something’s not right. A neurological disorder called Autism has these characteristics‚ including difficulty in communication and social interactions. In the past few years‚ it seems that Autism has begun to increase‚ however this is not the case. A few years ago I worked with Autistic children‚ and an increase in knowledge about the disorder has greatly helped with treatment to ensure they live relatively normal lives. By noticing the signs of Autism‚ you could also help to catch it early in your little
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Shroug Al-Mutairi. ID#: 201100271. Major: Business Administration. Abstract: Autism is a disorder that is not restricted to a certain race‚ gender or to the scale of development of the country‚ and that’s what I want others to understand. For this research I have read and searched through a number of books‚ both hard cover and electronic‚ I have also read a lot of medical web articles‚ and looked through autism organization websites to validate the accuracy of my material. Through this research
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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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researchers have been seeking the answers for Autism. Autism is defined as a serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact. Autism affects about 1 in 68 children in America. On the spectrum‚ people who are affected by Autism are able to live normal lives and are even talented in some aspects such as writing or dancing. Recently‚ I was given the opportunity to interview a family regarding their son‚ Isaiah‚ who has Autism. Isaiah and his family have been battling
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spaced than others and were slightly decorated with posters. They also have an assembly room‚ staff room‚ administrative office. The grounds of the school were well kept. They also had a garden which the children tend to in the morning. I was given a six (6) year old boy who was diagnosed with mild autism. His classroom was really small and tight spaced. It had a round table where each student sat. There are five students in that class. There were shelves which were well organized with different materials
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When we hear the name Steve Jobs‚ autism isn’t what first comes to mind‚ and high functioning autism is the last. Considered to be the master mind in the computer world‚ Steve Jobs did not let his autism stop him from getting the education that he needed to excel in the field of computers‚ and neither should others who have the autism label. Sheltering Steve Jobs in a “special” classroom wasn’t an option for his parents‚ nor should it be an option for any child who is capable of succeeding in a
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders‚ characterized by social impairments‚ communication difficulties‚ and restricted‚ repetitive‚ and stereotyped patterns of behavior. Autistic disorder‚ sometimes called autism or classical ASD‚ is the most severe form of ASD‚ while other conditions along the spectrum include a milder form known as Asperger syndrome‚ and childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (usually
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paper appeared in Autism‚ 1998‚ 2‚ 296-301. Autism occurs more often in families of physicists‚ engineers‚ and mathematicians. Simon Baron-Cohen ‚ Patrick Bolton‚ Sally Wheelwright‚ Victoria Scahill Liz Short‚ Genevieve Mead‚ and Alex Smith Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry‚ University of Cambridge‚ Downing St‚ Cambridge‚ CB2 3EB‚ UK. To whom correspondence should be addressed. 1 Abstract The study reported here tests a prediction that autism should occur more
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0022-006X/05/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.3.525 Individual Behavioral Profiles and Predictors of Treatment Effectiveness for Children With Autism Michelle R. Sherer and Laura Schreibman University of California‚ San Diego Differential responsiveness to intervention programs suggests the inadequacy of a single treatment approach for all children with autism. One method for reducing outcome variability is to identify participant characteristics associated with different outcomes for a specific
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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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