2. Thesis Statement
Autism is an important topic
because it affects many families
around the world, touches
everyone’s heart that’s involved,
and is on the rise. Almost
everyone knows of someone with
this disorder.
4. “People with Autism do not
lie, do not judge, do not
play mind games. Maybe
we can learn something
from them.” -CafePress
Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders Crowe, Stacy, et al., prod. "First 100 Days
Autism. Ed. Carrie Fredericks. Vol. 1. N.p.: Kit." www.autismspeaks.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2011. <http://
Thomson Gale, 2008. Print. Perspectives www.autismspeaks.org/docs/family_services_docs/100_day_kit.pdf
5. Diagnosis
McCarthy, Jenny. Louder Than Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders Autism. Ed. Carrie
Words. New York, New Fredericks. Vol. 1. N.p.: Thomson Gale, 2008. Print. Perspectives
York: Dutton, 2007. on Diseases and Disorders
6. Symptoms
Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders Autism. Ed.
Carrie Fredericks. Vol. 1. N.p.: Thomson Gale, 2008. Print.
Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders
7. Symptoms
2 - 5 years old
“I found it fascinating that he could
recite an entire Blue’s Clues episode yet
could not say a complete sentence of his
own.” - Jenny McCarthy, Louder Than
Words
McCarthy, Jenny. Louder Than Words. Exkorn, Karen Siff. The Autism Sourcebook Everything You Need
New York, New York: Dutton, to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and
2007. Healing. New York, New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
8. Positives
• “I think in pictures. • “I can view it from any
Words are like a second angle, placing myself
language to me.” - above or below the
Temple Grandlin equipment and rotating
it at the same time. I
don’t need a fancy
graphics program that
can produce three-
dimensional design
simulations” -Temple
Grandlin
Crowe, Stacy, et al., prod. "First 100 Days Kit." www.autismspeaks.org. N.p., n.d.
Web. 21 Feb. 2011. <http://www.autismspeaks.org/docs/family_services_docs/
100_day_kit.pdf
11. Causes
Crowe, Stacy, et al., prod. "First 100 Days Kit." www.autismspeaks.org. Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders Autism. Ed. Carrie Fredericks.
N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2011. <http://www.autismspeaks.org/docs/ Vol. 1. N.p.: Thomson Gale, 2008. Print. Perspectives on Diseases and
family_services_docs/100_day_kit.pdf Disorders
12. Jenny McCarthy
Louder Than Words
“Autistic kids are malnourished
because they can’t
absorb nutrients from food.” -
Jenny McCarthy
McCarthy, Jenny. Louder Than
Words. New York, New
York: Dutton, 2007.
13. Spectrum
• “This might sound
strange, but I
thought I gave birth
to somewhat of a
genius.” -Jenny
McCarthy
McCarthy, Jenny. Louder Than Words.
New York, New York: Dutton,
2007.
14. • Autism Disorder
• Asperger’s Disorder
• Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
• Rett Syndrome
Exkorn, Karen Siff. The Autism Sourcebook Everything You Need
to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and
Healing. New York, New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
15. Treatments
Kraft, Ulrich. “Detecting Autism Early.” Scientific American Special Edition-Child Dev. Vol. 17. June 2007. 14-19. Child Dev. MasterFILE Premier.
Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <<a rel=nofollow href="http://web.ebscohost.com/">http://web.ebscohost.com//?vid=1&hid=111&sid=83cf1c2b-
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Autism is a brain disorder that causes problems with social interaction, intelligence, and language. It also causes compulsive behavior and bizarre responses to the environment. It interferes with the ability to understand what is heard, touched or seen.\nIt happens in every race but appears in boys more than girls. 1 out of 94 boys get it.\nThey have a normal life expectancy. \n1 in every 150 children are diagnosed with Autism. This makes it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes, and pediatric AIDS combined.\n\n\n\n\n
Every twenty minutes a child is diagnosed with Autism. That works out to seventy-two kids diagnosed every day.\nThey&#x2019;re diagnosed by observing the child&#x2019;s behavior, communication skills, and social interactions.\nThe criteria used for diagnosis are: problems developing friendships, endlessly repeating words or phrases, obsessions with rituals or patterns, preoccupation with parts of objects, problems with social play, and difficulty carrying on a conversation. \n\n\n
Every twenty minutes a child is diagnosed with Autism. That works out to seventy-two kids diagnosed every day.\nThey&#x2019;re diagnosed by observing the child&#x2019;s behavior, communication skills, and social interactions.\nThe criteria used for diagnosis are: problems developing friendships, endlessly repeating words or phrases, obsessions with rituals or patterns, preoccupation with parts of objects, problems with social play, and difficulty carrying on a conversation. \n\n\n
There are many symptoms. By 16 months a baby should be speaking. A common symptom is that Autistic children normally aren&#x2019;t speaking by 16 months. Throughout their childhood, they&#x2019;re extremely delayed. At this age they usually just start walking properly, which is very late for an infant.\nThey normally don&#x2019;t respond to their name or smile. They&#x2019;re also very difficult to nurse. They don&#x2019;t cooperate very well.\n\n
There are many symptoms. By 16 months a baby should be speaking. A common symptom is that Autistic children normally aren&#x2019;t speaking by 16 months. Throughout their childhood, they&#x2019;re extremely delayed. At this age they usually just start walking properly, which is very late for an infant.\nThey normally don&#x2019;t respond to their name or smile. They&#x2019;re also very difficult to nurse. They don&#x2019;t cooperate very well.\n\n
They still barely ever respond to their name. It normally has to be repeated quite a few times. They don&#x2019;t use their index finger to point at things they want, and don&#x2019;t use eye contact. They barely speak if they speak at all. They have no empathy, fear of pain, separation anxiety from the mother, interest in making friends, or fear of danger. They walk on their toes, bang their head on things, have unusual sleep patterns, have out of control behaviors, repeat phrases sometimes even a whole movie or book like the quote above, flap their hands when excited, space out constantly, echo people constantly, and make unusual sounds.\n\n\n
They still barely ever respond to their name. It normally has to be repeated quite a few times. They don&#x2019;t use their index finger to point at things they want, and don&#x2019;t use eye contact. They barely speak if they speak at all. They have no empathy, fear of pain, separation anxiety from the mother, interest in making friends, or fear of danger. They walk on their toes, bang their head on things, have unusual sleep patterns, have out of control behaviors, repeat phrases sometimes even a whole movie or book like the quote above, flap their hands when excited, space out constantly, echo people constantly, and make unusual sounds.\n\n\n
