The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is now in the process of developing and finalizing the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Version 5.
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Kids Just Like You - Special Needs Episode - 0 views
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"special needs, learning, lessons, children, television, asperger's, interaction"
Meet Taylor Morris - 1 views
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Interesting video about Autism & Asperger's syndrome told by a girl, who have "cured" from autism.
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Taylor doesn't say that she's cured -- but her videos are wonderful and inspiring. She lives with autism -- and has learned to adapt.
Wired 9.12: The Geek Syndrome - 0 views
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Autism - and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome - is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame?
Why Asperger Syndrome Will Disappear - 5 views
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autism spectrum disorders as we know them will change radically, and many people who are now considered to be "autistic" may find themselves with a brand new diagnosis.
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Unless something changes between now and then, as of 2013, Asperger syndrome will no longer exist as a diagnosis.
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"Unless something changes between now and then, as of 2013, Asperger syndrome will no longer exist as a diagnosis."
Parental stress associated with caring for children with Asperger's syndrome or autism - 0 views
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Moms of Special Needs Children - 0 views
Autism Research Blog: Translating Autism: Amygdala, autism and clinical impairment: Whe... - 0 views
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The amygala serves a critical function in emotion recognition and processing, and thus it has been implicated in the neurophysiology of autism. For example, individuals with autism have been found to display atypical amygdala growth processes from childhood into adolescence (see for example Nacewiz et al., 2006. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63,12).
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The Amygdale's bilateral biochemical functioning was obtained via magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Four metabolites were measured: N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), creatine/Phosphocreatine (Cre), choline (Cho), and myoinositol (ml).
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The authors did not find any differences in the concentrations of any of the metabolites when comparing the HFA and the control groups
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Amygdala, autism and clinical impairment: When group comparisons are not enough. The results of this study provide support for the need to conduct examinations that go beyond simple group comparisons. In this case, the authors found no differences in any of the metabolites between the two groups, which could easily lead one to conclude that such metabolites may not play a role in autism. Yet, the results were strong in indicating that key metabolites, while observed at normative levels, play a key role in the clinical presentation of the disorder.
Autism Research Blog: Translating Autism: High functioning autism vs. Asperger's. Autis... - 0 views
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Much controversy and confusion remains about the differences between high functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome. As the authors described, there are many areas of overlap as well as differences between the original Asperger's proposal and autism.
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Intellectual Disability Acceptance in the Autism Community - 0 views
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In this blog says: approximately 75-80% of persons with Autistic Disorder are intellectually disabled or cognitively impaired.
A Family United For The Autistic: 15 Yr Old Aspie Talks About Autism - 0 views
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Autism gives many unique traits to an individual, and many of these people go on to do great things (it is said Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and other innovators and scientists had forms of autism). I can’t speak for others - maybe they do want to rid themselves of their condition. But as for the parents and individuals making the decision, think about it: do you honestly want a cure that is going to change the individual you are?
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Autism gives many unique traits to an individual, and many of these people go on to do great things (it is said Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and other innovators and scientists had forms of autism). I can't speak for others - maybe they do want to rid themselves of their condition. But as for the parents and individuals making the decision, think about it: do you honestly want a cure that is going to change the individual you are?
Asperger Syndrome Tied to Low Cortisol Levels - 0 views
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Low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism.
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The body produces cortisol, among other hormones, in stressful situations. Cortisol increases blood pressure and blood sugar levels, among other duties, to signal the body's need to adapt to changes occurring around it.
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People with Asperger syndrome notably have very repetitive or narrow patterns of thought and behavior, such as being obsessed with either a single object or topic. Though tending to become experts in this limited domain, they have otherwise very limited social skills, according to the study.
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Low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism.
About The Ability of Asperger Syndrome Children to Hyper-Focus | - I Teach Autism.com - - 0 views
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The Asperger Syndrome hyper-focusing trait can be helpful in a classroom setting when educators choose to use this extreme attention span as a tool.
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If normal classroom learning procedures are not getting through to an AS child, try working with the theme that they are already working with. As an example, a few words about their chosen object mentioned during a history lesson, can perhaps make the entire history lesson memorable.
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the Asperger Syndrome hyper-focus ability is a learning style. AS children have the ability to hyper-focus their way into learning traditional subjects.
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The Asperger Syndrome hyper-focusing trait can be helpful in a classroom setting when educators choose to use this extreme attention span as a tool.
Autism Blog - Autism and aspergers are essentially the same « Left Brain/Righ... - 0 views
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The histories of autism and Asperger’s Disorder (AD), based on original contributions by Kanner and Asperger, are reviewed in relation to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria.
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Based on up-to-date empirical research, however, it appears that AD and autism are not qualitatively distinct disorders, but are different quantitative manifestations of the same disorder.
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The differences between AD and autism may be a function of individual variability in these areas, not the manifestation of qualitatively distinct disorders.
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Based on up-to-date empirical research, however, it appears that AD and autism are not qualitatively distinct disorders, but are different quantitative manifestations of the same disorder. The differences between AD and autism may be a function of individual variability in these areas, not the manifestation of qualitatively distinct disorders.
Sean J. Smith - 0 views