that could cause Autism. Because these factors
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Causes and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder. This disorder can affect a child’s ability to converse and interact with others. One (1) in sixty-eight (68) children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the United States. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is almost five times more common amongst boys than girls. There are many speculations on what causes ASD. Genes are a very big part of what many scientists believe can cause
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Autism now effects one in every 110 children. Also‚ more children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS‚ diabetes and cancer combined. To understand autism‚ think of the most complicated aspect of our universe‚ and then multiply that by infinity. Autism affects the brain’s ability to develop social and communication skills. The way the media presents it‚ you would think that autism is autism‚ but that is not true. In fact‚ autism is actually a collection of diagnoses‚ each a little
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The World of Temple Grandin: Autism at its Best “Temple Grandin” the movie is based on a true story about a child born with autism in the 1940’s. Autism is the impairment of social interactions with others‚ impairment of nonverbal and verbal communication‚ and the lack of make believe/social play and is found in all races‚ gender and society’s all over the world (2008‚ MacKenzie‚ 19). Having been born in the 1940’s Temple’s parents sought medical attention when noticed that their child was “different”
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Abstract People with Autism tend to face difficulties in social interaction. This study examined the possibility that the cause of these social difficulties is heightened anxiety in response to social situations. First year psychology students were asked to complete three surveys online‚ in order to test their anxiety levels‚ as well as the extent to which they demonstrate autistic-like traits. The results indicated a link between anxiety and autistic-like traits in the general population. Due
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Autism Can Be Successfully Treated For years they have been treating children with different physical problems such as: autism‚ learning disabilities‚ attention deficit disorder‚ hyperkinesis cerebral palsy‚ seizure disorders‚ etc. The effects on the family of any exceptional child can often be devastating. Families have been shattered by the experience. The effects on siblings are also overlooked. I have not been directly affected by this disease‚ but am very close to loved ones in which deal
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In the month of March 2012‚ I volunteered at Burger School for Students with Autism in the fine arts classroom where students learn about music‚ fine arts‚ reading‚ and computers. I began my volunteering in the first week of March and finished my total of fifteen hours on the sixteenth of April. While volunteering at Burger‚ I was supervised by a woman named Michelle Orow‚ the technology teacher in the fine arts classroom. In the process of completing a degree in elementary education‚ I have enrolled
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Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by deficits in social behavior‚ communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior and interests (American Psychiatric Association‚ 1994). Although an individual must show impairment in all three autistic ‘domains’ to receive a diagnosis of autism‚ there is considerable phenotypic heterogeneity in this population. This variability has led to the claim that the diagnostic classification of autism incorporates a number of subtypes (Fein
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