Down syndrome

and I will take time to go over schedule before most, if not all, of the activities before we begin them to make sure that the transitions are easier. I will try my best to get a handle on any triggers and prevent negative behavior, because one break down could not only ruin the learning day for the child with autism but for the rest of the class as…

The Reveal of the Matured and the Unraveled Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time undergoes psychological and emotional development with his coming-of-age, whereas Ed Boone’s character is unravelled as the author, Mark Haddon intertwines Christopher’s ambition to be independent with Ed’s secretive mannerism. In Vivienne Muller’s published academic journal Constituting Christopher: Disability Theory and Mark Haddon’s, Muller explains that children diagnosed with…

information about the past of the family and how it has affected their present lives. House Rules tells the story of a family torn apart by a young man who cannot help but behave the way he does. Jacob is a 19-year-old teenager who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome. Asperger’s is characterized as one, impaired social communication and/or interaction. Two, restricted and/or repetitive behaviors. These are all the characteristics one encounters when reading this book. Starting with…

article focuses on Tourette’s Syndrome (a neuropsychiatric disorder that affects roughly 1% of the population) and the relationship between increased gamma band activity in the thalamus promoted by deep brain stimulation and inhibition or minimization of tics and/or other symptoms of Tourette’s in both short-term and long-term evaluations. To clarify, tics are involuntary physical or verbal reactions that begin during early childhood and are characteristic of Tourette’s Syndrome. This research…

easily accessible. Within the 30 students, ages range from 5 to 12. To avoid the said chaos, there is a lot of structure and a routine that is implemented. For instance, when students arrive to the program, the first thing they do is put their stuff down on assigned tables and find their assigned seats. After everyone has arrived and attendance has been taken, there is hand washing, snack time, and then homework. Since there are two students diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder at the…

In her autobiography, Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism, Temple Grandin shares her candid experience with autism. Readers are able to gain a clearer understanding as to what life is like for someone living with the disability. As well as personal stories from her own life, her nonfictional prose piece contains factual information about autism. However, in the section on education, Grandin does not take the opportunity to write on the findings of professional educators. She feels strongly…

Mark Haddon’s first adult mystery novel is one of the most interesting and intertwining works to be read. Haddon introduces Christopher Boone, a 15 year old autistic boy, who witnesses the murder of a neighborhood dog, throughout the book Christopher is trying to solve this mystery. As a young adult Haddon worked with Autistic individuals, as a caretaker. So all of the information concerning Christopher is fist hand and quite factual. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark…

A comparison of “We Are Seven” and “Ballad of Birmingham A child is often viewed as naïve, or perhaps even ignorant when it comes to the complexities of the world. Most feel as though a child couldn’t possibly fathom certain topics, or be able to ascertain a particular subject nearly as well as an adult could. For they have wisdom, wisdom that had been garnered and cultivated through age and years of experience, which a child would obviously be lacking in. Two ballads show such dismissal of…

Describe AND Compare/Contrast (4 paragraphs) I Am Sam is a wonderful story that outlines the struggles that people with autism are faced with. It can be quite hard to grasp exactly what these individuals go through, but the acting done by Sean Penn (Sam Dawson) in this movie is phenomenal and portrays an individual with autism very accurately. The purpose of this movie was to show that with enough love and support, raising a child while mentally challenged is possible. The intended audience of…

In the novel “The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime,” written by Mark Haddon the character Christopher, a 15-year-old boy who investigates the murder of the Wellington the dog. As appeared toward the begin of the novel Christopher sees the world much uniquely in contrast to us, that is without a doubt. One of the themes is introduced to us which is “Appearance vs Reality.” He sees substantially more of what's happening around him – he's an incredible observer, after all, yet he can't…