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She admits many of her struggles and challenges are a result of her autism. She understands that many embarrassing social situations, panic attacks and difficulties communicating would have been eliminated if she were not born with this disorder. But despite this, Grandin asserts that she would never want to lose her autism. She views the disorder as an integral part of who she is; that is, an intelligent, artistic, caring, ambitious woman.

The video begins by introducing a revolutionary new possibility in the understanding of what autism is and how to approach those persons afflicted. Through a technique called "facilitated language" many autistic children were seemingly freed from the inability to communicate. Many were able

A lot of people don’t realize the challenges of living with a child who has been diagnose with Autism can be. It is a twenty-four-hour seven day a week job no vacation, no sick time and no pay. From the time the child is diagnosed it is a constant worry especially if the parents don’t know much about the condition. It starts with continuous Doctor visits, social services, and therapy sessions, just to figure out how serious the condition may be and what level of the disability the child has and this is only this beginning. Next, to find the tools the child needs to overcome the disability, like learning development and cognitive process, social skills, comprehension capabilities, and many more depending on the severity of autism.

Are you able to comprehend the confrontations faced by an autistic child? In the book “the curious incident of the dog in the night time” by Mark Haddon, You are able to understand the challenges faced by the main protagonist Christopher Boone. In order to gain a sense of maturity an individual must overcome difficult challenges. This will be demonstrated by examining Christopher Boone’s ability to learn to become independent and understand social interaction and emotions.

Charlie is a severely autistic character in the film The Black Balloon. This collage was made to represent the world that he perceives around himself, and those things that he finds important. Whilst making this collage, I focussed less on Charlie’s interests and more on how he would see things in the world and how they affect him. His interests are not widely focussed upon in the film, but there are large references to the affect his condition has on his view of the world.

Ms. Diaz-Harrison has a daughter and she chose to put her in a charter school that specialized in the arts because that fit her daughter’s needs. For her son, who has autism she had no idea where she was going to put him at for school. Ms. Diaz-Harrison decided to open her on charter school in Phoenix. This school was named Arizona Autism Charter School. Her exact words when opening the school was, “we didn’t have a school like that-now we do!”

After a few months of observation, M’s mother talked to M’s father about her concern. She considered M might have had autism. M’s father did not deny the fact that M had special needs, but he thought that M should not be autism because he had eye contact with other people. After the discussion, they bought M to the doctor and shared about their concerns. The family doctor referred M to the evaluations. After the diagnosis, M’s parents attended to M’s IEP meeting and helped develop his IEP. They shared the fact that M is a child with special needs to some of their relations and friends. Luckily, they got the supports and encouragement from those

high-functioning form of Autism where people have poor social and communication skills, and his parents knew he would have a challenge developing relationships.

Moreover, Christopher cannot understand other people’s emotions and many other things, so, therefore, he struggles with numerous problems that a person without Asperger Syndrome would not experience. The train station is exceptionally hard for him to travel through, which is proven when he states,“... the back of someone's jacket touched my knee and I felt sick and I started groaning really loudly and the lady on the bench stood up and no one else sat down” (Haddon 175-176). A reader would not have as many problems traveling through a train station, so, therefore, it is interesting to see Christopher’s point of view. In addition, albeit Christopher’s condition inducing him to make most of his decisions, the novel’s central purpose is to not explore Asperger Syndrome because there is not much focus put on his condition and the words “Autism” and “Asperger Syndrome” are never used.

When I flipped through the pages and read the words it seemed that David illness took a backburner to Catherine need for normalcy. David, seem to be shoved onto his sister to babysit, the responsibility of caring for someone with special needs, is not fit for a 12-year-old girl. Catherine parents, both seem to have some avoidance issues, their mother worked from home or made calls as she pushed David on the swing and she used valuable time with her daughter to sit in a waiting room. Their father neglected his family responsibilities with gardening and work, he took David to the video store every day at five. But, even that cause unnecessary stress for the kids because their father lacked the ability to be on time. One of Catherine’s rules was, “Late doesn’t mean not coming,” and I think for most people that would be acceptable. But, individuals with Autism set schedule as a way of life and having the schedules or rules broken can be very traumatic. Those are the things we should aim to teach others about

