Androgen insensitivity syndrome

If you were to ask any random person on the street what the word retard meant to them, they would likely tell you it is used as an insult meaning stupid or an idiot. Although that is technically one of the definitions of the word today, the original meaning, dated all the way back to the late 1400s, was to keep back, hinder or slow down. Over the many years mankind has not only changed the definition of the word, but also the nature of the word. The first time the word retard had been used…

Society Cares too little: For the Mind of an Autistic Child “ It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential”(Hans Asperger quotes at google.com). Autism has been researched on since the 1940’s in which autism was the term scientists used to call any disability. Autism is now a disability expanding and developing worldwide. Children with autism have a mental deficiency where they struggle learning to speak at a normal pace with non disabled people, developing…

Williams’s syndrome is a disease that affects mostly the brain and has positives as well as negatives unfortunately the negatives outnumber the positives. Williams’s syndrome is caused by the deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7 and is not inherent. There are multiple medical problems caused by Williams’s syndrome, including developmental delays such as ADD and ADHA. A cardiovascular disease called supravalvular aortic stenosis also appears frequently in people with Williams’s syndrome and…

Imagine living with a disorder and knowing that because of it you will not live to thirty years of age. This is the case for people with Trisomy18 most of the people with this genetic disorder will live to twenty if they are lucky. Trisomy18 is when a baby is still inside the mother's stomach and when developing the baby's cells do not divide correctly which causes cardiac, or heart, lung, and whole body problems to appear. Trisomy18 is caused when chromosome 18 has three chromosomes instead of…

Tuberous Sclerosis, or TSC, is a genetically inherited disease that is characterized by the numerous benign tumors in many parts of the body. It can cause symptoms such as developmental delay, autism, tumor, and skin abnormalities. Tuberous Sclerosis is caused by a mutation on the TSC1 gene located on chromosome 9 or the TSC2 gene located on chromosome 16. These genes make a protein called tuberin, and scientist believe Tuberous Sclerosis is caused when those genes mutate and produce more…

According to the CDC, Center for Disease Control, the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the United States is 1 in 68 births. Out of the world’s population, approximately 1% has ASD. The pervasiveness of ASD has dramatically risen over the past ten years; In fact, the CDC named ASD the fastest-growing developmental disability. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defined Autism Spectrum Disorder as “a complex group of complex neurodevelopment…

Human development has always been an interest to society, from how life is formed to the environmental factors that affect the wellbeing. Not so long ago, research on Autism Spectrum Disorder came to light and opened a whole new world of investigation on the speculations of how it originates. This has shifted examiners to provide awareness on the major environmental factors that may cause ASD such as the chemicals one purchases for cleaning, providing knowledge to women whom are pregnant, and…

Although deep down all children are the same, those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may struggle with being social and may not be able to empathize with and relate to other children. Autistic children tend to have impaired abilities to initiate or hold conversation (Learn Signs of ASD). They may also lack an imagination and ability to play with other children (Learn Signs of ASD). They use repetitive and unusual language, commonly misusing and mixing up pronouns (called pronoun reversal)…

Autism is a developmental disorder that impacts social interaction, language acquisition, and repetitive behavior (Gargaro, Rinehart, Bradshaw, Tonge, & Sheppard, 2011). The disorder affects males at a higher rate at a ratio of 4-5 to 1, and in the American population has a prevalence rate of 0.9% (Gargaro et al., 2011). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a common neuro-developmental disorder that is characterized by inattentiveness and impulsivity (Gargaro et al., 2011). The…

Autism. One single word that changed every aspect of my life. Fortunately for me, one that I can look back on and say for the better. Six plus years ago you could not have gotten me to believe I would be perceiving a diagnosis that way. Amazing what time can do to ones’ perspective. Autism is God's plan for my son, Evan, who was just 22 months old when he was diagnosed. Sitting in the Psychiatric unit of Childrens Hospital watching the variety of children around me and thinking there is no way…