Rhett Syndrome And Autism

Every parent wants to do the best they can, and when things don't go as planned, they question if their parenting skills are good enough. When Heather found out her children both had Autism, she would compare them to others, knowing they would never be normal; always questioning why, and how they acquired this disorder. When her daughter reached the age of eight she stopped showing signs of Autism. Autism affects all autistic children in different ways. In this essay, I plan to research and find out more about Autism, the signs and symptoms and different spectrums of it, and if vaccinations cause Autism. This relates to my senior project, because I will be hosting a fundraiser for Autism and raising money to donate to the Rich

autism may find it difficult to communicate with others and may actively shy away from interactions,

According to Kids Health (2014), “children with Autism have difference in the way their brains develop and process information”. For example, “language delay, trouble communicating with their brains, perform certain unusual or repetitive behaviors, or have difficulties learning in school” (p. 1).

Children with autism don’t know how to communicate. Some do not talk at all, then some will talk very little and only do one answer questions. The children with autism that is able to talk. Normally will hear something that a family member said, or something said on television and repeat something that was said over and over. A lot of the time, they will have mental breakdowns when they need to say something and can’t. The main symptom of autism is the problem with social interaction. People with autism are

Autism is a genetic disorder referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Makin, 2015). Characteristics of autism show general repetitive behaviors such as hand flapping, rocking, and head banging before the age of three (Makin, 2015). ASD has a variety of neurological and physical symptoms however, some children have high IQ?s with only restrained social deficiencies (Makin, 2015). Children with serious autism can be intellectually disabled and socially awkward (Makin, 2015). They can have problems with

With the rate of autism being diagnosed on the rise, the amount of research and interest in the disorder has risen as well. Some research suggests that over the past two decades the occurrence of autism has increased from approximately 2-5 per 10,000 births to about 1-5 per 1,000 births (Acosta & Pearl, 2004; Fatemi et al., 2012). Still others report that the occurrence is as high as 1 in 150 kids (Amaral, Schumann, & Nordhal, 2008). Even though the spectrum of autistic disorders has been studied since 1943, there have still not been any consistent nor persuasive causes or markers, either biological or clinical, identified with autism and its range of disorders (Santangelo & Tsatsanis, 2005). In fact, even with all of the advancements in genetic research technology and the increasing interest in autism, researchers can still only account for approximately 5-15% of autistic cases (Rogers et al., 2013).

There has been great discussion over the recent increase in Autism over the decades with no full explanation as to why. Scientists believe that both genetics and environment may play a role in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Studies suggest that ASD could be a result of disturbances in normal brain growth very early in development. These disruptions

Currently there are no effective means to prevent autism, no fully effective treatments or cures. Scientists are working hard every day to find a solution to this increasing problem. While support groups have said for years that the lack of funding for research is responsible for the few definitive answers, a bill known as the Combating Autism Act, which concentrate billion to developing a cure, is now on the way to Congress. Autism receives less than five percent of the research funds of other less common childhood diseases. Until a cure is discovered, parents have been counting on early

Many people who don’t know what autism is would think that it’s a new issue in modern society, but it has become far more predominant today compared to previous years. The term autism comes from the Greek word “autos”, meaning “self”. The word autism was first used in 1908 by a swiss psychiatrist named Eugene Bleuler. He used it to describe a schizophrenic patient who had withdrawn into his own world. However, the innovators into autism research were Hans Asperger and Leo Kanner. While they were not working together, they were both doing studies during the 1940s. Leo Kanner, an American child psychiatrist, started by studying the behaviors of 11 children. What he discovered in their behaviors are both pros and cons. The pros are that they had good intellectual potential and can recollect things relatively well. Nevertheless, the cons are difficulty in socializing, adapting to change, repeating words, just to name a few. Kanner referred to their condition as Kanner’s syndrome, which was later named Early Infantile Autism. Similarly, Hans Asperger also studied a group of children that mimicked Kanner’s descriptions. One thing that’s different from Asperger’s research compared to Kanner’s research is that the children he observed did not have echolalia as a linguistic problem because they spoke like young adults. Additionally, Hans did mention that the children he evaluated were clumsy and had difficulty with fine motor skills. Hans Asperger described the milder form of autism

“Despite the physiological and potential cause of autism, there are many factors that are key in defining autism” (Marko et. al. 2015). Some of these deficits are seen in communication, social skills, stereotypes, and repetitive behaviors. Cerebellum plays a key role in some of the findings seen in autism, because it is connected to regions associated with the basal ganglia as well as the frontal cortex. Children seen with early cerebellar show different symptoms of autism. “The connection between M1-S1 found in fine motor skills were seen in the motor-sensory homunculus and hand-region” (Thompson et. al 2016). This study shows that the development of M1-S1 has a key role in fine motor skills. The findings from the “minimally verbal children

Autism affects every 1 in 68 children in America, autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. What causes autism? A short while ago, the answer to this question would have been “we have no clue.” Research is now bringing us the answers. First, we now know that there is no one cause of autism just as there is no one type of autism. In the last five years, scientists have identified a number of rare gene changes, or mutations, associated with autism. There has been more than a hundred autism risk genes identified. In around 15 percent of cases, a specific genetic cause of a person’s autism can be identified. In the presence of a genetic bias to autism, a number of nongenetic, or environmental, influence further increase a child’s risk. The coherent evidence of these environmental risk factors includes events before and during birth. They include progressive parental age at time of conception, maternal illness during pregnancy, extreme prematurity and highly low birth weight and certain difficulties during birth, especially those involving periods of oxygen deprivation to the baby’s brain. Mothers threatened by high levels of pesticides and air pollution could also be at higher risk of having a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A small but growing body of research

The precise cause of autism remains undefined. Many scientist and researchers suggest that autism is the result of disruptions in normal brain growth very early in development, before birth. The disruption may be the result of flaws in genes that control brain development and direct how brain cells communicate with each other. The development of the ventricles also play a part in the functioning and areas affected in the brain of the affected. Thanks to MRI scans doctors can take a look at a brain affected/diagnosed with autism and a normal brain, to compare and determine the area of the

Autism is a mental condition, shows up or present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communication, forming relationships and in using language and abstract concepts. It is also referred as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Parents usually notice signs of autism in the first two years of their child's life. These signs often develop slowly and take time.

The symptoms for autism include abnormal social interaction, such as abnormal eye gazing, non-present response to name, lacking imitation, non-present social smiling, reactivity, abnormal social interest, and lack of positive emotion (Ouss, Saint-georges, Robel, Bodeoau, Laznik et al., 2014). In addition, harmed language, problems with movement, lack of child play, and harmed cognitive development are also symptoms for autism (Ouss et al., 2014).

As I continued my research I grew curiosity for whether one can develop autism or one is born with autism. Paul Wang, vice president for medical research and senior for autism speaks, tells his audience autism can’t be reliably diagnosed until the age of two (Wang, 2012). Wang also explains that parents often notice symptoms before the age of two, “symptoms are rooted in brain differences that are present much earlier in development” (Wang, 2012). Wan also adds “Even though the outward symptoms of