Is The Accountant Earned Up

Grandin values many of the autistic qualities that separate her from “normal” people because she identifies and affirms their benefits. For example, her fixation on detail helps her give impeccable directions, whereas most others leave out essential steps. Her deficient emotionality makes it easier to face her own immortality and therefore live each day as if it were her last. As a result, she is consistently motivated to accomplish things that are meaningful and

There are a lot of people who live with autism, and by the time they are adults, are able to take care of themselves. “My autism is the reason I’m in college and successful. It’s the reason I’m in math and science. It’s the reason I care,” (Jacob Barnett). Jacob is a math and physics prodigy, and he lives with autism. All over the internet there are stories about people with autism living normal, or even extraordinary lives. People who work with them learn to accept their quirks and eventually realize that they can function just as well as anyone else. This is one example of someone who learned how to overcome the issues that autism presents, and go on to be something really special.

Even as adults, sometimes we tend to question whether or not there is something more to us. In years past, and often still is, the subject of autism was unknown, and often misunderstood. Many times autistic tendencies are just dismissed as either bad behaviors or defiance. Many times the individual also has an underlying condition such as attention deficit disorder. This article sheds some light on that subject.

Personally, I believe that the film was an example of responsible media pertaining to the communication disabilities presented. The characters were all realistic and

Readings: • The Autistic Spectrum • Chapter 4 • “First Causes” pg. 115125/Summary pg. 140-141 • Chapter 13  This week’s agenda: Unit 2!

The film we watched in class was called Louis Theroux: Extreme Love – Autism. The main point of this film was to show you what it is like for those who live with autism, and the loved ones that have to deal with it. “Autism is a developmental disability” (“Autism – Autism Spectrum Disorders”, 2017). People with autism usually have problems with communication, language, and social skills. The individual from the film that I will be analyzing will be Nicky. Nicky during the time of the film was nineteen years old. His living situation was with his mother. His family was very loving. To prove that when Louis asked Nicky’s mother the question, “would you change Nicky?” Her response was, “No he is special and can-do stuff that my other children can’t” (Louis Theroux: Extreme love – Autism). Now I shall go onto evaluate Nicky from what we have seen in the film.

All the character’s qualities matched up with the autism spectrum disorder diagnostic criteria. There were no symptoms or actions that weren’t. I think this film has a very strong impact on viewers due to the fact that they show what it is actually like to have to take care of someone with autism, and how they think and comprehend things. Viewers can come away from the movie and see that not all family members or loved ones can take care of someone with autism. Certain levels of autism require a certain amount of care, someone who is specialized in the

Autism is a syndrome from the result of a neurological disorder that has a huge effect on the normal fuctions of the brain. In the movie, Rain Man, and the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the main characters are autistic. In the book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher has another adventure, after his neighbor’s dog is mysteriously murdered, which leads him to find his mother. In the movie, Rain Man, however, Raymond Babbitt, the autistic brother of Charlie Babbitt, inherits all the money from their late father. When Charlie finds out that he gets a mere car and a rose garden, he searches for where the rest of the inheritance has gone, thus sparking the adventure with his brother, whom he had never known was his brother.

In today’s society, we believe that all humans should be treated equal. We see this every day; on the news, blogs, social networking websites, worldwide campaigns. In her online journal article about life with a child with autism, “Tackling That Troublesome Issue of ABA and Ethics”, published in October of 2012, Ariane Zurcher argues that the issue of ABA therapy should affect either more than those individuals living with autism, or no one at all. ABA therapy is an applied behavior analysis in which patients with autism are motivated to do a certain task; they are often rewarded in hope of having an action come naturally. Zurcher dives into an article by Michelle Dawson, The Misbehavior of Behaviorists: Ethical Challenges to the Autism ABA Industry, which is so often used in Zurcher’s own article to back up her argument regarding ABA therapy. She explains how this argument stems from an inadequate definition of what equality is and how we should not use a therapy technique different from what we would use for a neurotypical individual, “If we really believe Autistic people (and children) deserve the same respect, are truly considered equal as those in the neurotypical population, ABA presents some real problems.” (Zurcher 1; par. 4)

Viewing this documentary, opinions of this individual with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) did, in fact, change the opinion of who they are. ASD can start from when they were born to a mature adult. This film presented lessons on how families and the individuals have gone through a daily lifestyle. One lesson that shown in the movie is that they understand going on however it may take the time to process through their brains.

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

Comment: I found this film very tough going- it is undoubtedly a well made film and has some clever and quirky moments. However I lost interest around halfway through the film and could not engage with the film and its clunky style. A lighter touch would have made a huge difference to the viewing experience. Perhaps as an artistic statement it deserves more than three stars but as a movie going experience it was only a little bit better than average.

For the purpose of this paper, I chose to analyze the communication disorder associated with ASD and the resulting social perceptions found in Stephen Daldry’s 2011 film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Based off of the 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell after his father, Thomas Schell, is killed in the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. The film follows Oskar on his emotional and later physical journey as he struggles to processes and accept his father’s sudden death as boy with strong autistic qualities. In this film, we are given the opportunity to better understand the emotions and mindsets commonly associated with autism and can therefore, better learn how to communicate with individuals like Oskar and to recognize their value and worth in society and this world.

In reviewing the required videos and reading on low incidence, there were a large range of how it affected individuals are processed by individuals without disabilities, these videos demonstrates what it is like to try to be normal with a disability. The first video called, Autistic Basketball Player,” presented an enlighten outcome, that people should not assume that individual with disability are not able to contribute to a job or sport. Jason Mcelwain’s a young man with Autism that id given to chase an individual with a disability self-worth is just as valuable as the rest of the team when it come to sport. The second video called, “Breaking Barriers of Autism: The power of Kindness and friendship present how individuals with disabilities are able to leap bounties id one person will acknowledge them. In his lecture he was able to present insight on how lonely it is on another side of the disability spectrum.

Accounting is the art of measuring and communicating financial information. To maintain uniformity and consistency in preparing and maintaining books of accounts, certain rules or principles have been evolved. These rules or principles are classified as concepts and conventions. One of the important concept in accounting is “Measurement” (Mattessich, 1977)