Source 4:http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/mental-health-aspergers-syndrome
Date: 20/20/2016
Summary:
Asperger’s Syndrome is a type of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), which is a condition that causes a person’s socialisation skills and imagination skills to develop at a slow pace, slower than normal. There are a few PDDs and they are measured on a spectrum.
Children with Asperger’s function better to those with Autism, having normal intelligence and almost normal language development, but could have problems communicating later on in life.
The symptoms of a person with Asperger’s Syndrome ranges from mild to major. Typical symptoms include socialisation issues, repetitive behaviours, inflexible routines, communication issues, small …show more content…
I haven’t found any information that contradicts the findings in this article, there is also concise information is believable. There is no evidence of bias in this article as it is providing a website to the public so that they can learn more about autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. The authors have produced different articles about various topics purely to educate the public. It is simply informing us about something, not putting across an opinion or point of view. The findings in this article are consistent to other findings on Asperger’s Syndrome as well as providing more information that is useful to …show more content…
She is currently working at Long Island Jewish Medical Centre where she gets plenty of experience with autistic children, specializing in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. This doctor knows a lot about medicine and autism and would give accurate information in the article. Although she is not the head of the organisation, WebMD, she provides important information for the website. The institution from which this article was taken from is WebMD, an online organisation which gives accurate and concise information written by over 100 doctors nationwide. It has received countless awards for their articles, which shows that they are trustworthy and know what they are talking about. It is an educational institution that dedicates itself to providing accurate and precise information on various medical topics for the public to view and learn from. The organisation seems to also edit in a magazine, which is good, but could also mean that they give one-sided views and opinions. This institution has headquarters in Atlanta, which means that the information that they add to the website could be based on statistics for Atlanta; as they have over 100 doctors based in Atlanta and not internationally.
This article has been very useful to me as it gave me an insight to Asperger’s Syndrome that I didn’t understand before. With this article I can now structure
Date: 20/20/2016
Summary:
Asperger’s Syndrome is a type of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), which is a condition that causes a person’s socialisation skills and imagination skills to develop at a slow pace, slower than normal. There are a few PDDs and they are measured on a spectrum.
Children with Asperger’s function better to those with Autism, having normal intelligence and almost normal language development, but could have problems communicating later on in life.
The symptoms of a person with Asperger’s Syndrome ranges from mild to major. Typical symptoms include socialisation issues, repetitive behaviours, inflexible routines, communication issues, small …show more content…
I haven’t found any information that contradicts the findings in this article, there is also concise information is believable. There is no evidence of bias in this article as it is providing a website to the public so that they can learn more about autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. The authors have produced different articles about various topics purely to educate the public. It is simply informing us about something, not putting across an opinion or point of view. The findings in this article are consistent to other findings on Asperger’s Syndrome as well as providing more information that is useful to …show more content…
She is currently working at Long Island Jewish Medical Centre where she gets plenty of experience with autistic children, specializing in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. This doctor knows a lot about medicine and autism and would give accurate information in the article. Although she is not the head of the organisation, WebMD, she provides important information for the website. The institution from which this article was taken from is WebMD, an online organisation which gives accurate and concise information written by over 100 doctors nationwide. It has received countless awards for their articles, which shows that they are trustworthy and know what they are talking about. It is an educational institution that dedicates itself to providing accurate and precise information on various medical topics for the public to view and learn from. The organisation seems to also edit in a magazine, which is good, but could also mean that they give one-sided views and opinions. This institution has headquarters in Atlanta, which means that the information that they add to the website could be based on statistics for Atlanta; as they have over 100 doctors based in Atlanta and not internationally.
This article has been very useful to me as it gave me an insight to Asperger’s Syndrome that I didn’t understand before. With this article I can now structure