Hans Asperger

This 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…

As a Site Coordinator at an after school program, it is easy for me to share my first hand observations with a vast majority of students. To begin, the layout of the site is not ideal seeing as the program is held in an Elementary school cafeteria. With 30 students enrolled in the program, it is easy for one to believe that chaos is 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…

Spectrum Disorder is also known as Pervasive Disorder (Mayo Clinic Staff). There are two different forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The first form and also the most serious one is regular autism according to the autism spectrum. The second form is Asperger syndrome and is on the lower end of the autism spectrum. With early detection and intervention, many will be able to function appropriately in today’s society. There are many early sign of having Autism or even Asperger’s. Faulty…

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…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, the third novel of Mark Haddon, tells the story of Christopher, an autistic teenager who decides to find out who killed his neighbor’s dog with a pitchfork. The investigation of Christopher soon turns into a journey into the recent history of his family and a difficult initiation into the world of so-called "normal", with lots of up and downs while wandering through London. The outline of the story is simple, traditional at best, but solved in a…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon. It’s about Christopher Boone, a 15 year old boy, who lives in Swindon, with Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. Haddon used techniques such as motifs, diagrams and symbolisation to convey to the audience Christopher’s view of the world and in developing empathy towards people with disabilities. The audience is aware that he is unable to recognise facial expression and he needs to be taught to…

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…

extended periods of time. We know for a fact that Christopher has also done this, in the book Haddon wrote, “Once I didn’t talk to anyone for 5 weeks” (Haddon, 46). This obviously shows that Christopher deals with Aspergers and not just social anxiety. Christopher could help treat his Aspergers with a behavioral therapist, there are group options but in Christopher’s case this might not be the best route to take. Christopher gets very uncomfortable and becomes distressed in group settings. One…