Jonathan Saffran Foer in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ and Mark Haddon in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time explore the varying ways in which individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder may perceive the world. Although Safran Foer focuses on themes of national tragedy and grief from the September 11 terrorist attacks and Mark Haddon focuses on becoming independent‚ the protagonists face similar struggles‚ which arise from their different view of the world. The protagonists experience
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can get underway with our Final Year Project. My project is going to focus on children with autism and music therapy. I will look at some definitions of autism. I am also going to explore the meaning behind music therapy. I will do this by looking at a range of literature around autism and music therapy. This will hopefully give me a better insight into the effects of music therapy on children with autism. After some organizational discussion we assembled into our roles within the group and as
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child with Asperger’s. Others with this disorder are often thought of as "little professors who can ’t understand social cues." This leaves a wide gap between people with autism and the rest of the world. Although the word is not mentioned in the book‚ Christopher does suffer from Asperger ’s syndrome‚ which is an autistic spectrum disorder. This means that Christopher expresses himself in a simple and straightforward way and cannot understand common modes of signaling. For example‚ he says “I find
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wanted to examine this question more intently‚ because I believe that music therapy can provide evidence for a new method of healing for people that suffer from illnesses including cancer‚ disease‚ and depression as well as mental disabilities like autism. As I started my research‚ I first wanted to find out what music therapy was and what type of audience it was aimed toward. The first resource that I found to steer me in the right direction was the Music Therapy Association website where I read
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consequential publicity and attention‚ autism is a major topic of discussion within the field of education. While the cause of autism is still yet to be discovered‚ we can‚ in the meantime‚ focus on how to help those already with a diagnosis of autism. Autism is characterized by social‚ communicative‚ and behavioral deficits with the vast spectrum of autism diagnoses ranging from extremely high functioning to severe and profound. One characteristic of autism is expressive language deficit. Meaningful
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disability that falls on the autism spectrum. Children with Asperger syndrome usually have trouble with social skills‚ common sense‚ and change (Williams‚ 1995.) Although AS is on the autism spectrum‚ children with AS are usually on the high functioning side of the spectrum. Williams (1995) describes the difference between low and high functioning kids with AS as‚ lower functioning children with autism live in a world of their own‚ but higher functioning children with autism live in our world but in
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Being in an Internship at the ICEI (Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative) program at Westfield State University has allowed me to have a better perspective on what people with disabilities could potentially benefit from. ICEI (Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative) is a program that attends to people with disabilities aged 18-21‚ from Westfield and nearby public school districts. Art Therapy is one of the programs that is offered through ICEI and if it could be implemented correctly‚ I
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The Medical model of disability focuses on the condition rather than the individual. It views people with disabilities as being imperfect‚ and as something which must be cured when possible. This leading to a person with a disability being encouraged to act or look ‘normal’ to fit into society‚ therefore treating people with disabilities as a victim. The Social model of disability challenges societies views of people with disabilities and impairments. Developed by disabled people highlighting
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old at the time‚ killed his mother then went on to slaughter 6 adults and 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7 and finally taking his own life. (Connecticut Shootings Fast Facts - CNN.com) Lanza had in fact had been diagnosed with having Autism Spectrum Disorder which is characterized by “persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple
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1. Summary Marguerite O’Haire‚ Samantha McKenzie‚ Sandra McCune‚ and Virginia Slaughter conducted a research study that tested the effects of Animal-Assisted Activities on children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The objective of their study was to see how Animal-Assisted Activities effect the social functioning of their participants. Their research took place in kindergarten through seventh grade classrooms. In all‚ 41 classrooms were used and they were from 15 different schools. The children were
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