Methods For the purpose of this research a nonprobability type of sampling will take place. Participants will be recruited from three outpatient substance abusing programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and surrounding areas. The study opportunity will be announced to individuals after group therapy sessions and by posting flyers at different outpatient substance abusing program facilities. Purposive sampling will be most beneficial because it will allow for the deliberate selection of individuals
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What is Autism? And why should I care? Well‚ those are good questions‚ that I plan to answer. Autism is a mental disease that affects children‚ first used to diagnose social problems in 1911. We’ve slowly learned more‚ and it’s gotten worse. It might be because of unawareness that it’s taken so long to make any headway. It affects up to 1 in every 45 children between 3 and 17. It’s only grown‚ and it will continue to grow if we don’t do anything to stop it. It makes children have a more difficult
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Describe the difficulties that people with an autistic spectrum condition have with communication‚ social interaction and relationships‚ imagination and inflexibility of thought in relation to activities? Autistic individuals may not be able to communicate using speech and language to verbally communication with staff to explain that they would like to participate in activities. They also struggle to express their feelings and understand body language and facial expressions. They find it hard to
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In “the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time”‚ the author Mark Haddon presents a series detective stories of a autistic boy of 15 year-old named Christopher Boone‚ living in Swindon‚ England to investigate the death of a dog called wellington and finds the secret of his family and venture across London. As my first sight of the character Christopher‚ I just got the impact of his suffering of autistic issue and took pity on him. He was in a special-needs school and stuck in a stereotypical
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Infants and child with hearing loos early language access According to this article‚ 96% of children who are born deaf are born to hearing parents. Often‚ this leads to a delay in intervention due to variety of reasons. Research has proven that early exposure to both oral and sign language increases individual abilities to learn language and learn in other areas‚ as well. In 2009‚ 47 states including the District of Columbia have passed legislation requiring universal newborn hearing screenings
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Tay Sachs Disease Tay Sachs disease is caused by the homozygous recessive gene on chromosome 15 that codes for the lack of production of hexosaminidase-A (Hex-A) [1]. Since there is no HexA‚ a fatty substance is allowed build up abnormally in nerve cells‚ which damages the cells and the brain [1]. Males and females are equally likely to carry this recessive gene but the heterozygous gene carriers are not affected‚ because they still have the dominant gene [2]. If both parents have the heterozygous
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Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common movement disorders‚ especially in children. Approximately 2.1 per 1000 births are diagnosed with this disorder (CDC 2013). Causes of cerebral palsy range from preterm birth and birth complications to poor genetics to hypoxia or inflammation in the newborn brain. Since many causes of cerebral palsy occur prenatally rather than postnatally or perinatally‚ and given that it is hard to isolate any one of these factors as the cause‚ it is very difficult to determine
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Introduction In order to understand the causes of autism‚ biologically‚ environmentally‚ cognitively‚ one must understand what autism truly is. According to the American Psychiatric Association‚ autism spectrum disorder is defined by impairment in social interaction and communication skills‚ as well as an occurrence of repetitive behavior along with a need for a routine (APA‚ 2000). The American child psychologist Leo Kanner first described the condition in 1943 (Funk & Wagnalls‚ 2014). It is
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The earlier an infant/child is provided earlier intervention services the better their outcome in all circumstances but especially for children with hearing loss. Outcome viabilities range from being representative of peers of similar ages to being severely behind their same age peers. This range is common with children who have hearing loss‚ with or without implantation‚ but when provided services earlier rather than later‚ outcomes are more likely to be positive (Jackson & Schatschneider‚ 2014
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Growing up people always ask the question‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most children answer firefighter‚ ballerina‚ or in my caseload a fashion designer; however not all children may get the chance to follow their dreams‚ for example children with autism. Autism Spectrum Disorder also known as ASD‚ is a disorder that affects the brain’s development. AutismSpeaks.org distinguishes these disorders in different degrees on the Spectrum. Including difficulties in social interaction‚ verbal
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