Developmental Disorders

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Developmental Disorders

• Lecture of 2-22-07

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

• Unable to focus, easily distracted
• Impulsive
• Does not complete tasks, changes tasks often

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From Famous People andAttention Deficit
Disorderhttp//www.adhdrelief.com/famous.html
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ADHD Quotes

• I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept
  wandering. Steven Wright
• Punctuality is a virtue of the bored Evelyn
  Waugh

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See the Top 10 Great Characteristics of ADHD
Folks.
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Autism

• Diagnosis is based on 3 symptoms
• Lack of responsiveness to other people
• Impairment in verbal and nonverbal communication
• Limited activities and limited interests
• Engage in repetitive behaviors

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FYI (not notes) from http//www.autism-resources.c
om/autismfaq-theo.html

• Most researchers are convinced that the cause is
  biological rather than psychological. Bernard
  Rimland in his book Infantile Autism (1965) cited
  the following evidence for a biological genesis
  and against the idea that parents cause their
  children to be autistic
• Some clearly autistic children are born to
  parents who do not fit the autistic parent
  personality pattern.
• Parents who do fit the description of the
  supposedly pathogenic parent almost invariably
  have normal, non-autistic children.
• With very few exceptions, the siblings of
  autistic children are normal.
• Autistic children are behaviorally unusual "from
  the moment of birth."
• There is a consistent ratio of three or four boys
  to one girl.
• Virtually all cases of twins reported in the
  literature have been identical, with both twins
  afflicted.
• Autism can occur or be closely simulated in
  children with known organic brain damage.
• The symptomatology is highly unique and specific.
  
• There is an absence of gradations of infantile
  autism which would create "blends" from normal to
  severely afflicted.
• Points 4 and 9 are not generally accepted now,
  perhaps because of the broadening of the
  condition's definition over time, and perhaps
  because of additional observation data
  collection.

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FYI (not for notes)

• If parents have one child with autism, the chance
  of another child is 3-8
• Identical twins if one has it, 30 chance that
  the other one has it.

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Eating disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa
• 85 of normal weight
• Unrealistic body image
• Restrictive food consumption
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binging of 1000s of calories
• Purging by vomiting or laxatives

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Nicole Richie
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Paula Abdul Singer and dancer, famous for her
daring necklines and skin-tight dresses, has a
secret weapon for keeping her figure sexy and
trim. She employs a highly priced "food cop" to
patrol her kitchen. Top Hollywood nutritionist
Yolanda Berman keeps a strict eye on what
36-year-old Abdul keeps in her pantry, cupboards
and fridge. Abdul once thought nothing of sitting
down to wolf down a whole cake, a bag of biscuits
and a tub of ice cream. Then she would retreat to
the bathroom and purge herself of the food. She
had to overcome the eating disorder bulimia,
whose sufferers binge and purge, by checking into
a clinic in 1994. Abdul was once also an exercise
junkie, trying to burn off the extra kilojoules
she had taken in by over-indulging in food. "I
used to be a fanatic," she says. "I used to
exercise four or five times a day. "Now it's
different. I don't exercise too much for the
wrong reasons. Three times a week I'll do some
cardiovascular or aerobic activity.