: "ScienceDaily (July 10, 2009) — Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have collaborated to uncover important new insights into the neurological basis of autism. Their new study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, examined patterns of movement as children with autism and typically developing children learned to control a novel tool. The findings suggest that children with autism appear to learn new actions differently than do typically developing children.
As compared to their typically developing peers, children with autism relied much more on their own internal sense of body position (proprioception), rather than visual information coming from the external world to learn new patterns of movement. Furthermore, researchers found that the greater the reliance on proprioception, the greater the child’s impairment in social skills, motor skills and imitation.
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ReplyDeleteDo kids with Autism go to regular public schools or are they admitted to special facilities?
Good question. A: I think, but don't know for sure that it's both. But the question I want to ask first is What exactly is Autism?
ReplyDeleteWhen you get a chance look it up in wikipedia and see what you come up with.
"Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior"
ReplyDeleteThis is what i have found on wiki. i did already know that Autism was a brain disorder that can cause repetitiveness in usually men who have it. Obviously it can cause impaired social interactions with others. I have done some research to answer my question and it turns out that it differs. The more serious cases of Autism are admitted to special schools while the mild cases are mainly admitted to regular public schools.
My question is how do you figure out if a series of behaviors is "autism" or something else. I don't think there is an easy answer so don't worry about coming up with an answer.
ReplyDeleteMy theory is that the bes way to think about it is that it is a continuous state of affairs that try to capture "impaired social interaction and communication." Since lots of social interaction and communication is impaired, it can get a little complicated.