Spectrum

Where Schools Fail to Recognise a Spectrum of Diversity in Curricula Imagine this: a 15-year-old girl is born with romantic preferences that are shunned by her parents and church. She goes to school and lies about celebrity crushes, holding onto the idea that what she’s experiencing is “just a phase.” It’ll go away when she gets older, but that’s what she thought in sixth grade. She can’t like like her best friend and feel the need to hide even further behind a mask that she can’t imagine…

Introduction The impacts of urbanization are felt not only on a global scale, but on a local scale as well. Specifically, in the recent past, there has been much research on large metropolitan areas and their response to urbanization (Liu 2015). These responses can be measured in various ways: air quality, vegetation health, water quality/management, etc. The responses are far reaching, but more importantly, they are interconnected. For example, air quality is dependent upon the health of…

an extremely damaging disease when talking of the quality of life for the one affected, but this isn 't necessarily true. Along with quality of life, the reasons for autism are also misunderstood and possibly incorrect. With diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder rising every year, it is important that people become well informed on the topic. Surprisingly people don 't seem to fully understand that Autism is incredibly similar to many other illnesses and disorder in a way. Just like the…

Individualized Transition Plan: Tracey Though training for students with special educational needs has come a long way in the last thirty or forty years, there is still much that can be done. Assisting a student with the transition from formal education to autonomic adult requires years of dedication and training, as well as strong partners who are willing to accept these exceptional people as they are and provide learning, living, and employment opportunities to insure the best quality of life…

As a parent it’s hard to imagine the hard implication that consist in taking care of child and their needs, nonetheless a child with autism spectrum disorder. Children with autism not only need the same things as other children but also require special care consisting of therapist, medication and special programs that go accordingly with each of their needs. Raising an autistic children can cause some strain in a couple even if they have a lot of affection towards their child. The article goes…

This paper synthesizes literature relating to the process of early diagnosis for children with Autism and their journey into early intervention and early education. As educators and/or interventionists, it is important to recognize that early identification, evidence-based interventions and family involvement is critical to a child with Autism’s overall development. Literature depicting the diagnostic process, the tools and their stability, and their potential for cultural bias will be reviewed…

Liberals are from Mars and conservative from Venus. The main theme of Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences is to present the reader with how neither is better than the other, but different. The book focuses on the analysis on how biology determines our political views and inclinations. John R. Hibbings, Kevin B. Smith and Jon R. Alford are the authors of Predisposed. As biopoliticians, they provide evidence of people’s view and how it differs based on…

One in sixty-eight children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) (CDC). This means that many people in your life have Asperger’s, and you probably have no idea. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is told by Christopher, a fifteen-year-old boy diagnosed with Asperger’s. Christopher’s symptoms are very recognizable as someone suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome. Christopher’s mother left him and his father because she was…

students with autism because they are now able to speak, feeling acceptance in the mainstream while growing as a human being. In the ASD study, computer science researchers found that tablets “encourage social interaction in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” and notice that children “engaged more in verbal exchanges” which is considered to be a positive effect (McNaughton 108). For that reason, technology impacts children through education, assists in family communication, and assists…

Abstract Somebody that has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), higher functioning disorder on the autism spectrum, will usually display a lack of empathy towards others. One that has AS displays little to no delay in language or cognitive development, does better with routine, and motor development can be delayed, but mostly it is their social interactions with others that makes more of show. Empathy is something that we should display towards others, meaning we should be able to…