High-functioning autism

Examining Communication Repairs of 2 Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Influence of the Environment This research was conducted to repair communication breakdowns for children that are autistic. Researchers felt it was important to take a environmental perspective besides a developmental one for a number of reasons. Using environmental variables gave researchers the ability to observe different strategies to repair communication. The method used to carry out this study was for…

Could you help me? I had it! I'm 22 asperger's, unfortunately I'm a girl. I might as well, except it's middle-severe. Severe ADHD, My anxiety and depression in through the roof. It's very stressful I'm scared to go outside it's dangerous, with lots of wrecks and bullies, social "tiffs", or family's fights and their wants. It's feel like on Jon and Kate plus eight. My parents name call names and fight like cats and dogs. And I hear everything because I got no carpet it's hard floor. They been…

of the community understand the effects of autism. Knowing the causes, symptoms and treatment of autism will help parents and the communities identify autistic children. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people. According to the autism society, as of July 2015 there is no known single cause for autism spectrum disorder, but it is known that autism is a rare gene that causes and…

from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that 1 in 68 children in the United States are afflicted with an autism spectrum disorder, spanning all income classes and ethnicity and the majority of them are male. In the past educational needs were met with special education teachers providing one on one instruction with specialized techniques. Autism effects the senses in terms of over-reactors and under-reactors of the senses. What this equates to is that the processing…

Watling & Hauer conducted a Systematic review of peer-reviewed, published articles that delve into the effectiveness of either Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI) and sensory-based interventions (SBIs) on the occupational performance of persons’ with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). All articles reviewed by Watling & Hauer were published between January of 2006 and April of 2013 (Watling & Hauer, 2015). Watling & Hauer’s review is a part of the AOTA initiative to increase the use of evidence based…

Autism Autism is a disorder that affects how someone communicates and interacts with others. Some causes for this disorder are problems in the nervous system, rubella in the pregnant mother, or some just think there is no cause for autistic kids. To understand autism, we need to understand the symptoms, treatments, and what it is like to live with it. Autism is a disorder were kids have a difficulty communicating and forming relationships with other people, but more males get affected than…

with ASD without any formal identification of the condition. However, very often this can happen through choice, self-help, family support the development of personal coping strategies are prevalent within adult ASD. But what is ASD? Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do not establish ‘normal’ interactions in the majority of social settings they find themselves in. In turn the person then develops an impairment of social interaction and communication and their everyday life becomes…

in the dance field have been made for people with autism and DS, specifically to aid them physically, mentally, and emotionally. Autism is a brain-based condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficult in communicating, forming relationships with other people, repetitive behaviors and in using language and abstract concepts. People with autism are not easily distinguishable when looked at physically, instead people with autism may communicate, behave,…

Autism is more common than you think. In fact, it exists, on all parts of the spectrum, all around us. In just the past few years, professionals estimated that 1 in 88 children were diagnosted as autistic. Some even suppose that the number is as high as 1 in 50! Famous people are no different than the rest of us, and that includes children with disabilities. Here are ten famous people you didn't know had autistic children. Number Eight: Tommy Hilfiger This famous man has a lot of experience…

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a broad range of complex disorders characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication difficulties. Some studies have found that ASD could result from the disruption of normal brain development early in fetal development, possibly due to defects in genes or the effect of environmental factors(cite). Although the results of some animal experiments and population studies indicated the potential influence of vitamin D deficiency in…