What are the 3 levels of autism? Everything you need to know TODAY 2 hrs ago Kait Hanson
Last year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 1 in 54 U.S. children aged 8 and up was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder a 10% increase from the CDC’s last study in 2000. What exactly is autism spectrum disorder, and what can it be like to live with it?
What is ASD?
Autism spectrum disorder, sometimes referred to as ASD, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can lead to social and communication deficits.
Dr. Jessica Pipkin, a licensed psychologist with St. Bernards Counseling Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, told TODAY Parents that ASD is an important area of research and support in the field of psychology.
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and Sarah E. Wakeman April 6, 2021Reprints A button that reads I can t breathe adorns the jacket of a mourner before the private funeral for George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church on June 9, 2020, in Houston. The diagnosis of excited delirium, a term often used to justify and defend police brutality, reemerged in the aftermath of Floyd s killing.
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The “diagnosis” of excited delirium, a term often used to justify and defend police brutality, disproportionately against Black people, has circulated in the medical canon for more than 25 years. It is time past time, actually for organized medicine to denounce its diagnostic validity and its use as a shield to justify excessive police force.
On March 16, eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in shootings at three massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia. Because the targets were mainly Asian women, many were left to wonder if this constitutes a hate crime, but that was yet to be determined.
The FBI defines a hate crime as a âcriminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offenderâs bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.â
The identified suspect, Robert Aaron Long, told officials that the motive of these attacks traced back to his sex addiction, as the parlors were a âtemptation for him that he wanted to eliminate,â according to the Wall Street Journal.
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A couple weeks ago we celebrated World Down Syndrome Day with our colourful, mismatched socks. On April 2 many of us also commemorated World Autism Awareness Day.
I’ve noticed, though, that many people don’t know the difference between autism and Down syndrome, and many parents need guidance on how to determine if their child has autism and, of course, the next steps.
In this article, I use information gathered from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the American Psychiatric Association to answer some of your most pressing questions.