A Young Service User With An Autistic Spectrum Disorder ( Asd )

Autism spectrum condition affects a range of different individuals and is a spectrum condition and affects people in a number of different ways. It is important when supporting an individual with autism to identify and recognise each individuals’ abilities – what they can do successfully, needs – what the individual needs support with, strengths and gifts – what the individual is good at, what they have a real talent in, and interests – what is motivating for the person.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be a disorder in the brain, caused by genetic, environmental or neural levels. Autism effects data processing in the brain by alerting how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs not understand. (Johnson.2004)

For this case study I will evaluate the care consideration for my patient with autism and how their additional needs were met in the X-ray department in order to accommodate the patient. We will consider the care of the service user and the adaptations in order to meet the needs of the patient. Throughout this examination we will look at legislations, policies and National Service Framework (NSF) that will shape the examination in order to provide care during the exam and aftercare of the patient. Following the Data Protection Act 1998 and NHS Code of practice 2003 (NHS England, 2014), it is our

TSC is a rare genetic disease that causes the growth of benign tumors in vital organs throughout the body. Organs commonly affected include the brain, heart, kidneys, eyes, skin and lungs. Tuberous sclerosis usually causes a variety of symptoms because it generally affects the autistic child’s central nervous system. Symptoms include developmental delay, seizures, skin abnormalities, behavioral issues and kidney disease.

Fragile X Syndrome is a genetic condition causing intellectual disability, behavioural and learning challenges and various physical characteristics, it occurs in both genders but effects males more. Also is the most common gene for Autism worldwide, every week in Australia one child is born who is fully affected and 20 children are born who are carriers. It is estimated that 5 per cent of people with a diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum disorder also have Fragile X.

Scientifically, autism and autism spectrum disorder, also known as ASD, are commonly used names for difficult disorders that have to do with brain development. Disorders like these are grouped by someone’s difficulty in social interaction, repetitive behaviors, and nonverbal communication. To the people who are diagnosed with this disorder and the families it affects; it is so much more than just science.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effects of the disorder and how genetics and biochemistry work together to create this

ASD also known as Autism spectrum disorder or simply Autism is a disorder that is very common in children especially in male children and it is known to that mainly affect the behavior, ability to communicate with others, ability to interact socially with others and level of interest to things of people.

In women, the FMR1 gene premutation on the X chromosome can expand to more than 200 CGG repeats in cells that develop into eggs. This means that women with the premutation have an increased risk of having a child with fragile X syndrome. By contrast, the premutation in men does not expand to more than 200 repeats as it is passed to the next generation. Men pass the premutation only to their daughters. Their sons receive a Y chromosome, which does not include the FMR1 gene. (fragile

Autism is a complex neurobehavioral condition that includes impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills combined with inflexible, repetitive behaviors(cde.ca.gov) since it is such a wide based disability it is also called Autism spectrum disability also known as ASD. When it comes to people 's perception of the world or the stimuli that we come in touch with a person with

Fragile X Syndrome was identified in the year 1991. This disability affects more males than females. Approximately 1 in 4,000 males are affected, however only 1 in 8,000 females are affected (Lombroso, 2003). Fragile X generates in the FMR1 gene. Fragile X is caused by an excessively repeating tri-nucleotide,

People who are carriers of the Fragile X gene often have high levels of anxiety. Women who are carriers may experience primary ovarian insufficiency, which is a loss of normal function in your ovaries which means they don’t release eggs regularly, which causes early menopause. Men and women who are carriers can also develop Fragile X tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), the breaking down of the brain. Men are more likely to develop FXTAS than women. FXTAS usually occurs at the age of 50. It can affect balance and memory, and cause tremors and other neurological problems. A person may be fully affected by Fragile X but not show all of these signs. Here are all of the symptoms under their given

Reduction in brain and neuronal sizes with an increase in cell density is consistently observed in several brain regions of patients with RTT (Calfa et al, 2015). These areas include the cerebral cortex, hypothalamus and the hippocampal formation (Belichenko et al, 2009). According to Belichenko (2009) dendritic morphology of neurons has been observed in a number of neurodevelopmental disorders, including RTT. An autoradiography done in the frontal cortex and basal ganglia of individuals affected by RTT have shown complex abnormalities in the density of glutamate receptors such as NMDA-(N-methyl-d-aspartate), AMPA-(α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid), kainate- and metabotropic receptors (Blue et al, 1999).The prefrontal cortex of girls who were 2-8-year-old had increased NMDA receptors as compared to 10 year old girls who had reduced NMDA receptors. Receptor density was dependent on age of the patient (Blue et al, 1999). Changes in the neurons, such as decreased dendrites and decreased dendritic spine numbers are observed; particularly, changes in the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons are shown (Chapeau et al, 2012). When compared to an age-matched control, researchers noticed that RTT affected patients had lower dendritic spine density in their

ASD and Autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development (What Is Autism, n.d.). Prior to 2013, patients could be diagnosed under Autistic Disorder (AD), Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) or Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD). In 2013, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) merged all Autism Disorders under one umbrella termed ASD so that it will improve the diagnosis of ASD without limiting the sensitivity of the criteria or substantially changing the number of children being diagnosed. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Before being recently combined under one umbrella diagnosis of ASD there are a few specific subtypes of ASD (“What is Autism,” n.d.). These distinctive subtypes of ASD are autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger syndrome (“What is Autism,” n.d.). Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) was one of the distinctive subtypes of ASD. In addition, Childhood disintegrative disorder is a rare disorder that typically affects males (Ryan, Hughes, Katsiyannis, McDaniel, and Sprinkle, 2011). Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) is defined by a period of time where normal development is occurring associated with an increase in the appearance of Autism Spectrum Disorder related symptoms including loss of motor, social, and language skills and these symptoms usually develop between 3 and 4 years old (Ryan, Hughes, Katsiyannis,