Impairments Of A Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Children with ASD develop differently from other children. They must overcome challenges in interacting and communicating with others. These challenges can affect their development, learning and future trajectories of their lives. This diagnosis is particularly difficult on low income families and minority groups as well as for parents with low educational attainment and those living in rural areas who may not have the financial means, suitable knowledge or access to resources to care for their children’s needs.

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Since the birth of your son/daughter you have dealt with many hurtles and obstacles ever since their doctor said these four words, “Your child has Autism”. No matter where your child is in the Autism Spectrum, you knew that there would be challenges throughout their lives, and I’m sure you also knew that you would do anything you could to help them conquer these challenges.

Communication is significant issue for many children with autism. They do not contact with other people clearly, and they also have many issues in using the language correctly. In the article “Cerebellum, Language, and Cognition in Autism and Specific Language Impairment” Hodge (2010) writes that children with autism have difficulties at the individual understands (receptive language) as well as what is actually spoken by the individual (expressive language) are significantly delayed or nonexistent. In other words, children with autism face difficulties to express their thoughts clearly or response to other people. However, In the article “Making Meaningful Worlds: Role-Playing Subcultures and the Autism Spectrum” Fein (2015) claims that there

Language Skills and Reciprocity: Children with ASD suffer many conversation challenges and often have problems with reciprocity. This means they have difficulty initiating conversation and responding to others who try to start conversation. They have poor turn taking skills and often their responses don’t relate to the topic that is introduced. Their responses may seem like scripted language or echolalia of the most recent statement (Owens, 2013). Children with ASD will have problems using verbal and non-verbal communication; these verbal limitations include impaired acquisition of words, word combinations, and syntax. They also tend to provide information that is excessive, inappropriate, and unnecessary (ASHA, 2014).

A heart attack, a stroke or a cancer diagnosis causes its members to confront the impact of the illness and re-evaluate their position. These illnesses are often life threatening, but critical intervention leads to a steady rehabilitation and possibly full recovery. This cannot be said, for a family impacted by a diagnosis of autism. Autism is a developmental disability that significantly affects three areas: communication, social interaction, and behavior. Autism being a spectrum disorder impacts each individual differently, leaving each family’s experience difficult to compare. Autism being a communication disability brings serious challenges to a family, as this diagnosis impacts the communication strategies. Parents find

Autistic children tend to be delayed in babbling, speaking, and learning to use gestures. By age three, most children are on a pathway to learning language. They begin early with babbling, until they are saying a word or two, point out to objects they want, and turn to you when their names are called. Children who coo and babble in the first few months of life but develop autism tend to loose these communicative behaviors, while other children experience significant language delay and don’t begin to speak until much later. When therapy is applied especially as an early intervention most children learn to use spoken language and communicate. Children who are nonverbal learn to use different communication systems such as sign language, pictures, electronic word processors or even speech generating devices (Autism Speaks, 2015). Depending on your child needs these can be things to look into.

While there are many difficulties imposed by ASD, it does not appear that ASD has the power to take away one’s ability to learn. During the aforementioned 2003 study of symptom severity in autism, a group of adolescents (age 10-21, mean age = 15.61) was compared to a cohort of adults (age 22 and older, mean age = 31.57), it was observed that symptoms seem to improve overtime. The study attempted to compare childhood symptoms to current symptoms. The results indicated that there was differential improvement; there was a pattern of symptoms suggesting and improved use of language, ability to communicate nonverbally, and reduced stereotyped, repetitive, or idiosyncratic speech over time

Life can be troubling, confusing, aggravating, although it can also be delightful, happy, and relaxing. Knowing someone with autism can lead to more confusion, but a child that has autism can be even worse. Commonly people aren’t aware that their child is autistic or that someone around them is autistic. Classifying children as autistic is done correctly and incorrectly every day, because autism has just become recognized and isn’t commonly known by most people and doctors recently. There are many different views on autism, whether it is classified to the children correctly or incorrectly using the DSM-5, and if autism is treated effectively.

There are times, however, when a child doesn’t follow the normal stages of development according to the age boundaries in the EYFS. A child with autism, for example, find interaction and communication incredibly difficult. Sensory things like sound tend to distract the child, and often to escape the “sensory chaos” the autistic child will focus on physical sensations, e.g. Hand flapping, banging on objects, or they sometimes make their own auditory sounds, as this helps allow them to exclude the other stimuli that are overloading their brain. It is important to adapt your form of communication when interacting with these children. Building a strong relationship, by forming a trusting bond, will help promote their development. Show the

How many of you have brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, or anyone that you know has autism or that have been diagnosed with autism? Many people have this throughout the world, but some people don’t know what they can do about autism because the question is what can they do to help them? How can they help them? Today, rates of autism found in children have increased over the past few decades. However, doctors and scientists do not know what the causes of this mental illness are? Some common assumptions that are considered causes of autism are found through genetics, environmental factors, or when the child is first diagnosed with autism or ASD. “According to a MIT computer scientist with no background in agriculture, genetics, or epidemiology, half the country’s children will be born with autism by 2020s because of the increased genetically modified crops.” (Suresh 4).

ASD is a neurological disorder, and children who are diagnosed as autistic are often considered to have a severe disability, but the range of ability within this syndrome is broad (Westling & Fox, 2000). ASD affects one in sixty-eight children and boys are four times more likely than girls to have this disorder. Characteristics of this disorder can vary from mild to severe and may include the following characteristics: communication problems, for example, with the use or comprehension of language, difficulty relating to people, things, and

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I will determine my sample based on the availability of children with ASD who receive speech therapy at Hearts and Hands Therapy, Inc. during my internship in the fall of 2017. I will attempt observe every speech therapy session that includes a child with autism, working with several speech therapists who employ either traditional or play-based speech therapy. This sample is preferable because there are many children with ASD that receive therapy at this location. Also, children with autism often exhibit deficits in play skills and engage in stereotypic behavior (Jung & Sainato, 2012). Therefore, I expect to find significant results with children with ASD using play-based therapy versus traditional therapy because play-therapy will teach this population of children new

Children who have pragmatic language impairments often have difficulty with language comprehension, telling stories and participating in conversations. This typically leads to further problems fitting in with their peers, making friends and being successful within a classroom. There has been a lot of research regarding effective treatments for improving social skills for students with autism. “One barrier to drawing conclusions about optimal treatments for children with autism is the use of highly varied dependent measures in the treatment literature” (Cunningham, 2012, p.1). The study conducted by Cunningham focuses on reviewing previous studies on this topic and addressing variables important in the development and the measures taken within those studies. The studies used assessed social interaction skills in young children with autism through a focus on various related literatures.