They still barely ever respond to their name. It normally has to be repeated quite a few times. They don&#x2019;t use their index finger to point at things they want, and don&#x2019;t use eye contact. They barely speak if they speak at all. They have no empathy, fear of pain, separation anxiety from the mother, interest in making friends, or fear of danger. They walk on their toes, bang their head on things, have unusual sleep patterns, have out of control behaviors, repeat phrases sometimes even a whole movie or book like the quote above, flap their hands when excited, space out constantly, echo people constantly, and make unusual sounds.\n\n\n
There are many strengths that people with Autism have. The unique and powerful skills they have are long term memory, math, and computer skills. They have high abilities in music, art, understand concrete concepts or rules, and to be extremely focused on one specific thing. They also have complete honesty with any question and every person they meet. They have an excellent sense of direction and very good with remote controls.\n\n\n
There are many strengths that people with Autism have. The unique and powerful skills they have are long term memory, math, and computer skills. They have high abilities in music, art, understand concrete concepts or rules, and to be extremely focused on one specific thing. They also have complete honesty with any question and every person they meet. They have an excellent sense of direction and very good with remote controls.\n\n\n
Temple and Evan McCarthy are two famous Autistic people. Temple has shown the world a different view of Autism and she is the first person to be able to completely tell us what it&#x2019;s like to be Autistic. Evan McCarthy is celebrity Jenny McCarthy&#x2019;s son. They both have Autism and many people have heard their stories.\n\n\n
They&#x2019;re unsure of the specific cause but the best scientific evidence available for it&#x2019;s cause is multiple genetic components. That could be it alone but it could aslo be combined with environmental factors. They&#x2019;re however unsure on what the environmental factors would be. They also suggest that people with Autism may involve inflammation in the central nervous system. There&#x2019;s only a few things that have been proved as facts. If one child in a family has Autism, there&#x2019;s a one out of 20 chance another one will have it too. It&#x2019;s also found that emotional disorders like manic depression occur more often in families of a child with Autism. One Autism causing theory is that there is a faulty gene that might make a person vulnerable to autism and with that gene it collides with other factors like chemical imbalance, viruses or chemicals, or lack of oxygen at birth. In some cases autistic behavior is caused by a disease such as: rubella in the pregnant mother or fragile x syndrome.\n\n\n\n\n
Like I mentioned before, Jenny McCarthy is a celebrity and a role model for parents with an Autistic child. In this book, she talks about the hardships of having an Autistic child and how it can affect everyone around in a dramatic way. She&#x2019;s shown many mothers not to give up on helping their child. She worked so hard on getting her son Evan to become the best of his potential. There are many theories on what causes Autism. She believes that if mothers put their children on a certain diet, it will make them function better. She also believes that vaccines are a large contribute to Autism. Many mothers agree with this, even my own mother. Doctors however, reject this theory and say there&#x2019;s no relations between the two. Just recently, there&#x2019;s been more evidence that the vaccines have nothing to do with it. British scientist Andrew Wakefield preposed evidence that vaccines have a link to Autism. Many people throughout the years believed him, but they recently found out what he said was a fraud and he made up evidence and experiments that were never performed.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Like I mentioned before, Jenny McCarthy is a celebrity and a role model for parents with an Autistic child. In this book, she talks about the hardships of having an Autistic child and how it can affect everyone around in a dramatic way. She&#x2019;s shown many mothers not to give up on helping their child. She worked so hard on getting her son Evan to become the best of his potential. There are many theories on what causes Autism. She believes that if mothers put their children on a certain diet, it will make them function better. She also believes that vaccines are a large contribute to Autism. Many mothers agree with this, even my own mother. Doctors however, reject this theory and say there&#x2019;s no relations between the two. Just recently, there&#x2019;s been more evidence that the vaccines have nothing to do with it. British scientist Andrew Wakefield preposed evidence that vaccines have a link to Autism. Many people throughout the years believed him, but they recently found out what he said was a fraud and he made up evidence and experiments that were never performed.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Like I mentioned before, Jenny McCarthy is a celebrity and a role model for parents with an Autistic child. In this book, she talks about the hardships of having an Autistic child and how it can affect everyone around in a dramatic way. She&#x2019;s shown many mothers not to give up on helping their child. She worked so hard on getting her son Evan to become the best of his potential. There are many theories on what causes Autism. She believes that if mothers put their children on a certain diet, it will make them function better. She also believes that vaccines are a large contribute to Autism. Many mothers agree with this, even my own mother. Doctors however, reject this theory and say there&#x2019;s no relations between the two. Just recently, there&#x2019;s been more evidence that the vaccines have nothing to do with it. British scientist Andrew Wakefield preposed evidence that vaccines have a link to Autism. Many people throughout the years believed him, but they recently found out what he said was a fraud and he made up evidence and experiments that were never performed.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Like I mentioned before, Jenny McCarthy is a celebrity and a role model for parents with an Autistic child. In this book, she talks about the hardships of having an Autistic child and how it can affect everyone around in a dramatic way. She&#x2019;s shown many mothers not to give up on helping their child. She worked so hard on getting her son Evan to become the best of his potential. There are many theories on what causes Autism. She believes that if mothers put their children on a certain diet, it will make them function better. She also believes that vaccines are a large contribute to Autism. Many mothers agree with this, even my own mother. Doctors however, reject this theory and say there&#x2019;s no relations between the two. Just recently, there&#x2019;s been more evidence that the vaccines have nothing to do with it. British scientist Andrew Wakefield preposed evidence that vaccines have a link to Autism. Many people throughout the years believed him, but they recently found out what he said was a fraud and he made up evidence and experiments that were never performed.