High-functioning autism

Autism is a mental disability, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. Autism can be identified in toddlers, mostly boys, from 18 to 30 months in age. According to Rapin (1997), “parents and pediatricians usually detect the disease when they notice the child’s lack of speech development and a lack of normal interest in others or a regression of early speech and sociability”…

Around 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) annually. Autism is a neurodevelopmental brain disorder generally discovered in infancy. Those who suffer from autism have significant deficits in social interaction, language and normal behaviour. Autistic Spectrum Disorder ranges from mild to very severe, affecting the child’s language and their perception of the world. Symptoms affect social skills and communication. Physically, the autistic brain is enlarged…

Autism, a mental health disorder that is generally associated with the younger generation. Autism is on the rise, as research is becoming more abroad and educational. Another reason, parents/guardians are starting to become more aware of their child being considered for examination for autism, is due to the fact that educational providers are now being trained on how to identify these signs and symptoms. This is a touchy subject, and one that should be handled with caution. Keywords: autism,…

If a child is suspected to have a developmental delay they will be evaluated. These skills are age related and will vary by age. The evaluations will take place in such areas as gross motor skills, which encompasses the usage of large muscle groups for movement. These movements include walking, running, and sitting. Gross motor skills are also important for balance. Fine motor skills are motor movements that use smaller more refined muscle movement. These would be using pincer skills needed to…

The signs and symptoms of autism are widely acknowledged, one of these symptoms being, trouble with communication. These communication skills particularly relate to their mental processes (Yeung, Han, Sze, & Chan, 2016). This specific impairment has intrigued many researchers interest in discovering if cognitive flexibility is also effected by autism due to the structures of the brain. Without cognitive flexibility one’s ability to use…

Autism, What Can You Do? Have you ever wondered what autism was, or how you could help it, or even know what could be major factors that 's apart of it was ? Autism is a neurological disorder that can give the child difficulties of communicating to others, and interacting with people ( "Autism" 1). It is a mental disorder that can make the child have different patterned and confusing behavioral issues. There are many ways to help children with autism for examples apps on technology can be…

Autism is a developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact with other people (“Autism,” 2016). The DSM-5 defines autism as a heterogeneous condition with a person who experiences persistent difficulties with social interaction, in a range of contexts, and shows restricted, repetitive behaviors (Hall, Wright, & Mills, 2016). Autism can be associated with a variety of issues such as intellectual disabilities, difficulties in motor coordination, and sleep and…

The Effect Of Video Games ON Youth Every since the inception of video gaming parents there as been a stigma that video game players are wasting there time as well as there minds. It has even been called an evil force that is corrupting our youth. However, Many studies have shown that not only are the risk to increasing negative mental behavior low there may be positive changes brought on by gaming. In addition to physiological benefits these study 's have also shown to have positive physical…

Long before Autism is considered a neurological disorder; it was first described as a subset of schizophrenic patients for patients who are self-absorbed in other words, it was known as childhood schizophrenia. “In 1944, A German scientist named Hans Asperger describes a "milder" form of autism now known as Asperger 's Syndrome.” (History of autism, page 4). Research of autism has indeed come a long way but still has more to do. There is a myth that states that individuals with autism are…

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…