Autism is a serious developmental disorder that affects a child’s ability to communicate and interact with others. For reasons that are not clear‚ the disease is three to four times more common in boys than it is in girls. Children with autism often are self-absorbed and seem to exist in a private world where they are unable to successfully communicate and interact with others. They may have difficulties in developing language skills and understanding what others say to them. They may also have difficulties
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and mild abdominal pain.[3] Rubella is an infection that affects the skin and lymph nodes. The rubella virus‚ which is not the same that causes measles‚ causes it and droplets in the nose or throats that others breathe in usually transmit it. One of the main medical dangers of the rubella virus is that it can pass through a pregnant woman’s bloodstream and cause congenital rubella syndrome in the developing child. The symptoms of rubella include‚ mild fever‚ swollen‚ tender lymph nodes‚ usually in
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Autism spectrum disorders are caused by abnormalities in the brain that affect the neurodevelopment system and no single cause has been found (Grandin p.30). Some early indicators of autism are Lack of eye contact‚ lack of attention to the same item or topic another person is focusing on when interacting with that person‚ lack of reciprocal conversation‚ and atypical sensory/motor processing. Students who are diagnosed with autism have deficits in five areas: communication‚ socialization and social
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Autism Autism or PPD (pervasive developmental disorder) is defined by the Columbia encyclopedia as a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by the inability to relate to and perceive the environment in a realistic manner. The onset of the disorder is in infancy or early childhood‚ generally before the age of thirty months‚ and males are affected four times as often as females. Symptoms include impairment in social interaction‚ fixation on inanimate objects‚ inability to communicate normally
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explosion in cases of autism‚ one thing has changed: the increase in vaccines pushed by the Centers for Disease control (CDC). Other chronic problems have been reported as results of vaccines. By looking at the effects of vaccinations‚ we can see many of them have compromising results on a person’s health. This is a surprising idea that is complicated by recognizing that vaccines are supposed to prevent illness
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Running head: Autism What is autism? This is a very good question‚ and my guess would be that it is a disorder that affects a person in the way that they communicate‚ socialize‚ and interact with others. The real definition according to Baron-Cohen (1995) follows: That autism is considered the most severe of all the childhood psychiatric conditions. Fortunately‚ it occurs only rarely‚ affecting between 4 and 15 children per 10‚000. It occurs in every country in which it has been looked
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Transition from School to Post-School Life Your Name School’s Name Author Note Your Name‚ Department of XXXXXX‚ School’s name This paper was submitted in partial fulfillment of Class name XXX. Correspondence concerning this research paper should be addressed to Your Name‚ Department of XXXXXX‚ School ’s Name‚ City‚ State‚ Zip Code‚ Email: XXXXXXXXX Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Transition from School to Post-School Life The development that one experience during
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Autism is a mental disease or disorder characterized by difficulties and problems in talking‚ interacting‚ communicating and performing activities. Autism is characterized in many different degrees‚ one worse than the other. The disorder is commonly established in the first 2 years of age; anyhow‚ they are autistic since the first day they were born. According to scientists‚ autism is much more likely in boys than in girls: one in 88 girls and I in 54 boys. Autism is the fastest growing disease in
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did not know that babies do like plants. This two amazed me because‚ my child I felt like loved everything. Anything she could get her hands on was ripped down
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Brown 23 November 2012 Autism When I was in middle school‚ I went to this summer camp and met this little Autistic girl. She was very sweet‚ but I noticed there was something different about her. If I called her name she wouldn’t respond‚ and sometimes she wouldn’t talk much. I did not know her for very long because we were in different age groups but when I found out she was Autistic‚ it sparked an interest in working with special needs students. What is Autism? “Autism means a developmental
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