Autism

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Autism

• Presented by
• Allison Araujo
• Shannon Mayville
• Lori Pennington

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What is Autism?

• A pervasive developmental disability
  characterized by extreme withdrawal, cognitive
  deficits, language disorders, self-stimulation,
  onset before the age of thirty months.
• An individual must display 6 or more of 12
  symptoms listed across 3 major areas social
  interaction, communication, and behavior
• Hallahan, Daniel and James Kauffman,
• Exceptional Learners, 9th edt. 2003

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Day in the Life

• "To Raise a Child With Autism" by David Royko

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Statistics/Prevalence

• 5 to 15 per 10,000 births
• 4 times more common in boys than girls
• Occurs among all nations in the world.
• Occurs across the full range of intelligence
• although 80 exhibit mental retardation as
  well.
• All autistic spectrum disorders together
• occur in about 20 cases per 10,000.
• Hallahan, Daniel and James Kauffman,
• Exceptional Learners, 9th edt. 2003

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Strategies for Inclusion

• Structured settings and education planning is
  necessary so that the program is consistent and
  predictable.
• Information is presented both visually and
• verbally.
• Interaction with peers without disabilities is
• important these students provide models of
  appropriate language, social, and behavior
  skills.
• http//tourettesyndrome.net

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Strategies for InclusionCont'd

• It is very important to develop programs with
  parents, so that learning activities and
  approaches are generalized in the home and
  community.
• Individualized education planning.
• Functional curriculum approaches.
• Community based education is incorporated.
• Behavioral programming used, whenappropriate.
• http//tourettesyndrome.net

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Websites

• Autism Society of America
• http//www.autism-societv.ora
• A Little Bit About Autism for General Educators
• http/ywww.slc.sevier.orQ/autgened.htm
• Council for Exceptional Children
• http//ericec.org/diQests/e582.html
• Center for the Study of Autism
• http//www.aulisni.ora

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Books

• Activity Schedules for Children with Autism by
  Lynn E. Ph.D McClannahan, Patricia J., Ph.D
  Krantz
• Aarons and Gittens are London Speech therapists
  who have taught autistic children for 25 years.
  Their book is a thorough introduction to autism,
  covering diagnosis, assessments, history,
  prognosis, and methods of education.
• Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children The
  Me Book, by O. Ivar Lovaas
• This book is intended for teachers and parents
  to help developmentally disabled person live more
  meaningful lives. It should be helpful for person
  retarded in behavioral development, be it as a
  result of mental retardation, brain damage,
  autism, severe aphasia, severe emotional
  disorder, childhood schizophrenia, or any other
  of a number of disorders. Although most of the
  programs were developed with children and youth,
  they can be useful for persons of any age.

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Journals

• National Institute of Mental Health
• www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/autism.sfm
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• by Margaret Strock.
• This article describes symptoms, causes,
  treatments behaviors. Gives information on
  getting help and coping, includes many of the
  autism spectrum disorders, and possible
  indicators.
• Child Autism www.child-autism.com/
• This article includes causes, symptoms,
  diagnosis, and treatments. It includes
  information on autism in infants and children,
  includes information on child autism myths and
  misunderstandings, includes prevalence of child
  autism in boys and girls.