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Like I mentioned before, Jenny McCarthy is a celebrity and a role model for parents with an Autistic child. In this book, she talks about the hardships of having an Autistic child and how it can affect everyone around in a dramatic way. She&#x2019;s shown many mothers not to give up on helping their child. She worked so hard on getting her son Evan to become the best of his potential. There are many theories on what causes Autism. She believes that if mothers put their children on a certain diet, it will make them function better. She also believes that vaccines are a large contribute to Autism. Many mothers agree with this, even my own mother. Doctors however, reject this theory and say there&#x2019;s no relations between the two. Just recently, there&#x2019;s been more evidence that the vaccines have nothing to do with it. British scientist Andrew Wakefield preposed evidence that vaccines have a link to Autism. Many people throughout the years believed him, but they recently found out what he said was a fraud and he made up evidence and experiments that were never performed.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Autism can be very hard to understand. When a person has a physical disease, most of the time they all have the same symptoms making it easier for researchers to find the cause and then treat the disease. If you know a few people with Autism, you would realize they&#x2019;re all different. One might not talk at all, and one might even be in some normal classes. One might be shy and quiet and the other might talk continuously about the same topic over and over again. These things happen because there is a large spectrum for Autism. The mild children are the ones found in some if not all normal classes, but doesn&#x2019;t interact with others normally. They might be really shy and &#x2018;awkward.&#x2019; These mild children are normally excellent at logical school subject like math and science. They normally live normal successful lives. Most even get married and have children of their own. Some people are so mild, that they don&#x2019;t even know they have it. Severe are the children that normally don&#x2019;t talk at all, have extreme behavioral problems, and sometimes can&#x2019;t even walk. Most Autistic children you know especially the children is Mrs. Kenny&#x2019;s room are somewhere in the middle.\n\n\n\n
Autism can be very hard to understand. When a person has a physical disease, most of the time they all have the same symptoms making it easier for researchers to find the cause and then treat the disease. If you know a few people with Autism, you would realize they&#x2019;re all different. One might not talk at all, and one might even be in some normal classes. One might be shy and quiet and the other might talk continuously about the same topic over and over again. These things happen because there is a large spectrum for Autism. The mild children are the ones found in some if not all normal classes, but doesn&#x2019;t interact with others normally. They might be really shy and &#x2018;awkward.&#x2019; These mild children are normally excellent at logical school subject like math and science. They normally live normal successful lives. Most even get married and have children of their own. Some people are so mild, that they don&#x2019;t even know they have it. Severe are the children that normally don&#x2019;t talk at all, have extreme behavioral problems, and sometimes can&#x2019;t even walk. Most Autistic children you know especially the children is Mrs. Kenny&#x2019;s room are somewhere in the middle.\n\n\n\n
Autism can be very hard to understand. When a person has a physical disease, most of the time they all have the same symptoms making it easier for researchers to find the cause and then treat the disease. If you know a few people with Autism, you would realize they&#x2019;re all different. One might not talk at all, and one might even be in some normal classes. One might be shy and quiet and the other might talk continuously about the same topic over and over again. These things happen because there is a large spectrum for Autism. The mild children are the ones found in some if not all normal classes, but doesn&#x2019;t interact with others normally. They might be really shy and &#x2018;awkward.&#x2019; These mild children are normally excellent at logical school subject like math and science. They normally live normal successful lives. Most even get married and have children of their own. Some people are so mild, that they don&#x2019;t even know they have it. Severe are the children that normally don&#x2019;t talk at all, have extreme behavioral problems, and sometimes can&#x2019;t even walk. Most Autistic children you know especially the children is Mrs. Kenny&#x2019;s room are somewhere in the middle.\n\n\n\n
The spectrum is easier defined because they made Autism subcategories. This helps people understand exactly what their child has a little more. The subcategories are Autism, Asperger&#x2019;s, Childhood Disintegrative, Rett&#x2019;s, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Childhood Disintegrative Disorder also known as Heller&#x2019;s Syndrome focuses on extreme delays in motor, social function, and language skills. These children would be at the severe end of the spectrum. Rett syndrome is a little different. It&#x2019;s a disorder of the nervous system that leads to developmental problems in language and hand use. This isn&#x2019;t exactly part of Autism, but many doctors misdiagnose children with this and tell them they have Autism. They get confused because they have a lot of symptoms in common.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Asperger&#x2019;s disorder is when the child has difficulty in social interaction along with repetitive patterns or behavior patterns and interests. They may also have some cognitive problems, but it mainly focused on the social aspect. This subcategory shows the mild forms of Autism. \n\n\n\n\n\n
Many people hated this book when we read it. The Curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime is about a boy named Christopher who is said to have Asperger&#x2019;s. He is fifteen years old and describes himself as a mathematician with behavioral problems. They&#x2019;re normally &#x2018;socially awkward&#x2019; and normally keep to themselves. They do however, have high intelligence when it comes to subjects like science and math. They normally like to be alone and they enjoy learning most of the time. \n\n\n\n
