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    Forms Of Autism Essay

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    One in five kids are born with some form of autism. There are many different types of autism. Some are mild forms such as Attention Deficit Disorder known as A.D.D, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder commonly known as A.D.H.D, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder or P.D.D. Also, there are more extreme forms of autism, such as, autistic. Every type of autism has its unique way of effecting children. The two most common forms, which are well known throughout the world are A.D.D and A.D.H.D,…

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    Autism is a disorder in the people’s brain. With autism some part of the brain cannot communicate together. This is a spectrum disorder because every person has different symptoms. It is affecting too many children in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention about 1 in 68 children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (asd). Because autism is been increasing in the past years, it is considered one of the fastest-growing developmental disability…

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    Equine Effects On Autism

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    overall quality of life of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, but there was not as large of a difference compared to the control group as they hypothesized (Lanning et al., 2014). Gabriels et al. (2012) did a pilot study to evaluate the effects of equine therapy on self-regulation behaviors, adaptive skills, and motor skills of school age children to adolescents diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This study had 42 participants that were split up into groups of three to four to…

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    Article Critique of Student Engagement in the Classroom: The Impact of Classroom, Teacher, and Student Factors Discussion The core emphasis of this research article was joint coordinate engagement by students with or without autism spectrum disorders. There are two main objectives present throughout the article. The first concept is the relationship between environmental classroom factors and student coordinated joint engagement (Steinbrenner, 2015, p. 2394). The second concept is the…

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    Just recently was nephew was placed on an autism spectrum. Throughout his life he always presented with different qualities. He would break out crying, falling out, and throwing things. When he turned three we took him and got him examined, and told us he was on the spectrum for autism. My love for a special needs child grew much fonder. There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability (Sharron Angle, n.d). My sister had a very hard…

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    This week, Joseph’s one to one assistant was absent for several days. Joseph needs a lot of assistance especially when transitioning from place to place due to his physical disability. This was definitely apparent during our fire drills this week. Thus, I went to all of his preps with him and assisted him throughout the week. Joseph’s inappropriate behaviors have also increased this week. He was seen hitting his peers and adults several times throughout week. However, when his one to one…

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    Autism affects many people and those that are affected all have a journey. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime written by Mark Haddon. There is a boy named Christopher, who has autism. Likewise, in the movie Extremely Loud Incredibly Close there is also a kid with autism named Oskar. Both characters take part in a challenging journey, where they use their “character traits” to succeed. Both of them go on adventures with similar restriction, yet there are many…

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    The brain split case was first discovered in the laboratory by Roger Sperry and Ronal Meyers. The brain split was first tested on humans in 1961. Patients were not capable to transport most of the data starting with one half of the their head to the other. This meant that there were two differentiate brains. Micheal Gazzaniga completed further analyses which demonstrated the left side of the hemisphere on adjusting for its absence of information, and additionally endeavors toward the right side…

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    Fine Motor Control Study

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    Ploog, Scharf, Nelson, and Brooks (2013) conducted a case-control study using computerized visual representations of emotional facial expressions to simulate real life situations. The use of a 3D avatar was used in three stages to study and improve emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder. Stage one, participants were asked to interpret what emotion the avatar was feeling. Stage two participants were given different scenarios and were asked to guess what emotion the avatar…

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    Johnathan Case Study

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    Johnathan is diagnosed with autism, developmental delay, failure to thrive, Cerebral Palsy, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder. Jonathan uses a wheelchair and walker to aid with walking. Johnathan has a history of hearing lost, seizures and aggressive behaviors. There are concerns of calories intake because of concerns of lack of a healthy weight gain. Johnathan had hearing aid in the past to assist with hearing lost, however Johnathan broke all his hearing aid devices. Johnathan is…

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