Kyle is a high school student that has autism. The main topic of his discussion was why everyone should include autistic people. Kyle talked about how hard it is to be excluded from different things in his life because he is autistic. He gave three reasons as to why everyone should include autistic people. The first reason was evolutionary benefit of self-centered thinking. The second reason was diffusion of responsibility. The third reason was humanities distaste for deviance. The next person that spoke was Ryan Campbell. Ryan is also a young adult living with autism. He talked about what helps him because he is autistic. He mentioned that routines are very helpful to him. He also said that growing up different therapy support was needed, but support was also needed as an adult. Not everyone is the same. Each person with autism has different strengths and needs. Eye contact is extremely hard for him. The next person that spoke was Susan Oliver. Susan has personal experience with her son that has autism. Her son has an oral of movement difficulty where his mouth moves too fast for him to speak. He also has regressive autism. His case was the first regressive autism at Pittsburgh hospital. Regressive autism is when he loses a lot of his developmental skills fast. By the time he was diagnosed he lost almost all of them. He forgot how to use the restroom, how to eat, how to communicate, along with multiple other things. The next speaker was Bonnie Wilczynski. Bonnie has a son with severe autism. He is on the lower spectrum. When it came to finding a place for her son to go to after he turned twenty-one, no one would take him because of how severe his autism was. So, when things got tough, she ended up creating a place where people with severe autism could live. When she started out she only had her son there. Now she is fully booked and cannot take any more

They accept her no matter her setbacks and the things she cannot do. They also push her to do anything she wants to do and encourages her to push herself as well. I think this is something all parents with children with disabilities should act like. What most impressed me about Ro’s friends is that they accepted her to. They stood up for her when teachers didn’t stand up for her. They loved Ro and treated her like she was just a normal girl. I thought this was amazing to see because you don’t see that a lot anymore. What most impressed me about Ro’s education in her lifetime was that she achieved more then I thought she could achieve. After researching the Rett syndrome I thought these children were unable to achieve that mush in the education world. I know that sounds terrible, but it surprised me on how successful she was and how far she got in her education as well. This reading will affect me as a future teacher by being open minded with all my students. Thinking that all my students are capable of anything and everything. Being open minded, as a teacher is a great characteristic to have as a

In the case of Hannah, she grows up under the watch of parents determined to treat her, believing that there is a cure for her disorder. This is shown through her father’s attitude and actions: “…he contacted the research institute. He wants to fix me. He is certain there is a way” (Fulda 1). Her father’s actions in contacting the research institution confirm his commitment to her treatment, whereas his attitude reveals his opinion on Hannah’s autism – that it must be treated. Comparatively, Charlie also grows up with parents intent on treatment, though only his mother was fully committed. She was completely determined, going to extreme measures, spending most of the family’s savings on ineffective treatment: “You’ve spent almost all our savings on quacks and phonies” (Keyes 100). The extreme measures that Charlie’s mother takes seem to reveal her stance on the matter – that Charlie must be treated, no matter what the cost. In either case, the belief that these disorders must be treated is present through the actions and attitude of family members of those

The mind of an autistic person is fascinating and frightening because usually their actions can’t accurately express what their brain is thinking. It is frustrating to try and determine what a child with autism is trying to say, and often results in them being misunderstood. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, tells the story from the perspective of Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy with autism. Chris is brilliant at math and science, but is unable to understand or express emotion. His difficult home life further contributes to his illness; he doesn’t have anyone at home who supports him and tries to help him. His teacher, Siobhan, is his only friend and the only person who tries to help him learn to

Raymond was diagnosed in the movie the Rain Man with having autism. The autism symptoms disorder had several of Raymond’s characteristics, such impairment in social interaction, and multiple nonverbal behaviors. In this moment the Medical Model applies in Raymond case, when Raymond as a patient and needed a specialist for his psychological, behavioral, or cognitive disabilities. (Cole). Raymond could not look at people eyes, and most of the times slouched down spoken to keeping on a conversation. He refuse any kind the touch or even any fast anticipation in his directions. Raymond did not like when Charlie tried to hug him, the action was accept even when Charlie tried to explain. Raymond proves to have a personality of his own, that most of the time irritates Charlie. In this time the Client Centered Model when the client with your disability and barriers try to have participation on the life (Cole). During the conversation Charlie was asked Raymond a question, and he often answered with a negative answer. Raymond had hard time to carrying a conversation, sometimes used short answer was his away to put people away from his world. Would never start up a conversation with others or acted like he wanted to be around others, most of the times he was in self word without pay attention in others conversation around. When Raymond meet new people he tensed up and did not want to look, or act like anyone was there or speaking with him. Similarly situation made Raymond nervous, like