Many people hated this book when we read it. The Curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime is about a boy named Christopher who is said to have Asperger&#x2019;s. He is fifteen years old and describes himself as a mathematician with behavioral problems. They&#x2019;re normally &#x2018;socially awkward&#x2019; and normally keep to themselves. They do however, have high intelligence when it comes to subjects like science and math. They normally like to be alone and they enjoy learning most of the time. \n\n\n\n
Many people hated this book when we read it. The Curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime is about a boy named Christopher who is said to have Asperger&#x2019;s. He is fifteen years old and describes himself as a mathematician with behavioral problems. They&#x2019;re normally &#x2018;socially awkward&#x2019; and normally keep to themselves. They do however, have high intelligence when it comes to subjects like science and math. They normally like to be alone and they enjoy learning most of the time. \n\n\n\n
Mark Haddon is the author of this book and he says he wasn&#x2019;t necessarily insinuating Christopher has Asperger&#x2019;s. This book completely portrays Asperger symptoms though. There are some pages where he is completely on topic like on the left. But there are also pages where Christopher gets off topic like on the right. This shows that their brains are scattered and they talk about random things.\n\n\n
Mark Haddon is the author of this book and he says he wasn&#x2019;t necessarily insinuating Christopher has Asperger&#x2019;s. This book completely portrays Asperger symptoms though. There are some pages where he is completely on topic like on the left. But there are also pages where Christopher gets off topic like on the right. This shows that their brains are scattered and they talk about random things.\n\n\n
Once again there&#x2019;s no complete evidence that these two have some form of Autism. Forrest Gump however, had a lower IQ than the other children in his school. He also talks a little differently. This movie took place in the 1960&#x2019;s when there were no places for people with mental disabilities to go. Like in the Fifth Child, it wasn&#x2019;t talked about. They told Mrs. Gump he needed to go to a special school because there wasn&#x2019;t any help for him in &#x2018;normal schooling&#x2019;. Bubba is a friend Forrest makes in the army. Bubba is &#x2018;socially awkward&#x2019; and is a perfect fit with Forrest. They become friends right away. All Bubba talks about is shrimp. They both symbolize the intelligence component of Autism and the social disabilities of Autism.\n\n\n\n\n
Once again there&#x2019;s no complete evidence that these two have some form of Autism. Forrest Gump however, had a lower IQ than the other children in his school. He also talks a little differently. This movie took place in the 1960&#x2019;s when there were no places for people with mental disabilities to go. Like in the Fifth Child, it wasn&#x2019;t talked about. They told Mrs. Gump he needed to go to a special school because there wasn&#x2019;t any help for him in &#x2018;normal schooling&#x2019;. Bubba is a friend Forrest makes in the army. Bubba is &#x2018;socially awkward&#x2019; and is a perfect fit with Forrest. They become friends right away. All Bubba talks about is shrimp. They both symbolize the intelligence component of Autism and the social disabilities of Autism.\n\n\n\n\n
Once again there&#x2019;s no complete evidence that these two have some form of Autism. Forrest Gump however, had a lower IQ than the other children in his school. He also talks a little differently. This movie took place in the 1960&#x2019;s when there were no places for people with mental disabilities to go. Like in the Fifth Child, it wasn&#x2019;t talked about. They told Mrs. Gump he needed to go to a special school because there wasn&#x2019;t any help for him in &#x2018;normal schooling&#x2019;. Bubba is a friend Forrest makes in the army. Bubba is &#x2018;socially awkward&#x2019; and is a perfect fit with Forrest. They become friends right away. All Bubba talks about is shrimp. They both symbolize the intelligence component of Autism and the social disabilities of Autism.\n\n\n\n\n
Like I said before, they don&#x2019;t specifically say Forrest and Bubba have a mental disability but this shows how some Autistic people are. They constantly talk about the same thing.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhfK98f5S00\n
There&#x2019;s no definite treatment but there are techniques that can be used. Some scientists believe that Autistic kids can come out of all their symptoms if they&#x2019;re detected early enough. Some scientists think that it&#x2019;s a big environmental component because a lot more American children have it than the rest of the world. However, there&#x2019;s no specific treatment at this point in time, but there are many techniques that are used.\n\n\n
Floortime (DIR) is when the teacher gets on the child&#x2019;s communication level and takes stepping-stones with him. They normally do this with playing activities. The goal is the get the child to reach six developmental milestones that are making the child interested and paying attention to here and now (not staring into space), giving the child love and complete attention, two-way communication, complex communication, emotional ideas, emotional thinking. The teacher completely follows the child&#x2019;s lead. Floor-time mainly focuses on emotional development. This is normally combined with behavioral therapies. The sessions are two to five hours a day.\n\n\n
That&#x2019;s only one of the treatments used. The other treatments that are used with Autism along with other disabilities are Applied Behavioral Analysis, Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT), Verbal Behavior, Speech-Language Therapy (SLT), Occupational Therapy, Sensory Integration Therapy, and Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). \n\n\n
When a family member is diagnosed with anything, it doesn&#x2019;t just affect the person with it but it also affects the whole entire family. Money and time needs to be put in to making the person better, but there are no guarantees. Some family members lose faith but some gain faith. Everybody is affected differently. Most people are supportive when a child is diagnosed with Autism, but some family members blame themselves and exclude themselves from the outside world. Some families also get excluded from the world if they like it or not.\n\n\n
Like I said before, Jenny McCarthy&#x2019;s book Louder Than Words really helped me through my research. Jenny was the stereotype strong mother. She did everything she possibly could for her son Evan, even though she was drained throughout the whole process. She became depressed for a long time but turned to God for comfort. Her husband started coming home less and less because he couldn&#x2019;t deal with the stress. He would also get mad at Jenny because she gave him no attention. Everyone in different families react differently to their child being Autistic. \n\n\n
