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The Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) philosophy recognizes autism as a lifelong condition and does not aim to cure but to respond to autism as a culture. [2] Core tenets of the TEACCH philosophy include an understanding of the effects of autism on individuals; use of assessment to ...
Autism therapies. A three-year-old with autism points to fish in an aquarium, as part of an experiment (2004) on the effect of intensive shared-attention training on language development. [1] Autism therapies include a wide variety of therapies that help people with autism, or their families. Such methods of therapy seek to aid autistic people ...
assess autism in children, adolescents, and adults. The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a standardized diagnostic test for assessing autism spectrum disorder. The protocol consists of a series of structured and semi-structured tasks that involve social interaction between the examiner and the person under assessment.
Craniosynostosis is a condition in which one or more of the fibrous sutures in a young infant's skull prematurely fuses by turning into bone (ossification), [2] thereby changing the growth pattern of the skull. [3] Because the skull cannot expand perpendicular to the fused suture, it compensates by growing more in the direction parallel to the ...
Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. [4][5][6] It sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public. [4] It was founded in February 2005 by Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne ...
November 5, 2024 at 9:03 PM. (Los Angeles Times) California voters on Tuesday approved a November ballot measure that will impose stricter penalties for repeat theft and crimes involving fentanyl ...
WNBA players are demanding higher salaries from the league after a historic season. One day after the dramatic conclusion of the WNBA Finals, the WNBA Players Union announced Monday, Oct. 21 that ...
Autism or autism spectrum disorder[a] (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by repetitive, restricted, and inflexible patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as well as persistent difficulties in social communication and interaction. Autism generally affects a person's ability to understand and connect with others, as ...