White nose syndrome

originally caused by a DNA abnormality. Genetic disorders can be inherited or can form early, in the development of child’s womb. Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that came from a French doctor named, Antoine Marfan. He first discovered it when he noticed a five-year-old girl, with symptoms of Marfan syndrome. He would later go on to describe this disorder. Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissues in many parts of the human body. The connective…

Imagine having difficulty with social and communication skills. Imagine having trouble with figuring out what people think and how they feel. This is the life of an autistic kid. Children that have autism are very sensitive in every aspect. What is normal to others, is not normal for children that have autism. Autism is a complex neurobehavioral disorder that includes social interaction and developmental language, communication skills are combined with rigid repetitive behaviors (WebMd). Autism…

ABA and TEACCH Autism is a developmental disorder with no cure, but there are interventional treatments available for autistic children that family can use. Two of the most widely known comprehensive intervention models is “Applied Behaviour Analysis” (ABA) and “Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children” (TEACCH). These two interventions are broadly requested and implemented in schools, educators, service providers, and parents (Callahan, et.al. 2009).…

What Happened to my Brain? ASD You might have witnessed strange behaviors from children or adults. You ask yourself, what could be wrong with them? Well it could be ASD, also known as Autistic Spectrum Disorder which can affect anybody at any age. Autistic Spectrum Disorder is a mental disorder with no true origin or cause, it’s well known throughout the world, attacking our brain and mind with fury, causing minimal to severe mental disorders, various physical ,mental, and dietary treatments…

There have always been alternative therapies and treatments for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their effects vary in a number of ways. Some are more novel, practical, specific, or general. Different forms of therapy demand different things of the child with ASD. This then results in the different forms of therapy producing different results. Collecting data from different articles and researches, there is an obvious difference in what the children with ASD get out of the…

What is Asperger's Syndrome? Asperger's syndrome (also known to as Asperger syndrome, Asperger's disorder, Aspergers, or AS) is a condition on the autistic spectrum. Like other autistic spectrum disorders, Asperger's involves "limited, similar, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities."1 However, this syndrome differs from 'classic' autism in that there is no significant delay in low-social aspects of intellectual development. AS might have both positive and side effects…

“I think I'll start out and just talk a little bit about what exactly autism is. Autism is a very big continuum that goes from very severe — the child remains nonverbal — all the way up to brilliant scientists and engineers.” Temple Grandin, a professor and someone who has autism opened her speech with this intro. Due to several factors including early intervention, Grandin was able to contribute to society, and those contributions are still being used today. Because Grandin was exposed to…

Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a hereditary gene that has less than 100 known cases that occurred in the United States (Yasuhiro 2008). It comes about from a mutation in the NTRK1 gene, a gene which affects the surface nerve cells that transmit pain, temperature and touch (Congenital 2011). This means that the nerves can no longer transmit signals and the person afflicted with this disease can can no longer feel anything, such as pain, temperature, and touch. Most…

have met or seen someone that has Down syndrome. The reason I say this is because Down syndrome is very common. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that some people have. Along with this genetic disorder it brings more than just looking different from others. In this report I am going to describe to you some important things that Down syndrome brings with it. First you need to have an understanding of what Down syndrome is. There are three types of Down syndrome and each one is a little bit…

from an injury or illness (Danforth, 2001; Hughes & Patterson, 1997). The MM is depreciating or dehumanizing considering the blinkered view on weaknesses (Imrie,1997; Bax,1998). The MM accepts that disability arises from symptoms due to a disorder, syndrome, disease, or condition that can be classed and labelled. Counteractive action, treatment, and administration of disease and injury in lessening or removing the pathology linked to the disability, as well as secondary conditions, are its…