Honors English 12 April 26th 2013 Autism Autism is a complex disorder of the brains development which can cause problems in an individual’s abilities to function normally in society (webmd). Autism generally is seen in males rather than females. It is known as the fastest growing developmental disorder today (autismspeaks). There are many signs and symptoms that people with autism have to cope with. There are also different types of autisms‚ such as Aspergers syndrome‚ Rett Syndrome and
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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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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 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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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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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 needed for the students. It had a sink far out from the working area‚ where they could wash up after themselves. There was a computer in the classroom which the instructor said she sometimes uses for lessons‚ music and looking at pictures. Autism is a complex developmental
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Introduction “Autism is a complex neurobehavioral disorder that includes impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills‚ and rigid‚ repetitive behaviors” (WebMD‚ 2012a). In another words‚ autism is a lifelong disability that blocks the learning‚ language communication‚ emotional and social development of a child. Another way to define autism is that it is a developmental disorder that appears during the first 3 years of life‚ and affects the brain’s normal
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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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Self-Awareness with Vulnerable Populations: Hispanic Culture NSG/440 April 29‚ 2013 Self-Awareness with Vulnerable Populations: Hispanic Culture The nursing profession requires caring for a culturally diverse group of patients. Health care professionals need to be mindful that one’s personal cultural background‚ values‚ and beliefs have a profound influence on health and how patients respond to medical care and compliance. There are many vulnerable populations that nurses care for every day
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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 intervention
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