Many parents are obviously in shock. They may find it so overwhelming that they&#x2019;re not ready to accept it. They may go find other doctor&#x2019;s approvals. They may also search themselves for a more acceptable explanation. Then they go through sadness where they mourn some of the hopes and dreams they had for their child like being a sports star, going to prom, going to college, and getting married. Then they get angry when they see typical children with their parents. This anger may also be targeted at the child or even friends and family. The rest are self explanatory.\n
Many parents are obviously in shock. They may find it so overwhelming that they&#x2019;re not ready to accept it. They may go find other doctor&#x2019;s approvals. They may also search themselves for a more acceptable explanation. Then they go through sadness where they mourn some of the hopes and dreams they had for their child like being a sports star, going to prom, going to college, and getting married. Then they get angry when they see typical children with their parents. This anger may also be targeted at the child or even friends and family. The rest are self explanatory.\n
Many parents are obviously in shock. They may find it so overwhelming that they&#x2019;re not ready to accept it. They may go find other doctor&#x2019;s approvals. They may also search themselves for a more acceptable explanation. Then they go through sadness where they mourn some of the hopes and dreams they had for their child like being a sports star, going to prom, going to college, and getting married. Then they get angry when they see typical children with their parents. This anger may also be targeted at the child or even friends and family. The rest are self explanatory.\n
Many parents are obviously in shock. They may find it so overwhelming that they&#x2019;re not ready to accept it. They may go find other doctor&#x2019;s approvals. They may also search themselves for a more acceptable explanation. Then they go through sadness where they mourn some of the hopes and dreams they had for their child like being a sports star, going to prom, going to college, and getting married. Then they get angry when they see typical children with their parents. This anger may also be targeted at the child or even friends and family. The rest are self explanatory.\n
Many parents are obviously in shock. They may find it so overwhelming that they&#x2019;re not ready to accept it. They may go find other doctor&#x2019;s approvals. They may also search themselves for a more acceptable explanation. Then they go through sadness where they mourn some of the hopes and dreams they had for their child like being a sports star, going to prom, going to college, and getting married. Then they get angry when they see typical children with their parents. This anger may also be targeted at the child or even friends and family. The rest are self explanatory.\n
Many parents are obviously in shock. They may find it so overwhelming that they&#x2019;re not ready to accept it. They may go find other doctor&#x2019;s approvals. They may also search themselves for a more acceptable explanation. Then they go through sadness where they mourn some of the hopes and dreams they had for their child like being a sports star, going to prom, going to college, and getting married. Then they get angry when they see typical children with their parents. This anger may also be targeted at the child or even friends and family. The rest are self explanatory.\n
Many parents are obviously in shock. They may find it so overwhelming that they&#x2019;re not ready to accept it. They may go find other doctor&#x2019;s approvals. They may also search themselves for a more acceptable explanation. Then they go through sadness where they mourn some of the hopes and dreams they had for their child like being a sports star, going to prom, going to college, and getting married. Then they get angry when they see typical children with their parents. This anger may also be targeted at the child or even friends and family. The rest are self explanatory.\n
Many fathers leave because they can&#x2019;t deal with the situation or start coming home less and less. Jenny McCarthy&#x2019;s husband is a good example of this. I know many families with an Autistic child, and many don&#x2019;t know their fathers. 90% of couples with an Autistic child lead to divorce. This could be due to the stress of decision making. There&#x2019;s many things to take into account like if they want to put their child into a treatment class. Financial situations also come into play if the couple decides to get treatment classes for their child. Some spouses go into depression and some don&#x2019;t want any interaction with anyone even their spouse. Many lose interest in things like kissing and other sexual pleasures which can cause a lot of problems. &#x201C;While dads note that having an autistic child has caused severe difficulties for their families, they don&#x2019;t feel that is has a significant personal impact on them. This is not true for moms. Moms take it personally, and maybe that&#x2019;s why they do the work. &#x2013; page 129&#x201D;\n\n\n\n
Many fathers leave because they can&#x2019;t deal with the situation or start coming home less and less. Jenny McCarthy&#x2019;s husband is a good example of this. I know many families with an Autistic child, and many don&#x2019;t know their fathers. 90% of couples with an Autistic child lead to divorce. This could be due to the stress of decision making. There&#x2019;s many things to take into account like if they want to put their child into a treatment class. Financial situations also come into play if the couple decides to get treatment classes for their child. Some spouses go into depression and some don&#x2019;t want any interaction with anyone even their spouse. Many lose interest in things like kissing and other sexual pleasures which can cause a lot of problems. &#x201C;While dads note that having an autistic child has caused severe difficulties for their families, they don&#x2019;t feel that is has a significant personal impact on them. This is not true for moms. Moms take it personally, and maybe that&#x2019;s why they do the work. &#x2013; page 129&#x201D;\n\n\n\n
Many fathers leave because they can&#x2019;t deal with the situation or start coming home less and less. Jenny McCarthy&#x2019;s husband is a good example of this. I know many families with an Autistic child, and many don&#x2019;t know their fathers. 90% of couples with an Autistic child lead to divorce. This could be due to the stress of decision making. There&#x2019;s many things to take into account like if they want to put their child into a treatment class. Financial situations also come into play if the couple decides to get treatment classes for their child. Some spouses go into depression and some don&#x2019;t want any interaction with anyone even their spouse. Many lose interest in things like kissing and other sexual pleasures which can cause a lot of problems. &#x201C;While dads note that having an autistic child has caused severe difficulties for their families, they don&#x2019;t feel that is has a significant personal impact on them. This is not true for moms. Moms take it personally, and maybe that&#x2019;s why they do the work. &#x2013; page 129&#x201D;\n\n\n\n
