ASD: A Qualitative Study

Reading an autobiography can supply valuable information about a person by revealing their narrative of personal challenges and successes. Michael J Fox wrote an autobiography about his challenges, including life with Parkinson’s disease. He fought a hard battle with alcoholism, depression, and family turmoil before and during the midst of his Parkinson’s diagnosis. In the beginning, he solely found solace in the bathtub trying to forget about his malady. However, he became an advocate; by embracing his diagnosis through representing his diagnosis, he slowly healed from the past, revealing his true identity.

Peer-mediated instruction and intervention (PMII) is used to teach typically developing peers ways to interact with and help learners with ASD acquire new behavior, communication skills, and social skills by increasing social opportunities within natural environments. With PMII, neurotypical peers are taught ways of engaging learners with ASD in social interactions in both teacher-directed and learner-initiated activities. Peers are paired or placed in cooperative learning groups that include at least one learner with ASD. When designed and implemented well, PMII serves as a compelling method for providing academic and social support to students with ASD (Fettig, 2013).

Mental health issues ranging from the doubts and uncertainties have become a part of daily routine, towards serious long term situation which can be very complex for managing and having a diversifying impact on the overall live of the people. The usual child health leads to contribute towards overall development (Watson & Le Couteur, 2011). Therefore it is important to take special care of people with complex disability as they turn out to be sensitive enough about the situation and environment they are living in.

The conclusion of my essay is that the only way to disperse such norms in the society is to start taking the step from our selves because it’s us who makes the society and every single individual is counted as a member of a society. The myths and norms about these beauty notions were never there but only the people chained the whole society in filth, hatred, disgust, rejection, oppression, refusal, cruelty and brutality that murdered thousands souls like Frankenstein. There is nothing as such beautiful but only the thinking makes it so. Outer beauty surely attracts but inner beauty captivates. The way a society or a person look towards a perspective it is certainly molded in that thought. The first step should be taken ahead by those parents who disown their children because of any disabilities. Such cases are rare but hurtful. Society must have a broader mindset towards such individuals because no one is born a monster so they need to look in the hearts of such individuals rather than the physical manifestations because the more such individual are deprived of a quality the more they need love.

The term, ‘children with disabilities’ refers to children up to the age of 18 who have ‘long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.’ Such children are often marginalized and experience widespread violations of their rights. The exclusion of these children from the mainstream society makes them even more vulnerable and hence unable to enjoy a life of dignity and individuality. Factors like poverty; isolation; lack of support and infrastructural facilities further vitiate the conditions of these children. Broadly the disabilities that can affect chil-dren can be classified into physical and learning disabilities and both of these need to addressed dif-ferently.

Conditions did start to get better for a disabled child but was still not the best since there was no law stating that it was required to give the mentally retarded a good education or even life. The American Association on Mental Deficiency also saw an importance of not just throwing anyone with a disability into a mental hospital, if a person had symptoms like Down Syndrome, which the name was not created yet, they had no need to go into an institution. AAMD wanted education for the mentally retarded and believed that any of these people deserved rights. AAMD was a huge spark that started law 94-142 but was not the only one. (Anderson, 68) The Council for Exceptional Children (CFC) was another trigger that brought to life law 94-142 in 1922.

This petition is for an autistic sixth grader. Let me pause. An autistic sixth grader!!!!!! The story goes as follows, an autistic sixth grader was spotted by a school resource officer kicking a trash can in frustration. And so filed him under a disorderly conduct charge in juvenile court. Not two weeks later, as class was finishing he was told to stay awhile after, but disobeyed. He was found by THIS SAME officer who grabbed Kayleb to take him to the principal’s office. As he tried to push away from the officer, he was slammed down and then handcuffed. Now he is facing a felony assault against a police officer and yet another disorderly conduct charge. Let me just take this moment to express how ridiculous this is. IT’S FREAKING RIDICULOUS!!!

A large controversial subject in America is about gun control. Should guns be banned or not? In my opinion I believe guns should not be taken away from American citizens, here are some of my reasonings. Public shootings are caused by the shooter, not the gun. Also, video games and movies have a large impact on children’s minds at an early age. Another reasoning, there are too many guns distributed in America to take away. Finally, guns are an efficient way of protection at home.

This journey showcases the vast differences within the world of autism from non-verbal to Asperger's syndrome. The differences do not stop with how far one is on the spectrum, but continue with the beliefs about autism. The film interviews parents and people with autism asking to give their story and experiences. Many mentioned autism being the cause of vaccines while others blamed genetics. Some look at autism as an asset while others view it as a hindrance. The truth of the matter is that there isn’t just one answer to any of the questions autism may raise. Despite the differences, the film shows us that not having one answer is okay; autism is not a black and white subject. Every family interviewed completely changed their lives whether it was moving countries or doing more research to accommodate their child. They all agreed that although these changes were difficult, their children are worth

The word Autism, is a big topic of discussion. It is a developing story, that many are learning by time and people are now using new ways to diagnose it. With new criteria for diagnosis coming out, and with the most recent being the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), psychiatrists and psychologists are now using this manual to evaluate individuals. With much controversy occurring, because of the arrival of the new DSM-5, many are inputting their opinion, on how this may affect the way people may receive help and services they were once either, excluded or included from. These people being excluded or included from the services are mainly described demographically more male than female, and within

It seems I've been trying to reach my older sister from the time I learned to crawl. My mom tells me that I would look around for Jodie and when I spotted her, my little arms and legs would struggle to get to her. Unable to share her space with me, she would bolt as I approached .As I got older and began to grasp the concept of Autism, I made it my mission to educate folks who stared at Jodie or looked disparagingly at my parents when she squealed , jumped up and down, flapped her hands or kicked and screamed on the floor. " She's not misbehaving, she has Autism", became my mantra. As my own knowledge grew, so did my need to educate and bring awareness of Autism to my friends and even to strangers. I hated when people stared or made fun of my sister.

The rates of prevalence of ASD in many sub-Saharan African countries were unclear because of the absence of reliable data and late detection of the disorder. Bakare & Miner, (2011) state that ASD cases in African countries have shown that children with ASD were usually reported late in their childhood. This late report of ASD cases has been attributed to factors including insufficient knowledge of ASD, lack of appropriate health care facilities, and improperly trained healthcare professionals (Bakare & Munir,

displayed in the coping strategies that they used to come to terms with their child’s highfunctioning

This disarray of enthusiastic reactions may clarify why kids with ASD are intrigued by points that most youngsters would discover exhausting, for example, train timetables or have modified or overstated reactions to tangible incitement, for example, tastes, sounds, smells and

Every day, successful people with or without a disability contribute in any way to make the world a better place. Many of them have proved that “Down Syndrome is not a disease, but another personal characteristic” (Pablo Pineda). Pablo Pineda is a Spanish actor who received the Silver Shell award in 2009 at the San Sebastián International Festival. Pineda is known for being the first person with DS who obtained a bachelor’s degree in Europe. Pineda has a bachelor’s degree in educational psychology while he works as an actor, writer, and speaker. Pineda’s current job is to give presentations at conferences where he demonstrates the social inclusion of people with any kind of disabilities.