Barbie syndrome

Autism is a complex developmental disability. It is a result of a neurological disorder and has an effect on normal brain function, where the different areas of the brain fail to work together. It affects the development of a person’s communication and social interaction skills. The symptoms, according to WebMD are a delay in learning to talk, or not talking at all, repeated types of behaviours, interests, and play. Symptoms usually start before a child Is 3 years old and many children have…

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological disorder that varies in severity in presentation, but primarily manifests as rigid patterns of behavior and impaired social communication. According to the CDC (2014), autism is a relatively common disorder, with 1 out of 68 of the United States population being diagnosed. Autism was first described by Dr. Kanner in 1943, but the disorder was not recognized as a separate disorder from schizophrenia until the DSM-III (1980). The most significant…

When people think of the definition of different, some people may think of someone with a disorder, such as autism spectrum disorder. However, as different as people think autism spectrum disorder is, it is not as different as people believe. In fact, autism is becoming more common today than it ever has before. It is just a disorder that is not well known as of yet. In order to have an idea of what autism spectrum disorder is, the first step is understanding what autism spectrum disorder is.…

There are many pieces to this puzzle known as autism, which makes it one of the most complex social issues faced by today’s society. Although autism is a widespread condition that affects the lives of millions of Americans, there is still the majority of the American population that remains uneducated regarding this condition. The lack of cure has propelled many autistic people towards a life of uncertainty and hopelessness. While this is true, there are some solutions that can make life better…

Children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have increased their awareness when it comes to their early signs (Gray et al, 2008). Our understanding of children with autism has increased our understanding with major advances in pediatrics, child development, and developmental neurosciences (Gray et al, 2008). Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a type of disability that children have prevented in a neurodevelopment disorder (Gray et al, 2008). PKU is a type disability in children’s metabolism that they…

Introduction Down syndrome, while perhaps one of the most physically recognizable conditions of developmental disability, is still one of the least studied. Even though what we do know shows that with early intervention we can substantially improve the individual and their families’ wellbeing. Down syndrome occurs in one out of eight hundred live births, and is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation (National Institutes of Health, 2005). Idea Definition Downs syndrome can fall…

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…