Political spectrum

Authenticity of a Child’s Testimony A child’s testimony is not very reliable, and is bound to be flawed. Due to their lack of age and experience in social intercourse, there are a lot of aspects of everyday scenarios that children just can’t grasp. For example, a child may not pick up on the subtle change in someone’s tone when they make a sarcastic remark; the child may take what that person said literally, and misinterpret the meaning behind what was said. Typically, children also have pretty…

Another example of the negatives of diagnosis can be seen through an Autistic Diagnosis. The article, “Missing and misdiagnosis on the autism spectrum: Potential consequences and implications for practice” by Jones (2016), discusses the issues of missing and misdiagnosing individuals with autisms. In some cases, individuals are diagnosed with other conditions before receiving the diagnosis of autism. In other cases, individuals may have autism and another condition. Unfortunately, most of the…

because the white light that enters them separate into a spectrum of colours when the light exits and this exhibits the process of dispersion. The spectrum of colours come in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, shortly referred to as ROYGBIV, from top to bottom and appear in this order because of their wavelengths, which vary from 400 nm (nanometre or 10-9 m) to 700 nm as shown in the electromagnetic spectrum. In a primary rainbow, which is when light reflects a…

“Hurry, get everything around, it’s time to go to the hospital!” my wife yelled. Her water had broken and we were about to have our first child. I was so excited that I grabbed the bag, started the car, and ran around the house trying to make sure that I wasn’t forgetting anything. While I was running around the house, I heard my wife yell, “I’m in the car, will you get in so that we can go.” I ran out, and we were off to the hospital. A long twenty or so hours later, our son, Owen…

For this assignment I chose to study Edwards syndrome also known as Trisomy 18. I chose this particular intellectual disability because while on my work experience in a day service centre for adults with intellectual disabilities, I met a 21-year-old lady with this diagnoses. As I had not heard of this condition before, I was curious to find out more information such as its causes, signs and symptoms, life expectancy, treatments, what effects this has on the person, the family and society. I…

needs get the best care possible, it helps to know five tips for working with adults on the autism spectrum. That is because those who have this disorder have specific qualities, which make life especially challenging for them. So they need extra patience and compassion from the people around them. To help make this easier, the following is a list of five tips: Don't Force Communication The autism spectrum actually refers to a range of disorders. They each have their own specific symptoms, so…

appropriate responses are important to making and maintaining friendships when Billy enters high school. This paper also references multiple bodies of autism research, an informal interview with Billy and a review of recent literature from adults on the spectrum. Introduction High-functioning children with autism mainstreamed into public schools, still require behavior plans and modifications to manage certain behaviors. Even though these…

The Born On a Blue Day is a book about a character named Daniel Tammet. This character has an extremely rare form of autism named Asperger’s syndrome, which gives him unimaginable metal powers. Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism, which is considered a high functioning form of autism. Obsessive compulsive disorder plays a great part with Asperger’s syndrome. It is also subcategorized as being a part of a pervasive developmental disorders, in which it involves delays in many basic skills.…

In today’s scientifically advanced world, recent studies have been conducted that reveal babies brains are definitely more complicated than most people think. In Alison Gopnik’s article, “Babies Make Predictions, Too,” she explained how recent scientific experiments have proven that babies complex thought processes that allow them to perceive the world in a complex way. It is evident in our society that people commonly underestimate babies thinking capabilities because they tend to think babies…

neurobiological disease (Kidshealth). The system affected when you have Asperger’s is the psychic-emotional system (Magill’s Medical Guide, 190). According to www.autismspeaks.org “Asperger Syndrome is an Autism Spectrum disorder conisdered to be on the “high functioning” end of the spectrum.” Asperger Syndrome affects many people. It does not just affect children it also affects adults too (autismspeaks). Children who have this disease are diagnosed usually after age three, but many are…