The Social Skills of the Autistic Not everyone on Earth is given a life with smooth social skills. Some children lack the ability of “how to read, reach out to, and successfully interact with other human beings” (IAN). According to United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, 1 out of 88 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, is commonly known as a development disability where children have trouble speaking or…
connected in many ways.Autism is a hereditary disorder that causes many problems both socially and economically. Autism is a hereditary disorder that cause many problems with being passed down through families and seizures, etc. Seizures and Fragile x syndrome are one of the key problems of autism.Over one-third of individuals with autism will develop seizures in early childhood or adolescence(Fergus). This genetic disorder can affect how a kid or adult behaviors are socially and to make friends…
Does Weather have an Effect on Pollinator Visitation Rates: A Study on Bougainvilleas and their Pollinators Introduction: Pollination is the process by which pollen, is transported to the reproductive organs of female seed plants. Pollen is a fine, grainy substance, which are the gametophytes of male seed plants, and produce sperm cells. Pollination is what allows most plants to fertilize one another and reproduce. Pollination is important because many plants that humans consume, reproduce…
The origins of MDMA are often contradictory, and inaccurate information abounds, even within much of the scientific literature (Bernschneider-Reif, Öxler, & Freudenmann, 2006). According to Bernschneider-Reif et al. (2006), Merck Laboratory created 3-methyl-hydrastinine in the hopes of creating a methylated analogue of hydrastinine that would be similarly effective to the naturally occurring hydrastinine that had become rare and expensive. This early form of MDMA was included in patents filed by…
A child diagnosed with autism can suffer from various symptoms that goes along with their disorder. Autism spectrum disorder affects every child differently to where it causes them to have dissimilar symptoms comparing to other autistic children. The complexity of the disorder is what causes each individual to have unalike behaviors and traits. The main symptom of autism is that the person has impaired communication and socialization skills. Children with autism only feel comfortable to…
The early identification of children with autism spectrum disorder is important and an essential public health need. Screening tool for autism in two year olds has been developed to screen for autism spectrum disorder in children between 24 and 35 months of age. The screening tool for autism in two year olds consists of items that cover motor imitation, play skills, requesting, and defecting attention. In additional, screening tool for autism in two year olds identifies young and toddlers kids…
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder of early onset, highly variable in its clinical presentation. It includes the development of abnormal cortical circuitry that underlies autistic cognitive processes, social impairment and other behaviors. According to National autism association (2014), autism is the fastest growing developmental disorder, which affects 1 in 68 children. Autism greatly varies from person to person. The rate of autism has steadily grown over…
Savant Syndrome is something many people seem to be uninformed about. Savant syndrome is a condition in which a person with a developmental disability or central nervous system injury have genius like traits. This condition can present itself at the time of birth, or it can be acquired later on in life due to some type of injury or disease that affects the central nervous system. It tends to affect males more frequently than women, and it is also known to appear in individuals with autism.…
Goodpasture syndrome is classified as an autoimmune disease due to B and T-cell mediated responses that result in the patient’s body to development antibodies against its own normal tissue, specifically the basement membranes of the glomerulus (glomerular basement membranes) and of the lungs (alveolar basement membranes) More specifically, the antibodies are developed against the noncollagenous domain 1 of the alpha 3-chain of type IV collagen). The noncollagenous domain 1 alpha 3 chain of type…
Communication Skills Lord and Rutter (1994) estimated that approximately half of all children with autism fail to develop functional speech, with many of these children also demonstrating little to no receptive language skills. Howlin (1998) notes that children with autism make no attempt to develop alternative communication methods, such as eye contact or use of gesture, as they age. Furthermore, when children with autism do learn to talk, their receptive language skills are generally poorer…