Out of the Darkness; Communicating With Autistic Children Angela Arnett Eng/147 3-23-2015 University of Phoenix Out of the Darkness! Communicating with Autistic Children What would you consider using if you had to talk with a child that has Autism? If you are someone who is unaware of what Autism is, Autism is a Developmental Disorder also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASDs). Autism impairs the social
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In health and social care health care professionals deal with many different service users and each them have personal preferences on the way and how they communicate. An example I am going to explain is with a service users that has Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Many young service users that suffer from this disorder may find it difficult to communicate or simply interact with others a challenge. A service user with ASD often prefer to be alone as they occasionally enjoy their own company. However
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define as psychophysiological illnesses, which include hypertension and migraines (Myers, 2014). Negative stress can also be more taxing on other physical ailments with certain diseases. Throughout the course of my life I’ve had many ups and many downs. There have been situations that I have been in control of, and others that I have not and the stress of these situations has affected my life in different ways. The first stressor in my life I would say would have to be the biggest thing out of
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Autism Spectrum Disorder Out of the estimated 12-16% of developmental and behavior disorders that children may develop, autism spectrum is one of the common ones. Autism spectrum disorder is one the neurodevelopmental disorders that begins in early childhood and are characterized by impaired social interactions and communication, with restricted interests, activities, and behaviors, and repetitive patterns of behavior. (Ball, Bindler, Cowen, p.865). As recently as 1990, autism was considered a
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Autism now affects 1 in 68 children and 1 in 42 boys. This is just one fact about why autism is getting more popular and more popular as the days go on. That is why I am explaining the best medium and that is the movie Temple Grandin which explains autism better than The Curious Incident. The movie Temple Grandin had how autistic people communicate, their emotions, and how they are social compared to the book The Curious Incident where it only shows just some information on how autistic people communicate
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Asperger’s Syndrome and Acting “…the only person who stands in the way of your achieving something is you.” Temple Grandin, (Developing Talents). What if I told you one out of every 68 people possesses an incurable disorder? ( CDC) Not to worry, it isn’t contagious. This disorder is Autism. Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) has many different levels of diagnosis, and persons diagnosed with this disease have varying levels of function as far as cognitive and behavioral symptoms. I am going to be focusing
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will agree with the rest of the group in their incorrect answer consecutively. When there is someone else in the group who agrees with the participant’s answer, their conformity rate drops by two thirds. Only 5% of people conform when they are writing down the answers instead of saying it out loud. Through this experiment, it could be concluded that people are more likely to conform when they are in they feel like they are in the spotlight and their opinion is the unpopular opinion in the
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Asperger syndrome also known as Asperger’s spectrum disorder is a development disorder related to autism, and characterized by higher than average intellectual ability coupled with impaired social skills and restrictive repetitive patterns of interest and activities. (Autsim Society, 2018) Asperger’s isn’t a learning disability, it has features of autism, nonverbal disabilities, and ADHD. Asperger’s is different from autism because there is no speech delay for someone who has Asperger’s versus someone
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Touretts syndrome is an inherited disorder that is supposedly caused by a missing genetic link. Touretts is actually a self-diagnosable disorder. The disorder consists of uncontrollable, persistent movements, or unintended sounds, which are called tics. Coming back to how Tourettes is caused by, others say that the neurological disorder is caused by a problem with our nerves communicating with the brain. Tourette's has also often been linked to different parts of the brain, including an area called
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while pregnant. Other causes may be genetic or due to complications while pregnant. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD): according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is defined as “any of a group of developmental disorders (such as autism and Asperger's syndrome) marked by impairments in the ability to communicate and interact socially and by the presence of repetitive behaviors or restricted
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