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Medical > Psychiatry
When Behavior Becomes Self-Harm: A Parent's Guide to Managing Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
...behavior (SIB) isn't one thing with one cause. It's a pattern that emerges when communication...and skin-picking. It's repetitive, causes tissue damage, and persists despite...is rhythmic, soothing, and doesn't cause injury. If your child flaps their hands...severe intellectual disabilities, autism, or both. In this population, SIB isn't...
Research > Funding
Investing in the Future of Special Needs Research and Innovation
...Therapies. Research also propels forward our understanding of the underlying causes and mechanisms of various disabilities. This knowledge translates into better...interventions for conditions like fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder. More research...
Research > Clinical Trials
Advancing Care and Treatment for People with Special Needs Through Research
...that research helps with include: Understanding causes and risk factors Developing new medications and...many advances in understanding conditions like autism, Down syndrome, and learning disabilities. This...interventions and support. For example, research on autism has increased understanding of the many different...
Medical > Neurology
Medically Understanding Seizures in Special Needs Individuals: A Comprehensive Guide
...This is particularly true for those with neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism or cerebral palsy, where the brain's atypical development may make them...important to note that seizures can look different in every individual. In some cases, they can involve sudden falls or uncontrollable muscle spasms, while others...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome: What Is It?
...syndrome is considered to be part of the autism spectrum. Asperger Syndrome: Causes...autism spectrum. Asperger Syndrome: Causes And Risk Factors. Asperger syndrome...effectively with others. The exact cause of Asperger syndrome is unknown, but...unknown, but it is believed to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental...
Parenting > Self-Care
Resources to Reduce Stress in Parents
...biggest challenges that parents of children on the autism spectrum must cope with is their own stress. How...struggling, and a cycle will develop as your stress level causes you to handle situations poorly, upsetting your...opinions on how and when to discipline your child with autism If your child has siblings, you probably find...
Education > Higher Education
What My Degree Taught Me about Autism
...deal about Autism. Autism is...about Autism. Autism is a complex...there about Autism that I would...taught me about Autism. Autism is...about Autism. Autism is a developmental...function and causes a change in...communication skills. Autism is a wide-spectrum...people with Autism will have the...people with Autism will have only...milder form of Autism might simply...severe form of Autism may not be...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
What is Pervasive Development Disorder?
...is another term for autism spectrum disorders....disorders. PDD includes autism, Asperger's disorder,...Parenting behaviors do not cause pervasive development...disorders, and the exact cause of PDD is not known....environmental factors as a cause. These developmental...disorders with multiple causes, which makes one specific...makes one specific cause difficult to pin down....
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
How to Modify Aggressive Behavior in Children with Autism
...physically. The first thing to remember is the fact that patients with Autism Syndromes have a brain disorder. This brain disorder is particularly manifested...sensory stimulation such as touching or changes in temperature. What this causes is an overabundance of stimuli in an individual who cannot quickly adapt...
Health > Diagnosis
The Future of Diagnosis with DSM-5
...including diagnostic criteria for: Autism and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders...biggest changes of the DSM-5 that causes concern is the revision of the autism...causes concern is the revision of the autism definition. The diagnoses of Asperger's...will fall under the umbrella of the "Autism Spectrum Disorder." The New York Times...
Parenting > The Early Years
Is Organizing and Sorting Normal for Children?
...conclusions like "my child must have autism." Many children might seem...behavior becomes debilitating, causes extreme anxiety, or interferes...might be a sign of OCD or even autism. Obsessive-compulsive disorder...eating habits, OCD might be the cause. Similarly, autism is...might be the cause. Similarly, autism is...
Health > Mental Health
Bullying Leading Cause of Depression
...special need does not necessarily cause depression amongst individuals — rather,...frequent bullying or being left out that causes emotional turmoil. While much research...disease, obesity, learning disability, autism spectrum disorder, and short stature....bullying from peers was the number-one cause of emotional distress. Researchers...