Article Review Form Name: Pernisha Ailsworth Due Date: 2/6/15 Article Title: The Incredible Expanding Adventures of the X Chromosome Number: (1) Human Growth Briefly state the Main Idea of this Article: The main idea of this article is to enlighten readers that there are numerous of human phenomena that are elucidated through the prism of the X chromosome. Christopher Bradcock spent decades researching links between genetics and psychology. After he came in contact with Anna Freud, his mind began to dip deeper. The author praises the X chromosome due to its amazing abilities and virtues in the human body. The X chromosome is a factor in IQ, different patterns of expression in the body, mental disorder, etc.
Over Diagnosing Autism in American Children Autism is defined by the Autism Society of America (ASA) as a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life and is the result of a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain, impacting development in the areas of social interaction and communication skills. Both children and adults with autism typically show difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activities. While once rare autism has reached epidemic proportion in the United States. The increase cannot be attributed to changes in diagnostic criteria which have actually become more restrictive or be linked to childhood
Rain Man & Autism Nahima Vargas, Camila Restrepo, Nicole Angulo Doral Academy Prepatory Autism is a disorder is which the child has several symptoms but one of the most common is social awkwardness. Autism is usually diagnosed from age’s two to three, although it is highly recommended that the parent take their child to be diagnosed at 18 months. For the diagnosis to actually be accurate and valid, the child must show 12 of the symptoms that show up in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Some of those include “Lack of social or emotional reciprocity, marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors, stereotyped and repetitive use of language, or persistent preoccupation with parts of objects.” (Shore & Rastelli,
Cara Blackwell Biopsychology Dr. Christian -Brougham September 9, 2013 Mirror Neurons and Autism Autistic disorders covers a wide range of dysfunction that mirror neurons could alleviate. Autism is a developmental disorder that effect how a person interacts with others, from social ineptitude to lack of an emotional response in a socially acceptable way. This is believed to stem form a massive neural impairment and is pervasive; unwanted and effects the patient physically. The cause of autism has yet to be identified but we know that “The inheritability of autistic disorder is estimated to be approximately 90 percent, with genetic abnormalities suspected to exist on chromosomes 7, 2 and 15.” and it is
Autism covers a large array of complex developmental brain disorders such as Pervasive Developmental Disorders Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified, Asperger's Syndrome, Rett Syndrome and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. Autism disorder is characterized by extreme withdrawal, self-stimulation, intellectual deficits and language disorder. These symptoms can be noticed as young as 24 months. It is important to identify Autism as early as possible so that an appropriate treatment and educational program can be developed. The early intervention has proven to improve behavioral outcome.
DMDD is characterized by severe as well as extreme recurrent temper tantrums that are so intense in proportion, and duration of the situation, on average they occur three or more times per year. Children with DMDD are persistent in displaying irritable or angry moods between outbursts on a daily basis. Parents, teachers, and peers may routinely observe this behavior. For diagnostic purposes it requires that these symptoms be present in at least two of these settings, at home, at school, or with peers for 12 or more months, and symptoms must be severe in at least one of these settings. During this period, the child must not have gone three or more consecutive months without symptoms (AACAP, 2013).
The situation varies from child to child, as autism isn’t the same in everyone. Many people with autism have different needs or requirements to satisfy them VII. So now you’re probably wondering how I know this, well one is because I have done a lot of research on this topic in the past couple of weeks. But another reason is because my brother, Daniel, has Autism. He has a very serious case of it, and it has many ups and downs.
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Abnormal behavior and conditions vary by tradition to tradition and person to person. Nowadays, abnormal functioning is typically connected to several types of psychological illness (Frude, 1998). Abnormal psychology comprises of studying individuals who cannot adjust and act usually below situations that are believed to be typical. This could generally happen due to heredity, group connections, physical conditioning, knowledge and logic (Frude, 1998). Analyzing the start of abnormal psychology, for thousands of year’s individuals has been trying to comprehend and modify what is apparent as abnormal behavior.
Autism Kathleen Kennedy-Lowie South Florida State College Introduction In this research paper, I will be discussing the disorder of Autism, a severe neurological disorder that affects the function of the brain. It causes problems in such areas as social contact, intelligence, language and speech impediments, along with ritualistic or compulsive behaviors, as well as different responses to the environment that an autistic individual may have different than individuals not having autism would exhibit. I will be talking about the description of autism, nature, causes, signs and symptoms, and treatments and goals for someone who has autism. I decided to do this research paper on autism because I have permanent guardianship of my grandson, age