Background on Case Study
The subject for this case study is a male child who is approximant four years, six months of age. The child (I.A.) lives with his parents, two older siblings, one younger, and an uncle, in an urban area of Los Angeles. Both parents are factory workers, that are expose to cleansing chemicals. According to the parental report, there is a history of motor coordination, balance, attention disorder, depression, mild language delay, autism and social difficulties. Father reported he had motor coordination and attention problems, oldest brother was evaluated with Asperger’s (ASD), and another with mild social difficulties, attention disorder, and motor coordination.
Prenatal, birth, and perinatal history of I.A. is as follows, after the first trimester spotting appear mother was treated with progesterone, normal fetal activity. Mother gain 65 lbs. after which she had spotting in the 35 week of gestation, I.A. was born after 36 weeks of gestation, normal delivery weighting 6 lbs. 9 oz. He was sent home, developed jaundice and started home phototherapy. However, I.A. developed difficulties with breast feeding; mother notice had problems with sucking. In addition, I.A. mother notice mark fluctuation in I.A. tone, stiffness, arching, and hypersensitivity. Yet, other days I.A. becomes hypotonic and inactive. At one month of age, pediatrician referred I.A. to be evaluated; occupational therapist reported that I.A. had display low facial muscles tone, difficulties with coordination, and sucking.
At the age of three I.A., was enrolled in special day classroom, with the eligibility of Intellectual Disability however, I.A. was diagnosis with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In reviewing his assessments, he shows signs of...
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Case History: T.C. is a 13 year old, 2 month old girl in the seventh grade. T.C. lives with her parents and she is the oldest of three children. T.C.’s prenatal and birth history was unremarkable. T.C. was normal developing until 18 months old. By 18 months old it was apparent that T.C. was delayed in speech. In addition, she walked on her toes, did not make eye contact with others, had a terrible fear of loud sounds, cried frequently, and was a poor sleeper. She was evaluated before her second birthday and was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or related pervasion developmental disorders and has profound difficulty with social interaction. She has received speech therapy, with an emphasis on social skills training, intense therapeutic therapy, and occupational therapy. T.C. is in a regular seventh grade classroom with an aide to assist her throughout her day.
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Understanding autism, which is professionally known as Autism Spectrum Disorder, otherwise known as (ADS) can be a difficult task, especially for someone who is not trained in helping persons with disabilities. The first person to discover autism was a child psychiatrist, Dr. Leo Kanner in 1943. He names the spectrum disorder after the Greek word autos, meaning of or for oneself, due to the way the child display social avoidance. Many doctors’ believed in the past that autism was caused by the way the mother not caring for her child properly or ignoring him or her. There was also a time when it was thought to be caused by certain environmental stresses that cause neurological issues within the brain. Autism is one of the most misunderstood
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