Many fathers leave because they can&#x2019;t deal with the situation or start coming home less and less. Jenny McCarthy&#x2019;s husband is a good example of this. I know many families with an Autistic child, and many don&#x2019;t know their fathers. 90% of couples with an Autistic child lead to divorce. This could be due to the stress of decision making. There&#x2019;s many things to take into account like if they want to put their child into a treatment class. Financial situations also come into play if the couple decides to get treatment classes for their child. Some spouses go into depression and some don&#x2019;t want any interaction with anyone even their spouse. Many lose interest in things like kissing and other sexual pleasures which can cause a lot of problems. &#x201C;While dads note that having an autistic child has caused severe difficulties for their families, they don&#x2019;t feel that is has a significant personal impact on them. This is not true for moms. Moms take it personally, and maybe that&#x2019;s why they do the work. &#x2013; page 129&#x201D;\n\n\n\n
Many fathers leave because they can&#x2019;t deal with the situation or start coming home less and less. Jenny McCarthy&#x2019;s husband is a good example of this. I know many families with an Autistic child, and many don&#x2019;t know their fathers. 90% of couples with an Autistic child lead to divorce. This could be due to the stress of decision making. There&#x2019;s many things to take into account like if they want to put their child into a treatment class. Financial situations also come into play if the couple decides to get treatment classes for their child. Some spouses go into depression and some don&#x2019;t want any interaction with anyone even their spouse. Many lose interest in things like kissing and other sexual pleasures which can cause a lot of problems. &#x201C;While dads note that having an autistic child has caused severe difficulties for their families, they don&#x2019;t feel that is has a significant personal impact on them. This is not true for moms. Moms take it personally, and maybe that&#x2019;s why they do the work. &#x2013; page 129&#x201D;\n\n\n\n
When things get tough in people&#x2019;s lives, many turn to their religion. It gives people a sense of hope that things will finally turn around. They go to their religion for guidance and strength. Many people become religious after something tragic happens instead of being completely religious their whole life. This goes for many parents with Autistic children including Jenny McCarthy. As many people know she is a model and was once a playboy bunny. When Evan was diagnosed with Autism, she changed and forgot her old ways. She even gave up being a comedian to stay with Evan. She never went back to being a playboy bunny or a model. Instead she is a spokesperson for Autism Awareness.\n\n\n
When things get tough in people&#x2019;s lives, many turn to their religion. It gives people a sense of hope that things will finally turn around. They go to their religion for guidance and strength. Many people become religious after something tragic happens instead of being completely religious their whole life. This goes for many parents with Autistic children including Jenny McCarthy. As many people know she is a model and was once a playboy bunny. When Evan was diagnosed with Autism, she changed and forgot her old ways. She even gave up being a comedian to stay with Evan. She never went back to being a playboy bunny or a model. Instead she is a spokesperson for Autism Awareness.\n\n\n
When things get tough in people&#x2019;s lives, many turn to their religion. It gives people a sense of hope that things will finally turn around. They go to their religion for guidance and strength. Many people become religious after something tragic happens instead of being completely religious their whole life. This goes for many parents with Autistic children including Jenny McCarthy. As many people know she is a model and was once a playboy bunny. When Evan was diagnosed with Autism, she changed and forgot her old ways. She even gave up being a comedian to stay with Evan. She never went back to being a playboy bunny or a model. Instead she is a spokesperson for Autism Awareness.\n\n\n
Many parents lose friends when their child is born with Autism. This isn&#x2019;t because people aren&#x2019;t supportive, it&#x2019;s because the parents don&#x2019;t want to deal with other people. They find that they already have enough problems and they&#x2019;re afraid of what people might say to them. It may also be jealousy and bitterness towards their perfect family and normal children. Many parents avoid going out with their child not because they don&#x2019;t want to compare their child to others because it makes them depressed. They may also be embarrassed of their children if they decide to have a temper tantrum in public. Many people also have a lot of pity for these families and many families want to get the situation off their mind as much as possible.\n\n\n
Many children with Autism love to watch television. Yes television is bad for a child&#x2019;s development, but Autistic children are hard to take care of. Many times Autistic children in their younger years temper tantrum almost every single day. This is hard on the parents and the only thing to get their child to calm down is putting them in front of the television. This is a thing almost all Autistic children like along with music. The parents aren&#x2019;t to blame if their Autistic child watches a lot of television. Parents shouldn&#x2019;t be blamed at all for child&#x2019;s disability.\n\n\n
Many children with Autism love to watch television. Yes television is bad for a child&#x2019;s development, but Autistic children are hard to take care of. Many times Autistic children in their younger years temper tantrum almost every single day. This is hard on the parents and the only thing to get their child to calm down is putting them in front of the television. This is a thing almost all Autistic children like along with music. The parents aren&#x2019;t to blame if their Autistic child watches a lot of television. Parents shouldn&#x2019;t be blamed at all for child&#x2019;s disability.\n\n\n
There are unfortunately some parents that get so bitter with the situation that they take it out on the child. They get so frustrated with them very easily and almost dislike their child. This eventually goes away but it takes some time.\n\n\n
Even though Autism is rising, many families don&#x2019;t have an Autistic child. Many families especially parents start to feel alone in the situation. They know there are other parents in the world in the same situation but there aren&#x2019;t many. They begin to feel inferior and that nobody cares.\n\n\n
