A complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication
What is Autism
100
For young kids this amounts to an unplanned experiment that exposes developing brains to tremendous doses of colorful, moving, two-dimensional visual stimuli
What is Television
100
Response to touch, smell, sound, taste, and feel
What is Sensory
100
A lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people (e.g., by lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest)
What is iImpairment in social interaction
100
Behavior and Communication Approaches
Dietary Approaches
Medication
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
What is Types of treatments
200
Autistic disorder
Asperger syndrome
Pervasive Developmental Disorder NOS
What is the three specific conditions of ASD
200
Vaccines containing mercury
What is Thimersol Vaccines
200
Response to emotions, understanding how others think and feel, and holding a conversation
What is Social Interaction
200
A delay in, or total lack of, the development of spoken language (not accompanied by an attempt to compensate through alternative modes of communication such as gesture or mime)
What is Impairment in communication
200
Encourages positive behaviors and discourages negative behaviors in order to improve a variety of skills.The child’s progress is tracked and measured.
What is Applied Behavior Analysis
300
A group of disorders with similar features
What is "Spectrum"
300
The study of how different traits, like hair color or blood type, are passed down from generation to generation. This information controls these traits and is located in the nucleus of a cell in strands of genetic material called DNA
What is Genetics
300
Response to verbal (spoken) and non-verbal (unspoken, such as pointing, eye contact, and smiling)
What is Communication
300
Persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
What is Restrictive repetitive and stereotypic patterns of behavior, interests, and activities
300
Skills that help the person live as independently as possible. Skills might include dressing, eating, bathing, and relating to people.
What is Ocupational therapy
400
Social challenges and unusual behaviors and interests typically do not have problems with language or intellectual disability.
What is Aspergers Syndrome
400
A condition of hypersensitivity to a substance ) considered harmless to most people. Exposure (consumption, inhalation, physical contact, etc) to such substances causes the body to undergo a reaction, often resulting in symptoms such as difficulty breathing and/or swellings/rashes
What is Allergy
400
Repeating words or actions, obsessively following routines or schedules, and playing in repetitive ways
What is Routines or repetitive behaviors
400
Social interaction
Communication interaction
and Repetitive behaviors
What is The three behaviors that tend to hallmark the disorder
400
Helps to improve the person’s communication skills. Some people are able to learn verbal communication skills. For others, using gestures or picture boards is more realistic.
What is Speech therapy
500
Usually have fewer and milder symptoms than those with autistic disorder. The symptoms might cause only social and communication challenges.
What is Pervasive Developmental Disorder
500
Factors in the environment that may have an effect on our development or growth
What is Environmental causes
500
Response to walking, and using fingers to grasp items
What is Motor skills
500
Nearly all medical professionals agree that this is very important in the treatment of Autism, as it gives doctors and therapists a chance to begin work immediately on confronting the various challenges both child and parent will face.
What is Early diagnosis
500
Helps the person deal with sensory information, like sights, sounds, and smells also helps a child who is bothered by certain sounds or does not like to be touched.