Autism- Is There an Issue with Over Diagnosing? One in 68 boys and one in 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in America. This means that in our school‚ potentially 28 boys and 10 girls have autism. As a junior in high school I was able to read many articles about Autism and over diagnosing. There could be many people at your school who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and you would not know. I will be talking about what Autism is‚ if there is an issue of over diagnosing ASD‚ and the reasons why
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Sam is a 16-year-old boy who struggles with autism every day. He was born six weeks premature. Weighing two pounds ten ounces‚ he remained in the hospital 6 weeks on account of his low birth weight‚ respiratory distress‚ and intraventricular hemorrhage. At the age of 12 months‚ his mom noticed that Sam was delayed on his speech‚ language‚ and cognitive development. At that time‚ he was placed in basic therapy. This therapy taught him to communicate with others through pictures‚ and gestures. Currently
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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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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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What is a hero? Someone who can fly across the country or shoot laser beams out of their eyes? No‚ the main heroes in our lives are the ones we pay the least attention to. A hero’s traits vary from strength to emotional to witty. As an example think about doctors. They have to have strength‚ wit‚ and emotional all at the same time. They pursue the ideas and conquests for a hero but it doesn’t even have to be that. A hero doesn’t have to be a doctor or even a human. It could be an animal. A hero
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what a parent of a child with autism has to face every day. And that’s what I want to talk about‚ autism. I want raise your awareness about autism because the chances of you becoming one of those parents may be higher than you think. Today I will provide you with some information on what autism really is‚ what the signs and symptoms of autism are‚ and how it can be treated. What is autism? Autism is a developmental disability. Kids with autism‚ also known as ASD (Autism spectrum Disorder) have social
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General Overview of Autism What is Autism? Autism is defined as a disorder of early development that causes severe problems in thinking‚ communicating with others‚ and feeling a part of the outside world (Autism 2009). A person diagnosed with autism has a brain abnormality that affects normal brain function (Nordquist 2009). Most diagnoses of autism are usually never the same‚ even though‚ the symptoms are generally similar. Autism must not be confused with childhood schizophrenia or mental retardation
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life you here how important it is to study hard‚ stay out of trouble‚ and to stay focused‚ but there is a lot more when it comes to being a good student and when the definition of good is “of a favorable character or tendency” and the definition of student is “one who attends school‚” you’re going to have a wide variety of definitions for what a “good student” really is. Also‚ is a good student the kid that sits in the front‚ pays attention and works hard‚ but still struggles to keep a C plus average
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Cited: Golding‚ William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Perigee‚ 1954. Print Wilde‚ Oscar. The Works of Oscar Wilde. Mattituck: Amereon Limited‚ 1932. Print. Orwell‚ George. A Collection of Essays. San Diego: Harcourt‚ 1946. Print.
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Clinic‚ Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorders. Its symptoms include lack of communication‚ the inability to use language to interact‚ and certain repetitive behaviors. Jeffrey S. Gerber and Paul A. Offit in their work “Vaccines and Autism” studied whether autism can be caused by MMR vaccines‚ thimerosal preservative‚ or due to multiple vaccines. The researchers created three different hypothesis and collected its data from different countries worldwide. They concluded in their study that autism disorder
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