Tuberous sclerosis

These include: sensory problems, mental retardation, seizures, fragile x syndrome, and tuberous sclerosis. Their sensory problems occur with the pain or even painfully sensitive to the five senses of sound, smell, taste, and feel. “Some children find the feel of clothes touching their skin almost unbearable. Some sounds such as a vacuum cleaner…

neurological disorders, the etiology of ASD is unknown. Scientists do have many theories as to what possibilities could be, including genetics. “A range of studies have found in 10% to 37% of cases there may be an associated medical condition such as tuberous sclerosis, fragile X syndrome, maternal rubella, or Angelman’s syndrome.” (Williams, Hopper 2007). With an unknown specific cause, parents might take their child’s autism diagnosis even more difficult. This can often lead the parent to…

The fastest growing disability right now is Autism. According to Gargiulo (2014), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects one’s ability on their social interaction skills. An individual with ASD also displays repetitive interests and behaviors and an impaired development in verbal and non-verbal communication. Some of the many characteristics of individuals with ASD are aggressiveness, hyperactiveness, short attention span, impulsive, hard time concentrating,…

Vaccination conundrum Angelo Carrion Once upon a time… Decades ago many children and adults contracted communicable diseases, including Tetanus, Polio, and Pertussis. During that time, most people were much more frightened of the diseases than of the side effects of the vaccinations. In Reality… Today the situation is reversed. In the era of helpful vaccines, many parents are becoming more concerned about the possible adverse effects. Many parents of today have never experienced the…

With the recent measles outbreak, there has been another disease in the news. Autism is a disease that affects millions of people globally. This is a relatively recent disease that has developed over the past few decades. It has a wide range of severity and can affect people in a variety of ways. This is why it is so confusing to researchers, parents and children affected by autism. Autism spectrum disorder encompasses many disorders with a range of symptoms and severity. The autism spectrum is…

Note to Mr.P these are my notes From the sources I cited at the end of the document these are not my own facts. There might be a lot of grammar mistakes because they were bulleted points not complete sentences Dementia Dementia is Somatoform, it affects the part of the brain were all you memories are stored. Dementia affects the part of the brain where all your memories are stored,and all your muscle memories are stored. For example driving a car can be muscle memory and people with Dementia…

The National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) Autism Genome Project have discovered irregularities in the corpus callosum (which affects communication between the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere of the brain), the cerebellum (which affects coordination, balance, and motor activity), and an enlarged amygdala. The amygdala plays an important role in emotion and social behavior by linking perceptual representations to cognition and behavior on the basis of the emotional or social value…

Do we as humans realize just how vulnerable we are? How about those with families that participate in school functions and leisure activities after school? Do they too realize how bless they are with that society considers them to be a “normal” family? But do families that may have an autistic family member realize just how lucky they are, they too have been blessed. A quote from Temple Gradin, an animal behavior expert and author of The Autistic Brain states, “I am different, not less.” To…

When people think of the definition of different, some people may think of someone with a disorder, such as autism spectrum disorder. However, as different as people think autism spectrum disorder is, it is not as different as people believe. In fact, autism is becoming more common today than it ever has before. It is just a disorder that is not well known as of yet. In order to have an idea of what autism spectrum disorder is, the first step is understanding what autism spectrum disorder is.…

fifteen percent of cases, a specific genetic cause of a person’s autism can be identified. Autism or a similar spectrum disorder tends to occur more often in people who have these genetic or chromosomal conditions, such as fragile X syndrome or tuberous sclerosis. However, most cases involve a complex and variable combination of genetic risk and environmental factors that influence early brain development which is what causes them to function lower than other people in…