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Statistics of Autism in China
2008-05-01 08:09:00 Autism is called ‘zi bi zheng’ and considered of a tpye of mental disability in China . There’s no diagnosis of autism in China until the 80s of 20 century, which is 40 years late comparing to international society. Even by far, there’s only about 100 doctors in China who can diagnose autism expertly. In a survey ... More About: Autism , Statistics
How to help a hyperlexic child to communicate
2008-04-16 06:00:00 To help aid a hyperlexic child’s communication, it is important to make a program for a child rather than trying to make a child fit into a program (Kroll). Developing the intent to communicate is of great importance. Allowing the child to take the leading role and then following their lead is the easiest way ... More About: Child , Communicate
Too much early education may cause autism tendencies
2008-04-07 09:31:00 In South Korea, it was popular that parents take babies born for only weeks to learn english. Recently, it’s fashionable to make babies learn yoga, philosophy, even walking. These inappropriate early education are not healthy for infants, after having too much lessons, many babies display autistic tendencies. Doctor Sun from Institute of Cognitive emotional and ... More About: Education , Autism , Early
How to control temper tantrums of children with autism
2008-04-07 07:32:00 Children with autism have temper tantrum problems - also called a meltdown, when it happens, they throw themselves on the floor, crying, screaming and kicking as a means of getting across that things are “not right”. Normal kids have temper tantrums too, but it’s not so difficult to deal with as autistic children. Here’s some ... More About: Children , Autism , Control
Early intervention for preventing autism
2008-04-05 08:22:00 The best age for treating autism is form 3 to 6 years old. During this period of time, children have few ingrained habits and their brains grow fast, it’s relatively easier to prevent autistic behaviors. If the obtimal opportunity for treatment is missed, no matter how many therapies you try, it’s hard to make a ... More About: Autism , Early
How to recognize autism in children early
2008-04-04 09:35:00 At present, there are as many as 1 in 100 to 150 children may be autistic. April 2nd of 2008 is the first ” World Autism Awareness Day” designated by the United Nations General Assembly. The parents should always keep a weather eye on your child for an extended period of time. Early intervention is ... More About: Children , Recognize
Dolphins can help children with autism
2008-04-03 07:09:00 Dolphins are one of the most intelligent animals in the world. Researchers found out that they can help people who suffer from neurological disorders, especially autistic children. Dolphin therapy is claimed to increase speech and motor skills of children with autism, however, it’s still a controversial topic. Dolphins are popular in human culture because of their ... More About: Children , Autism , Dolphins
How to modify autistic tendencies in children
2008-04-01 13:44:00 Both subjective and objective factors could trigger autistic tendencies. The subjective factor refers that some children might be born with shy and introverted character, which makes them not good at communication. The subjective factors basically come form family education. In addition, some children avoid social contact because of bad experience in interpersonal relationships. Autistic tendencies ... More About: Children , Modify
World Autism Day is April 2nd
2008-04-01 08:44:00 April 2nd of 2008 is the first World Autism Day, which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly following the adoption of the Qatari resolution at the end of 2007. Autism is a kind of neurodevelopmental disabilities. Children with autism show symptoms like communication problem, repetive behaviors and limited interests, and so on. Autism can ... More About: April
Test: does your child have autism?
2008-03-04 16:09:00 Some children don’t like learning and speaking, with unconcern for everything, love to play with a monotonous game alone for a long time… Psychologist may say that these children have “autism“. Autism is one kind of neurodevelopmental disability. It is reported that there’s more than 1 in 100 kids with autism now in America. Here’s a ... More About: Child , Test
Watching too much TV may cause autism
2008-03-03 12:35:00 Babies from one and a half month old to two months old are very sensitive to television. Eleven months old babies can understand certain sencearios in TV, once they sit before the TV, they would be very quiet and watching TV. However, it’s not good for the baby to watch too much TV, the infant ... More About: Autism , Watching
Asperger’s and genius share same characteristics
2008-03-02 07:28:00 A famous psychiatric, Michael Fitzgerald from Trinity College, Dublin has claimed that many geniuses in the fields of science, politics and the arts have achieved success because they had Asperger ’s syndrome(AS), a mild form of Autism. Michael Fitzgerald said that lots of geniuses showed autistic traits, such as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, George Orwell and H ... More About: Share , Genius
Autism Conferences 2008 - Date and Location
2008-03-01 14:48:00 Here’s a list of “when and where” imformation of the major 10 autism conferences in 2008 . For details of these conferences, please click on the titles. 1. Annual COSAC Conference Date: May 15-17, 2008 Location : Atlantic City, New Jersey 2. Issues and Recent Advancements in the Behavioral Treatment of Autism : Practical Strategies for Changing Behavior at Home and School Date: ... More About: Conferences
How to control behaviors of autisitc children
2008-02-19 07:42:00 Because of the mental retardation of children with autism, they often have many bad behaviors. How to deal with these behaviors? Here’s some tips that might be helpful. 1. If the autistic kid shows bad behavior, try to shift his/her attention by something interesting. 2. Sometimes, child with autism would hit head of himself/herself ,or shooting his/her ... More About: Children , Control
The best age to present autism
