J Autism Dev Disord (2010) 40:1485–1494 DOI 10.1007/s10803-010-1001-3 ORIGINAL PAPER Sense of Coherence and Coping with Stress Among Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism Ewa Pisula • Zuzanna Kossakowska Published online: 2 April 2010 Ó Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2010 Abstract The purpose of the study was to compare the level of sense of coherence (SOC) in parents of children with autism and in parents of typically developing children‚ and to examine the association between
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 There are several reasons why I chose the topic of Autism. First‚ autism is intriguing because it is very hard to understand. Medical science is at a loss to explain why and how it occurs. Second‚ I have had occasion to develop a personal relationship with children who are afflicted with autism. At The Children’s Institute‚ where I volunteer‚ I sit and play with many kids‚ two of whom are very hard to play with. Even though they are five and six years old‚ they avoid making
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Autism is a widely known genetic disorder that affects a large number of people‚ 5 in every 400 children in Australia have the disorder and quite often show any sings of it until they are at the ages of 3. Common effects of autism include the most widely know delay in speech patterns and challenges with being more social and really any form of communication. Autism as of late has no cure‚ but there are many establishments that have been known to help accommodate to the irregularity’s that are
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Autism‚ Ability‚ and Adaption: Asking the Right Questions Psychologytoday.com Dec. 4‚ 2011 Summary: The author of the article starts of by telling the reader about an episode of “60 minutes” that discusses autistics. In the episode‚ autistics who were thought to be unintelligent were proved to be as smart as normal kids their age through apps on the iPad. The problem wasn’t that the autistic weren’t intelligent; it was that they had no way to communicate their thoughts. The iPads kept them focused
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Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders Phil McDowell APCE 602 December 16‚ 2012 Dr. Krista Bridgmon Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism or autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)‚ are a family of increasingly prevalent disabilities that qualify a child for special education services in the school under PL94-142‚ now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ about one in
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Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that shapes the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. People with autism have difficulties with everyday social interactions‚ learning disabilities and difficulty in making sense of the world. Kirsten Sheridan found an interest in this and chose to portray it in a brief documentary. She lived with her autistic cousin and he was a strong influence on her which got her interested in autistic people. The short film is about an autistic
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Autism and Vaccines: Is there a link? Today‚ nearly one out of every 110 children born will be diagnosed with some form of autism (Saskatchewan 1). Autism is a rapidly growing development disorder. It is known as Classical Autism in the group of ASD’s which is commonly known as Autism Spectrum Disorders. Children with autism have problems with social situations‚ repetition‚ sensitivity to sound‚ texture‚ and pain‚ and restrictive patterns or routines (“What is Autism?” 24). With the number of
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Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and verbal and non-verbal communication‚ and by restricted‚ repetitive or stereotyped behaviour. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood.[3] Autism is usually caused by genetic transfer‚ and in rare cases‚ autism is strongly associated with agents that cause birth defects.[6] Controversies surround
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Index 1. Title Page 2. Index 3. What is Autism? 3-4. DSM IV and Axis 5. What are the signs of autism? 5-6. What causes autism? 6-7. What can parents do? 7-8. What is a "Good" educational program for an autistic child? 8-10. How living with a child with autism affects the family 10-11. Different treatments for our children with autisms 12. References What is autism? Autism‚ also called autistic disorder‚ appears in early childhood‚ usually before age 3
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Autism Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a neurological disorder that affects the functioning of the brain‚ autism and it’s associated behaviors have been estimated to occur in 1 in 500 individuals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997). Autism is four times more prevalent in boys than girls and knows no racial‚ ethnic‚ or social boundaries. Researcher’s from all over the world are
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