What is autism? Autism is a complex developmental disability. Autism affect each individual differently. Autism appears in the first three years of life, and affects the brains normal development of social and communication skills. Autism is the most severe form of ASD. ASD is defined by a certain set of behaviors. Statics says about 1 percent of the world population has ASD. The characteristics of behaviors of ASD may appear in infancy between 18-24 months. During a doctor visit the doctor should perform a developmental screening which is asking simple questions about a child progress. Some signs of ASD are if your child Durant babble or coo by 12 months, has loss of any language or social skills or do not show gesture. ASD shows characteristic
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Severe problems and syndromes that may accompany ASD includes mental retardation, seizures, and tuberous sclerosis sensory problems. Many children with ASD are very sensitive to certain sounds, textures, taste, and smells (Allen & Cowdery). Other forms of ASD is Rett’s disorder (Allen & Cowdery). It’s known as Rett syndrome is diagnosed primarily in females. Diagnosis is often made on the basis of the repetitive gestures and hand …show more content…
He has to get up and move around. I notice with him someone has to always be sitting next to him and watch him very closely. He would randomly walk around and eats on plastic. When he is told to spit it out, he hides the object under his tongue. He constantly stores things in his mouth. When it comes to his taste buds he doesn’t like sour or bitter things. Day by day his behavior is getting worse as to where he hits the teacher and students for no reason. He doesn 't listen when you tell him to sit down. He would open the classroom door and run out, we would have to chase him. To deal with his behavior, the teacher used a timer and a log to track his behavior. When he is misbehaving and it 's time for IPad, we would tell him once he sits for 5 minutes he can get the IPad. The log is used for the teacher to jot down is behavior, whether it hit a student and how many times and the time of day it
Severe problems and syndromes that may accompany ASD includes mental retardation, seizures, and tuberous sclerosis sensory problems. Many children with ASD are very sensitive to certain sounds, textures, taste, and smells (Allen & Cowdery). Other forms of ASD is Rett’s disorder (Allen & Cowdery). It’s known as Rett syndrome is diagnosed primarily in females. Diagnosis is often made on the basis of the repetitive gestures and hand …show more content…
He has to get up and move around. I notice with him someone has to always be sitting next to him and watch him very closely. He would randomly walk around and eats on plastic. When he is told to spit it out, he hides the object under his tongue. He constantly stores things in his mouth. When it comes to his taste buds he doesn’t like sour or bitter things. Day by day his behavior is getting worse as to where he hits the teacher and students for no reason. He doesn 't listen when you tell him to sit down. He would open the classroom door and run out, we would have to chase him. To deal with his behavior, the teacher used a timer and a log to track his behavior. When he is misbehaving and it 's time for IPad, we would tell him once he sits for 5 minutes he can get the IPad. The log is used for the teacher to jot down is behavior, whether it hit a student and how many times and the time of day it