PDD-NOS

manual called the DSM-5. There have been changes to multiple different disorders such as broadening the Autism Spectrum Disorder. As a repercussion of this, labels such as Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Development Disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Rett’s Disorder, and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder are all now underlined in Autism…

researches social skills between three ASD groups. The three categories include 57 children between the ages of 4 through the age of 16 diagnosed with Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) that do not have co-occurring intellectual disabilities. (Kozlowski, Matson, & Belva, 2012) This research provides data to support those children with the higher level…

It was on June 13, 2013 the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a motion about parental participation at IEP meetings in the case of Doug C. v Hawaii. The father requested a special education due process hearing against the State of Hawaii because the November 9, 2009 IEP meeting was held without his father being there. The case went to court because the father was sick during the scheduled initial time of the meeting, and he wanted to reschedule. However, among the other dates chosen, the father…

This research examines several cases of US humanitarian intervention in the 1990s, focusing on the transformation of United States foreign policy goals between George H.W. Bush’s “New World Order” platform in 1991 to Bill Clinton’s “Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations,” in 1994. These polices starkly contrast one another—the first offered preventive, non-combat measures while the latter focused on combative peacekeeping missions—although both are guised as humanitarian aid. The…

In today’s day and age, life is filled with many events that can affect a person’s life. Some of these events can lead to life-threatening situations. One of these situations is being a victim of depression. Depression affects the way a person thinks, acts, and even the way the brain functions. Everything may seem fine on the outside but deep down, depression will slowly eat away at the person inside until the only thing left is an empty shell of despair and sorrows. This could, in turn, make…

A family is the fabric of any community or religion. Today in the United States about 66% of the households in the entire country are family households (Vespa 1). That means that in the entire population, over half contained mothers, fathers and children. The average american family has two children per household. In a picture perfect family there is a mother a father two or three children all living under the same roof, in a realistic setting a family can be a single mother or father and a lot…

Unhappiness or feeling moody is a normal reaction to life’s struggles and disappointments. Many people use the words “I’m depressed” to explain these kinds of feelings, but depression is much more than that; it affects the person physically, emotionally and socially. Depressive disorders are disruptive in mood lasting weeks to several months; and while still on the disruptive mood, the client will suffer from despondency, irritability, and restlessness and gradually mental process and…

that the cause is a defect in the neurological connections within the brain. Cases of Asperger 's also show cases of Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (usually referred to as PDD-NOS) (1). Though the exact cause is unknown the consequences of the disorder have been studied at length and can be easily…

disorders. Autism is one of the five developmental disorders listed under autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) apart from Asperger's syndrome, Rett disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive development disorder - not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). The idiom ‘autism spectrum disorders’ is the common classification which is used to illustrate lifetime disorders affecting neurodevelopment of a person.…

DSM-5 classification for four similar neurodevelopmental disorders that affects one in 68 American children (1). The four subtypes include autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), and Asperger syndrome (1). Signs of autism usually appear between two and three years old and manifest as difficulties in social interaction, communication, repetitive behaviors, intellectual disability and emotional dysregulation…