High-functioning autism

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by social-interaction difficulties, communication challenges, and a tendency to want to engage in repetitive behaviors. However, symptoms and their severity vary widely across these three core areas. Taken together, they may result in relatively mild challenges for someone on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum. For others, symptoms may be more severe, as when repetitive behaviors and lack of spoken language interfere with everyday…

My model of understanding for information processing is a board game. I took a few of my favorite boards games that I played numerous times growing up and I combined them into one game that depicts how I see information processing. Explanation of model: My model, a board game, is set up like a Shoots and Ladders board. The board as a whole represents the entire information process. There is a spinner for the board game and the spinner represents the stimulus in information processing. The…

Over 3.5 million people in the United States live with an autism spectrum disorder (Autism Society, 2015). It is almost guaranteed that I will have the opportunity to work with one of these individuals at least once in my career. Recognizing that the sexual experience of these individuals is distinctive will help me to cater…

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Introduction Client JN is a twenty-year-old Caucasian male who is has high functioning Asperger’s syndrome, an Autism spectrum disorder. JN has been admitted approximately 10 times for psychiatric care at different facilities around the Birmingham area in the past. JN came into the emergency department by ambulance after an altercation with the step mother. JN’s step mother has been in an intimate relationship and living with JN’s mother for about 10 years. The step mother and JN have never…

Autism spectrum disorders have seemed to become more prevalent in the United States general population in the past fifty years. One in sixty-eight children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, with a disproportionate amount of boys having one. Boys are four times as likely than girls to have autism, with every one boy out of forty-two being diagnosed. The growing number of children that are diagnosed everyday has raised concerns in both parents and scientists as to why now do there…

Autism and Aspergers Syndrome: Whats the Confusion? For many years there has been a lot of confusion between Autism and Asperger 's Syndrome mainly because Asperger 's Syndrome is on the Autism spectrum and children with either syndrome may show similar symptoms. Though they have a lot of similarities there are also some differences. For example, people with autism will usually have a delayed language development and the disorder will be able to be detected during childhood while children with…

Although society as a whole has made some progress from when autism was first discovered in the 1940’s, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is still very much stigmatized in the 21st century. The social stigma of ASD is complicated, and varies depending on what country is in question, but scientists and parents all agree that the diagnosis and label of autism does invite stigma, prejudice, and the loss of the feeling of normalcy. According to Martin (2013), prominent features of ASD include…

Asperger it may also refers as High functioning Autism (HFA) or even Nonverbal Learning Disability (Gillberg, 2002).…

difficulty in the areas of social interaction and communication, and their symptoms do not meet all the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder. There are studies that classify individuals diagnosed with PDD-NOS into three subgroups as provided on www.enwikipedia.com. The three subgroups of PDD-NOS are: a high functioning group, a group, and the biggest group. A high functioning group includes 25% of individuals diagnosed with PDD-NOS. The symptoms of individuals…