Barbie syndrome

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…

other characteristics that came to define the syndrome, such as delayed and abnormal language development, restricted interest in activities, and stereotypical and repetitive patterns of behavior, were described in the first case report (5). Thus, from its first description autism was proposed as a neurological disorder. The diagnosis was broadened to include infants, children, and adults at all cognitive levels as well as those with neurogenetic syndromes if they met behavioral diagnostic…

The purpose of this study was to teach the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to a child diagnosed with Autism. The study states that characteristics defined in Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) are “impairments in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication as well as restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviors, activities and interests” (Jurgens, Anderson & Moore, 2009). In addition, children with Autism show lack of spontaneous make-believe play or social…

When establishing a task analysis, it is important for the behavior analyst need to examine the different levels of the client. The authors stated that parents notice motor delays in children with autism around preschool and school-aged years, and should be examined as an early intervention ().According to,, balance and gait, slower speed of timed movements, and greater ‘overflow’ movements in the children with ASD, and can be assessed the impairments of fine and gross motor skills (Green. &…

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), Autism is described as a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Nissenbaum et al, 2002). Pervasive Developmental Disorders are described as an individual being impaired with deviant social behavior and communication skills (Nissenbaum et al, 2002). Autism is ranged from severe to mild due to the severity of the symptoms (Nissenbaum et al, 2002). Also, autism affects children through a category of their…