2008-02-17 12:11:00 It’s not hard to find out autistic signs on children if you could pay some attention, because autism has specific symptoms, as problems with communication, rage, repetitive behivors, lack of imagination,etc. The following signs should be important: 1. Present s the degenerated phenomenon. Some children with autism develop normally before two years old. However, when they grow up ... More About: Autism
Autism:Symptoms and Causes
2008-02-16 11:19:00 Autism is one kind of developmental disabilities which is characterized by impaired social interaction, problems with communication skills, repetitive behaviors and limited activities and interests. According to the surveys, there’s one autistic children out of 150 kids in America, one out of 1000 in Canada. Boys are more prone to autism than girls. The cause of ... More About: Autism , Symptoms
Maternal Antibodies and Autism
2008-02-15 10:35:00 According to the new research of the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, Maternal Antibodies might link to autism. Prenatal Exposure To Maternal Antibodies could cause autistic behaviors like the repetitive behavior, which is a important character of autism. “Dr. Van de Water’s result implicated maternal immune system factors with at least one form of autism,” said neuroscientist ... More About: Autism
Advice for parents of autistic children
2008-02-09 06:55:00 Q: I have 2 children.Braden who is now 3 and Madison who is 4. Braden was diagnosed with ASD in Sept and its very clear that my daughter has her own problems. Braden just turned 3 and I have been trying to get him help since around 18 mths. I spent months trying to convince ... More About: Advice , Children , Parents
Flapping and NT
2008-02-09 06:38:00 Q: My 2 year old son who’s biggest red flag so far has been language delay and a little bit of atypical eye contact has started flapping quite a bit when he’s excited. It’s only for a couple of seconds and he’s easily redirected. Is this ever a behavior seen in a NT toddler when ...
How to deal with autism
2008-01-27 14:27:00 Q: I have 2 children.Braden who is now 3 and Madison who is 4. Braden was diagnosed with ASD in Sept and its very clear that my daughter has her own problems. Braden just turned 3 and I have been trying to get him help since around 18 mths. I spent months trying to convince ... More About: Autism , Deal
Sleep Problems in Autistic children
2008-01-15 14:41:00 Q: I am sitting at my desk in tears right now. My son is almost 8 and he is autistic. He is non verbal and has been extremely hyperactive over the past 6-8 months. He used to be very aggressive so we had to put him on Risperdal, which helps so much with the aggression, ... More About: Children , Problems , Sleep
A story about an Autistic boy
2008-01-15 14:35:00 We have thanksgiving dinner. I was in 5th grade and well i sit onto this little boy. I talk to him and tried talk to him and well he never respond it back. i got really confused of why he not talking and i ask the teacher of why he is not talking. I found ... More About: Story
A Family’s Life with Autism
2008-01-10 14:54:00 What is it like to live with a half-grown child who can’t speak, who frequently erupts in violent tantrums, and spends hours making hand shadows or stripping shrubs? How do his parents try to bring him out of his private world? How do they keep their sanity and preserve their love for him and for ... More About: Family , Life , Autism
DMG to help autism symptoms
2008-01-08 11:08:00 Q: Has anyone heard of or tried using Dmg for your autistic child? I am new to this and have a lot of researching to do. My son who is 5 also just finished treatment for relapsed leukemia and has epilepsy. We are now trying to incorporate different foods into his diet. I am new ... More About: Autism , Symptoms
Electric shock therapy for autistic children in JRC
2008-01-04 03:02:00 Electric shock treatment can help to control aggressive and violent behaviors of children with autism. The shock treatment was first used at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC) in US by a doctor named Matthew Israel, the director of the center. It seems to be an inappropriate punishment for autistic children - especially some of ... More About: Children , Shock , Therapy , Electric , Thera
Gluten free diet for autism
2007-12-31 05:16:00 Q: Is gluten free diet really helpful with kids with autism? Has there been studies on this? This would mean no flour type products? Answer: I’m not sure what has been done as far as studies, but there are many parents who have good results with dietary interventions, and others who see no difference at all. With ... More About: Diet , Autism , Free , Gluten Free , Gluten free diet
Merry IEP Christmas
2007-12-23 04:43:00 I am so frusterated right now. I knew this was going to happen. The school managed to drag things out and here we are a few weeks before Christmas and we still have not had the IEP.So we finally get a date and my advocate can not make that date. I got the IEP invitation ... More About: Merry
Animal theray for autism
2007-12-19 14:32:00 In the clinical reports of mental hospital, there are many cases that children with autism have close relationship with special animal(dogs or cats). The violent tendency of autistic children disappear while they play with the animal. They take care of the pet, feeding them and cleaning up their excrement, like they are the mother of ... More About: Animal , Autism , Thera
Baby without smile might have autism
2007-12-15 13:58:00 A recent autism research has found out that children with autism could be diagnised at 12 months old(the earliest diagnosis that can be made is at 18 months before this research). If you find your baby has one or two of the following behaviors, don’t be panic. But if your baby has most of the ... More About: Baby , Autism , Smile
The first model of autism
More articles from this author:2007-12-13 05:26:00 According to research presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting, by introducing a gene mutation in mice, investigators have created what they believe to be the first accurate Genetic Animal Mode of autism not associated with a broader neuropsychiatric syndrome,like Fragile X, Rett Syndrome and mental retardation. “Prior to this study we knew next ... More About: Autism , Model 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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