Autism and Family 2 Autism is a complex developmental spectrum disorder that affects many different developmental levels. Most delays occur in the area of social communication. Autism is also described as a certain set of behaviors that affect each individual differently in a variety of different degrees with some being more severe than others(Hall, pg 1, 2013).The lack of a single identified cause for autism leaves much to be discovered in the field. Autism is also become more prevalent, especially
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increasing prevalence of obesity, suggesting that increased consumption of fructose may contribute to the current epidemic of obesity-related metabolic disorders, including increased incidence of the metabolic syndrome2. The metabolic syndrome (MetS) consists of a syndrome of insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, abdominal obesity, and elevated blood pressure (BP), and often precedes the development of diabetes4. In some studies, humans and animals that have been administered fructose have developed these
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model there isn’t one answer to why this happens. There are many factors that include genetics and lifestyle choices. Genes play a role in a person having a chance of getting certain diseases, but they do not guarantee that the disease will be passed down from generation to generation. If cancer runs in a family, then this is a sign that the person should try to live as healthy of a lifestyle as possible in order to not get the disease. A healthy lifestyle would include no smoking, eating right, exercising
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Numerous health issues seem to surface the earth every year. With each new issue, it takes time before everyone becomes informed about what the issue is. An issue that I feel is important is Autism. With “normal” brains, we understand everything that we see smell, hear, taste, touch, and experience. When someone has trouble interpreting those things, it can make it hard for them to talk, listen, understand, play and learn. Autism affects about one out of every eighty-eight children and one out of
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(Fredericks). In addition to the genetic factor that causes autism, autistic behavior can also be due to other diseases in the patient or the patient’s mother. Such diseases include rubella in the patient’s mother, tuberous sclerosis, fragile X syndrome, encephalitis, phenylketonuria, and the list goes on (Fredericks
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use of her hands, which is replaced with hand wringing. There is severe psychomotor delay and a poorly coordinated gait. (It is now possible, thanks to the recent development of a new genetic blood test, to test for this disorder.) • Asperger's syndrome: A child with Asperger's tests in the range of average to above average intelligence and has no clinically significant general delay in language. However, the child will show impairments in social interactions, including difficulty in using social
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Mark Haddon; behind the scenes By: Patrick Rohling English 12 Mrs. Cox Block 4 A/C Mark Haddon has gone through many things in his life. He once aided those who had Multiple Sclerosis and autism. However, his main ambitions were writing and drawing. Haddon has written many successful children’s books but wanted to pursue a new path, so Haddon set out to write a new book to please this new desire. He did not know this book was going to turn out to be about a fifteen year-old autistic
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friend, and she was showing Christopher faces with emotions on them and having Chris tell her what it meant. Christopher was having a lot of difficulty interpreting the emotion Sioban was showing him. This made me believe that Christopher has Asperger Syndrome or something that makes it hard for him to understand body language and other forms of human interaction. The sad part is that I can’t really see a clear identity in Christopher. He doesn’t know how to communicate with people, and that is key
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imagination. With flashbacks of his life, we see him as a fully functioning person at work and at home. These scenes enhance the tragedy of his situation. The diving bell is Bauby’s body which is like a dead weight. Jean compares his “locked in syndrome,” to being trapped in a diving bell. A diving bell was used prior to the invention of scuba diving equipment. This device looked like a large bell, which was lowered into the water by a tether. Water pressure was used to keep air in the bell so
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two become friends. Over time, Mary's increasingly sensitive questions about the adult world give Max progressively worse anxiety attacks, and he is ultimately institutionalized. During his time there, Max is diagnosed with depression and Asperger syndrome. Now aware of why he has difficulty relating to other people, Max finds a new lease on life and resumes his correspondence with Mary. The two remain friends for the next two decades, keeping one another updated on various events in their lives.
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