This is the part of the book where Jenny takes Evan to treatment. Treatment like for every disease sounds like the cure and resembles happiness for the family. Most cases however, it&#x2019;s a hard struggle and can drain a family. \n\n\n
Mothers with Autistic children will go above and beyond for their child. They will sacrifice everything even their relationships with others. Many mothers unfortunately blame themselves for their child and try to find a way to fix it.\n\n\n
Mothers with Autistic children will go above and beyond for their child. They will sacrifice everything even their relationships with others. Many mothers unfortunately blame themselves for their child and try to find a way to fix it.\n\n\n
My first application component was selling Autism Awareness bracelets. They were two dollars each and I sold youth and adult sizes. Friends and family bought them. All the money went to Autism Speaks. My total came out to be $292.\n
My first application component was selling Autism Awareness bracelets. They were two dollars each and I sold youth and adult sizes. Friends and family bought them. All the money went to Autism Speaks. My total came out to be $292.\n
Autism Speaks has grown into the nation&#x2019;s largest Autism science organization. They&#x2019;re dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for Autism; and increasing awareness of Autism spectrum disorders. Autism Speaks does walks all around the country to fundraise money for Autism Speaks. \n\n\n
Autism Speaks has grown into the nation&#x2019;s largest Autism science organization. They&#x2019;re dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for Autism; and increasing awareness of Autism spectrum disorders. Autism Speaks does walks all around the country to fundraise money for Autism Speaks. \n\n\n
Autism Speaks has grown into the nation&#x2019;s largest Autism science organization. They&#x2019;re dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for Autism; and increasing awareness of Autism spectrum disorders. Autism Speaks does walks all around the country to fundraise money for Autism Speaks. \n\n\n
Autism Speaks has grown into the nation&#x2019;s largest Autism science organization. They&#x2019;re dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for Autism; and increasing awareness of Autism spectrum disorders. Autism Speaks does walks all around the country to fundraise money for Autism Speaks. \n\n\n
Autism Speaks has grown into the nation&#x2019;s largest Autism science organization. They&#x2019;re dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for Autism; and increasing awareness of Autism spectrum disorders. Autism Speaks does walks all around the country to fundraise money for Autism Speaks. \n\n\n
I also made hair ribbons completely by myself which were sold for one dollar. \n
I also made hair ribbons completely by myself which were sold for one dollar. \n
I also made hair ribbons completely by myself which were sold for one dollar. \n
The supplies I used for my ribbons were a hot glue gun, ribbons, and bobby pins.\n\n\n\n\n
The supplies I used for my ribbons were a hot glue gun, ribbons, and bobby pins.\n\n\n\n\n
The supplies I used for my ribbons were a hot glue gun, ribbons, and bobby pins.\n\n\n\n\n
The supplies I used for my ribbons were a hot glue gun, ribbons, and bobby pins.\n\n\n\n\n
The church I go to has a chili cook-off every year. The youth group committee decided to advertise SGPs during this big fundraiser for the church. I had a donation box and I brought my hair bows and bracelets. All my adult bracelets and bows got sold. Many people asked questions and I was able to answer all of them without trouble. I also got around thirty dollars in the donation box.\n
The church I go to has a chili cook-off every year. The youth group committee decided to advertise SGPs during this big fundraiser for the church. I had a donation box and I brought my hair bows and bracelets. All my adult bracelets and bows got sold. Many people asked questions and I was able to answer all of them without trouble. I also got around thirty dollars in the donation box.\n
This was the poster I made for the chili cook-off. It had information about the Autism Speaks foundation, my personal relevance, common symptoms, and an overall understanding of what Autism is.\n
This was the poster I made for the chili cook-off. It had information about the Autism Speaks foundation, my personal relevance, common symptoms, and an overall understanding of what Autism is.\n
This is a place I volunteered at one saturday morning. I went to the West Chester AMC Theater to help out with a sensory movie. For Autistic people, sometimes it&#x2019;s difficult for them to go to regular movies. Their senses are sensitive to certain noises. They don&#x2019;t like loud noises and some movies are too overstimulating for them. There are also Autistic people that make random noises and can&#x2019;t sit down which is distracting. These movies are specifically for people like this. The movies are quieter and the movies aren&#x2019;t stimulating. There also aren&#x2019;t any commercials or previews before the movie and the lights stay on.\n\n\n\n
While the movie was going on, I sat here and helped people that needed to find their way around the theater. There was a lot of information on the table for parents that are just getting to know what Autism is. There were guides to what toys they should buy for their kids, an Autism magazine, and pamphlets.\n
While the movie was going on, I sat here and helped people that needed to find their way around the theater. There was a lot of information on the table for parents that are just getting to know what Autism is. There were guides to what toys they should buy for their kids, an Autism magazine, and pamphlets.\n
In the Toys R Us booklet, there are specific tips to finding toys that Autistic children would actually find interest with. Holly Robinson Peete who is the author of this booklet has an Autistic child named RJ. She realized some toys RJ didn&#x2019;t like at all but normal children loved so she made this book to help parents out.\n
In the Toys R Us booklet, there are specific tips to finding toys that Autistic children would actually find interest with. Holly Robinson Peete who is the author of this booklet has an Autistic child named RJ. She realized some toys RJ didn&#x2019;t like at all but normal children loved so she made this book to help parents out.\n
They enjoy toys with lights and textures. When Autistic children are given a toy like this it&#x2019;s comforting to them and toys with lights excite them.\n
The toy should have challenges but not enough challenges that the child gets frustrated. The toy also shouldn&#x2019;t be difficult for the child to operate because that might also get them very frustrated. There should also be an easy on and off button to find.\n\n\n\n\n
