Argumentative Essay On Autism

The parent or caregiver has to use the reward and consequence system for the entirety for the child’s childhood, promoting good behavior. VIII. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD or Hyperkinesia, has no known cause and affects a substantial amount of people in the U.S. The disorder effects how children and teens interact with each other and the child’s schoolwork and school performance.

(Source #1,pg.1) More evidence states that, “...Pee Wee and Pop Warner players sustain from 240 to 585 head hits per season between ages 9 and 12, a critical period of brain development. ”(Source #2,pg.4) This supports the claim that kids should not be able to play football because it is very dangerous and risky. The effects of playing football can cause life long injuries like brain damage and concussions.

Many adults are left with ptsd, but what about kids, if these experiences can leave adults debilitated, what about the children. Children’s brains aren’t fully developed, so it can become much worse, which is why child soldiers should be given help instead being prosecuted. “More than half of the country’s health facilities are out of service, water facilities have been destroyed and more than 15 million children are in need of water and sanitation facilities.” In desperate times people may do desperate things, as long as the survive, people will do anything; same goes for children. Another example of requiring aid involves a child soldier, Omar Khadr, held at Guantanamo Bay.

He also states that drugs nor therapy were shown to help children who had experienced early traumas. Dr. Var

It isn't a secret that football is a dangerous sport, one of the common injuries are concussions, even though helmets are worn. The cause of these injuries is due to head trauma which in turn causes concussions. Too many could cause an impact to the brain called degenerative brain disease.    "Each year in the United States, an estimated 1.1 to 1.9 million sports- and recreation-related concussions occur among children aged 18 years and younger. 1–3 Potential long-lasting effects of concussions on developing brains include decreased physical, cognitive, emotional, and sleep health."

One of them was her mental illness when she was young when she was diagnosed with depression. She went on medication to be able to help her but did it really help her? Many believe that it didn’t all the medication didn’t help it might make her feel some type of way but was it the correct feelings? Music was her cure to it what helped her go through that, but maybe it was a temporary cure just like the medication. I see it as temporary like any sort because we all have something that helps us realize the pain, yet one day it will fail us and cause us to commit many errors to our

If a child enjoyed school before they started showing signs of depression, it is extremely important to bring that child back to the familiarity of having fun doing something such as school. For many gaining this well-known enjoyment again wouldn’t be remotely possible without the use of antidepressant medication. For a depressed minor, antidepressant medication is their way of passage to get through schooling and maybe even enjoy the experience; individually, we have no right to deny that child of their education by not giving them their medication (SP

ADHD is a mental condition that causes children to have a hard time paying attention. It can cause problems in school and around everyday life. Although it is nothing dangerous, it should be treated. Treatment can include therapy or pills but, are pills too dangerous? Even though ADHD medication helps children pay attention, it should be given as a last resort because they can affect emotions, harm health and could be given for the wrong reason.

Mental health plays a huge role in the everyday lives of people and their physical health. While some think that mental health services are not important, should not be provided to many, and should not be available in schools, mental health care should be available to all who need it for free and be available in schools. Free mental health can help those struggling and the public be aware of the issues, help those get the help they need, protect the individual and

Over 19.9% of our population has some type of a disability. An estimated 48.9 million people have a disability, and 24.1 million of those people live with a severe disability. We need to have a better understanding of those with disabilities, whether it be a visible or invisible disability, they way that they have been viewed in the past, or the everyday barriers that they come upon. Throughout history the treatment of the disabled has been rather cruel. According to an article from the Paul Burtner College of Dentistry, it stated “Institutions were built by state and local administrative agencies to house people with developmental disabilities.

The early diagnosis and excessive treatment of Bipolar Disorder in children is a major problem today. Even though “The Medicated Child” was a documentary filmed in 2008, a lot of the information presented is still relevant. Children are still being misdiagnosed or overly medicated because no one is positive of the extent of the disorder or if it is present at all in the child. There have been many studies on the best way to diagnose a child with this disorder in order to have a more conclusive diagnosis. The medication given to children diagnosed with the disorder is also an issue because a lot of the medications given have yet to be tested in the pediatric field.

As with any medication, there is the risk for potentially averse consequence, however, proponents of the use of ADHD medication argue that the benefits greatly outweigh the risk. In addition, they argue that the majority of the side effects for ADHD medication are usually minimal and when they are more severe, they impact very few individuals. Lerner and Wigal (2008) assert that approximately half of all children diagnosed with ADHD take medication and most have a positive response. In addition, many of the minor side effects that do occur when an individual first starts the medication dissipate over time, or can be managed with adjustments to dosage and timing (Lerner & Wigal, 2008). Also, the possible averse consequences of long-term stimulant medication for ADHD, which includes things like loss of appetite, temporary weight loss, and minor increases in blood pressure or heart rate, can be tracked and are clinically significant for only a minority of the patients (Lerner & Wigal,

The University of Washington School of Medicine is the leader in scientific research of FAS. The school/students have done many controlled research study’s. The Study on Alcohol and Pregnancy, Neuropsychological Analyses of FAS/FAE Deficits, Parent-Child Assistance Program , and the FAS Follow-up Program. One of the many problems of misdiagnosis, and is shown in this study is that, the birth rate of FAS children is nearly 1 per 100 births (ACBR). The problem is this, alcohol-affected children and adults are often denied services when they lack the characteristic FAS face and or mental retardation as defined by a standardized IQ score of less then 69.

To diagnose it a several step process needs to be followed. Even though the condition has no cure, treatment is available. CDC site is informing about ADHD, which is a condition often diagnosing among children. The CDC effectively disputes that parents need to learn more in regards

The advantage of electroconvulsive therapy is that it is proven to work within just a short few days, which makes this therapy suitable for people with suicidal thoughts. However, a downfall of electroconvulsive is that its effects are not long-term (Hockenbury and Hockenbury 2013). Even though electroconvulsive therapy lacks long-term results, it is an immiedate solution to effective therapy for people who are having immediate suicidal thoughts.