Asperger syndrome

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism is a general term for a group of complex disorders of brain development. (1st website) The disorders are characterized in many degrees, such as difficulty in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repeat behaviors. Those with ASD, have exceptional abilities in visual skills, music and academic skills, and other cannot live independently. Autism spectrum disorder, is considered a “spectrum disorder.” Meaning that ASD affects people…

Rain man is about an intellectual individual named Raymond, who also happens to have autism. Raymond has trouble when using expressive language, making it difficult to participate in a conversation with others. Raymond’s younger brother, Charlie who is an inconsiderate, selfish individual assumes the role of Raymond’s caregiver for money. Charlie never had a relationship with his brother and thought that taking care of Raymond was going to make his life easier because of the money. Taking care…

The participants were 55 preschoolers, which was a mixed group of children with autism spectrum disorder and children with other disabilities like Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADHD, and emotional/ behavioral disorder. The researchers were looking at play and joint attention in students with autism spectrum disorder verses students with other disabilities. The researchers observed the classroom, conducted…

The Impact of the Anti-Vaccination Movement On the 10th of September 2016, 54 cases of American citizens having measles, a dangerous yet preventable disease, had been reported. The cause of the disease is only partially due to the Morbillivirus measles virus, and the rest of the blame falls on the anti-vaccination movement. There are those who claim this anti-vaccination propaganda presents a serious threat to our society. Diseases that the scientific community had greatly diminished or…

Surprise Snuggles Over the summer I worked in a group home taking care of children with autism. It was most definitely a learn-on-the-job kind of position, one where you couldn’t be prepared enough outside of the house for. With my big heart and naïve mind, I didn’t know what to expect other than to try my hardest and love these kids who had been abandoned by their parents and families. After about three weeks there, I graduated from the easy 9-year-old girl (who really wasn’t that easy), to a…

Introduction According to Deris and Carlo (2013), the amount of children that have autism has increased from one in 150 to one in 88 from the year 2000 to 2008. As the amount of children that are born and diagnosed with autism rises, the pressure for teachers to cope with this disorder will rise as well. Children with autism have a wide variety of characteristics that they display such as, repeated and restrictive behaviors, delays in social interaction, symbolic imaginative play and language,…

The Reveal of the Matured and the Unraveled Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time undergoes psychological and emotional development with his coming-of-age, whereas Ed Boone’s character is unravelled as the author, Mark Haddon intertwines Christopher’s ambition to be independent with Ed’s secretive mannerism. In Vivienne Muller’s published academic journal Constituting Christopher: Disability Theory and Mark Haddon’s, Muller explains that children diagnosed with…

article focuses on Tourette’s Syndrome (a neuropsychiatric disorder that affects roughly 1% of the population) and the relationship between increased gamma band activity in the thalamus promoted by deep brain stimulation and inhibition or minimization of tics and/or other symptoms of Tourette’s in both short-term and long-term evaluations. To clarify, tics are involuntary physical or verbal reactions that begin during early childhood and are characteristic of Tourette’s Syndrome. This research…

As a Site Coordinator at an after school program, it is easy for me to share my first hand observations with a vast majority of students. To begin, the layout of the site is not ideal seeing as the program is held in an Elementary school cafeteria. With 30 students enrolled in the program, it is easy for one to believe that chaos is easily accessible. Within the 30 students, ages range from 5 to 12. To avoid the said chaos, there is a lot of structure and a routine that is implemented. For…

In her autobiography, Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism, Temple Grandin shares her candid experience with autism. Readers are able to gain a clearer understanding as to what life is like for someone living with the disability. As well as personal stories from her own life, her nonfictional prose piece contains factual information about autism. However, in the section on education, Grandin does not take the opportunity to write on the findings of professional educators. She feels strongly…