Jolissa Simon SPED 502 Professor Barbra Johnson December 8‚ 2013 Recent History of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Viewpoints on the Increase in Diagnosis The premise of “Back to Normal: Why Ordinary Childhood Behavior Is Mistaken for ADHD‚ Bipolar Disorder‚ and Autism Spectrum Disorder‚” by Enrico Gnaulati‚ Ph.D. is that autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are up 78 percent in 10 years and that “we’re dramatically overdiagnosing it in everyday behavior” (Gnaulati‚ 2013). The underlying argument that Gnaulati
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was unknown and unheard of in the ancient cultures and medieval times. This disorder just so happened to “appear” approximately 60 years ago. The numbers each year continue to rise. According to research‚ studies based on the prevalence and evolution of autism‚ fifteen years ago‚ the likelihood was one to two children per 10‚000 (Sharpe‚ 2007). Studies show that in 2010‚ the overall prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder was 14.7 per 1‚000 children who are aged eight years. To further simplify
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Autism spectrum disorders are life long and have been found to be prevalent in up to 1% of the adolescent population (Simonoff et al.‚ 2008). Many studies have shown that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders have increased radically (Vismara & Rogers‚ 2008). However‚ there may be many cases not yet reported or diagnosed correctly. The disorder covers a range of individuals with impairments that change from one person to the next. One individual may have difficulty with language communication
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Definition Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental/neurocognitive disorder. It can effect a person’s social interactions‚ communication‚ and behaviors of daily living. It is named Autism Spectrum Disorder because there is not just one set of symptoms. The symptoms range from individual to individual. Some characteristics of autism include repetitive behaviors‚ issues with social skills‚ inappropriate affect or no affect‚ hypersensitivity to sound‚ and nonverbal tendencies (Center for Disease
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DSM-IV-(TR) : Autism Spectrum Disorders Type 299.0 Autistic Disorder Type 298.0 Asperger’s Syndrome Type 298.0 Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified Abstract Autism is a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication. Symptoms usually start before age three and can cause delays or problems in many different skills that develop from infancy to adulthood. Disorders included in the Autism Spectrum are Autistic Disorder‚ Asperger’s Syndrome
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“Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be difficult‚ since there is no medical test‚ like a blood test‚ to diagnose the disorders. Doctors look at the child’s behavior and development.” (www.cdc.gov) ASD is one of the hardest diseases to diagnose. Doctors cannot just run multiple tests to conclude whether or not a patient is on the spectrum. There are many signs that lead to the diagnoses of autism. Specialists examine many symptoms and behaviors. Symptoms then lead the doctor to a true diagnoses
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Autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: Characteristics and issues I chose this topic and article because my 19 year old has a developmental delay with some symptoms of autism. I would use some of the information from this article that I selected but there are many articles on autism. Some of the factors that will affect social development in adulthood would be lack of communication skills and eye contact as well as other behaviors associated with autism like many do not
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Unit 4222-253 Introductory awareness of autistic spectrum conditions Learning Outcome 1 1) describe the types of difficulty that individual with an autistic spectrum condition may have with language and other ways of communicating with others The difficulties may show them self in some or all of the following ways: a delayed or complete lack of development of spoken language with no alternative means of communicating developed to compensate for this there may be difficulty in initiating or sustaining
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Literature Review: Autism Spectrum Disorders: What is Autism‚ how is it caused‚ and how can it be treated? The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Crystal Waynick April 3‚ 2012 Abstract Autism has become an increasing subject of interest‚ especially to researchers and medical professionals. This increase in interest is most likely due to the fact that autism is becoming an increasing problem in children‚ with the number of diagnoses doubling in
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition that affects one in forty-five children. These children affected tend to be american males. Diagnosis of ASD continue to rise every year. The three main pillars of ASD are: impaired social interactions‚ communications (both verbal and nonverbal)‚ and restricted or repetitive actions. Most people diagnosed with ASD fall into the categories of: Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)‚ Asperger’s Syndrome (AS)‚ or
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