The toy should have challenges but not enough challenges that the child gets frustrated. The toy also shouldn&#x2019;t be difficult for the child to operate because that might also get them very frustrated. There should also be an easy on and off button to find.\n\n\n\n\n
There are many Autistic children that are so uncoordinated, that they can&#x2019;t talk. One thing that needs to be kept in mind is can the child play with the toy in a wheelchair on one their side on the floor.\n\n
There are many Autistic children that are so uncoordinated, that they can&#x2019;t talk. One thing that needs to be kept in mind is can the child play with the toy in a wheelchair on one their side on the floor.\n\n
Toys that don&#x2019;t have a right or wrong answer are really good to buy. The toy should be able to function at the child&#x2019;s pace so they don&#x2019;t get overwhelmed.\n\n
Parents have to keep in mind on how their children looks next to normal children. Getting a popular toy that makes them fit in a little better is very important.\n\n\n
Parents have to keep in mind on how their children looks next to normal children. Getting a popular toy that makes them fit in a little better is very important.\n\n\n
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The Newsletter is a guide for parents with Autistic children. It has everything that&#x2019;s needed like support group information, upcoming events, stories of people with Autism, and worldwide news on the subject. \n
Beth Sullivan has Asperger&#x2019;s which she didn&#x2019;t know she had it through her childhood. She had a lot of trouble in school and she didn&#x2019;t know why. She also had a hard time keeping friendships with people. I didn&#x2019;t notice anything wrong with her till she said she had Autism after three minutes. I just thought she was a little different and really giddy. She now dedicates her life to Autism. She has a husband and a genius child who has no problems at all. \n
Beth Sullivan has Asperger&#x2019;s which she didn&#x2019;t know she had it through her childhood. She had a lot of trouble in school and she didn&#x2019;t know why. She also had a hard time keeping friendships with people. I didn&#x2019;t notice anything wrong with her till she said she had Autism after three minutes. I just thought she was a little different and really giddy. She now dedicates her life to Autism. She has a husband and a genius child who has no problems at all. \n
April is Autism Awareness month. On April 17th they had Autism Awareness Day at the zoo. It&#x2019;s very popular in the Autism community and it&#x2019;s a huge event. \n
April is Autism Awareness month. On April 17th they had Autism Awareness Day at the zoo. It&#x2019;s very popular in the Autism community and it&#x2019;s a huge event. \n
April is Autism Awareness month. On April 17th they had Autism Awareness Day at the zoo. It&#x2019;s very popular in the Autism community and it&#x2019;s a huge event. \n
April is Autism Awareness month. On April 17th they had Autism Awareness Day at the zoo. It&#x2019;s very popular in the Autism community and it&#x2019;s a huge event. \n
April is Autism Awareness month. On April 17th they had Autism Awareness Day at the zoo. It&#x2019;s very popular in the Autism community and it&#x2019;s a huge event. \n
For two hours I sold shirts for ten dollars.\n
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I&#x2019;ve learned a lot from this project. I learned that there are many people out there in my family&#x2019;s shoes. I realized that Autistic people have a lot of difficulties in life and they can&#x2019;t help who they are. There is no need to get mad about it because researchers around the world are trying their best to find a cure. Autistic people are great, honest people and shouldn&#x2019;t look down apart. For the first time in fourteen years, I can finally say I love my sister the way she is. &#x201C;People with Autism do not lie, do not judge and do not play games. Maybe we can learn something from them.&#x201D;\n\n\n\n\n
I&#x2019;ve learned a lot from this project. I learned that there are many people out there in my family&#x2019;s shoes. I realized that Autistic people have a lot of difficulties in life and they can&#x2019;t help who they are. There is no need to get mad about it because researchers around the world are trying their best to find a cure. Autistic people are great, honest people and shouldn&#x2019;t look down apart. For the first time in fourteen years, I can finally say I love my sister the way she is. &#x201C;People with Autism do not lie, do not judge and do not play games. Maybe we can learn something from them.&#x201D;\n\n\n\n\n
Like I said before with stages of grieving, I was once in loneliness which is the second to last step. I was there for around fourteen years because I barely ever talked about it or acknowledged it. This project made me face it and realize that it&#x2019;s a difficult situation, but it could be worse. My sister can&#x2019;t help the way she is and she&#x2019;s a beautiful person no matter what. When I realized this, I finally got to my acceptance stage.\n
Like I said before with stages of grieving, I was once in loneliness which is the second to last step. I was there for around fourteen years because I barely ever talked about it or acknowledged it. This project made me face it and realize that it&#x2019;s a difficult situation, but it could be worse. My sister can&#x2019;t help the way she is and she&#x2019;s a beautiful person no matter what. When I realized this, I finally got to my acceptance stage.\n
Like I said before with stages of grieving, I was once in loneliness which is the second to last step. I was there for around fourteen years because I barely ever talked about it or acknowledged it. This project made me face it and realize that it&#x2019;s a difficult situation, but it could be worse. My sister can&#x2019;t help the way she is and she&#x2019;s a beautiful person no matter what. When I realized this, I finally got to my acceptance stage.\n
Like I said before with stages of grieving, I was once in loneliness which is the second to last step. I was there for around fourteen years because I barely ever talked about it or acknowledged it. This project made me face it and realize that it&#x2019;s a difficult situation, but it could be worse. My sister can&#x2019;t help the way she is and she&#x2019;s a beautiful person no matter what. When I realized this, I finally got to my acceptance stage.\n
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The two main works I used were the book Louder Than Words that I talked about before and The Autism Sourcebook Everything You Need To Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping and Healing. This helped me because it gave me a whole lot of general information on the topic.\n
The two main works I used were the book Louder Than Words that I talked about before and The Autism Sourcebook Everything You Need To Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping and Healing. This helped me because it gave me a whole lot of general information on the topic.\n
