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    What is autism? Is my child autistic? How do parents deal with this diagnosis? It is without a doubt that the award winning book “Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism”, written by Montreal’s very own Joel Yanofsky, answers these questions using humorous dramatic approaches. If you too want to experience living a life with an autistic child, by all means, you should read this book. As the books subtitle may give out many assumptions about the novel, this factual memoire fundamentally

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    1) Age of parents The older parents having a child, the higher risk of the child will be born with autism. According to the research from Director of Research on Environmental Studies on Autism Speaks (Alycia Halladay) that women aged 40 years have a 50% risk of having children with autism compared with women aged 20-29 years. It is still unknown the relationship between parent’s age and autism. However, it is suspected because of a gene mutation factor. 2) Brain development Certain areas of the

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    Lawrence fiddled with a toy while listening to the radio. After the broadcast was over, he softly mumbled something, though he generally kept to himself. I listened closely since his autism typically prevented Lawrence from stringing even two words together. He had recited the entire radio program, virtually word for word, even mimicking the tone of the broadcaster's voice. My jaw dropped. At that moment I knew that I wanted to learn more about Lawrence’s autism condition so that I could help him

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    Some children with autism may have the ability to speak while others do not. Some children are able to speak clearly but the words they say are disordered which makes it hard for people to understand them. Others can recite or repeat phrases they’ve heard like famous songs, and advertisements heard on TV, but do not have the ability to communicate with others. Lastly, some children say echolalic phrases when they are attempting to communicate with others. Echolalic speech is the repetition of phrases

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    I chose option A for this discussion. One of the disorders that I’m going to talk about is Autism or ASD. According to our text, “Autism is a cognitive disorder in which consciousness is impaired” (Wilson, 2013). ASD can cause social behavioral, social and speech impairment. Individuals with ASD are affected at varying levels. People with autism may keep on doing certain behaviors and have difficult time relating to people. Oftentimes, they struggle expressing their needs. Physicians have to look

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    a. This syndrome is inherited in families in an autosomal dominant manner. Since Marfan syndrome is autosomal dominant, people with this disorder can be either homozygous dominant or heterozygous. This means that people carrying even one copy of the altered gene will have the disorder. Mutations of the FBN1 gene has been linked to the Marfan syndrome, although not everyone who has this mutation develops the disorder. b. Physically, this condition can affect many systems of the body since the component

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    Autism was first discovered in 1908 by Eugen Bleuer a psychiatrist who used the term to describe a person with morbid self admiration and withdrawal within the self. The term autism comes from the Greek words “auto” meaning self and “ismos” meaning action or “state of”. Autism is a mental condition affecting the way one can communicate and/or form relationships. Autism develops at an early age, meaning that it may be difficult to diagnose a child with autism but symptoms range from difficulty in

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    characteristics that come along with Asperger Syndrome (Stoddart, 2005). Eleven is the average age of diagnosis for Asperger Syndrome. Although eleven is the average, many characteristics can be noticeable during the infancy and early childhood years (Stoddart, 2005). Adolescence is considered from ages 12 to 18. During this developmental age, the individual

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    "Savant disorder" is the most broadly acknowledged term that is utilized to portray the marvel when an comparison of an exceptional learning need and a skilled capacity has showed itself inside of a person. In spite of the fact that numerous studies have concentrated on living up to expectations with understudies who have certain stand out remarkable attributes, either an uncommon learning need or skilled capacity, the examination on the savant disorder is still generally thin. How the savant disorder

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    Autism is a neurological developmental disorder that characterized by deficits in social interaction, social communication, restricted and repetitive interests, and behavioral patterns. Symptoms of autism manifested in children usually by the age of 3 (Wang et al., 2014) It also characterized by impaired language and social skills, and restricted areas of interest. Additional features may include poor eye contact, repetitive behavior, sensory modulatory dysfunction, and varying levels of cognition

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