By: Dr. Vishal A Ganar By: Dr. Priyadharshini G R Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder exhibiting stereotyped and repetitive behavior. Behavior training in autism and its implementation, practicalities, time duration and method of training may lead to a successful transition of a behavior modification program. The frequent reoccurrence of a problem behavior demands a lot …

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By: Dr.Priyanka Marwaha The first three years are very crucial in terms of development of a child. The development that occurs from birth to 3 years provides the foundation for subsequent development across domains. Infant/toddler development proceeds in a predictable sequence: infants crawl before they walk, babble before they talk, and so on. But when …

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By: Ms. Kripa Khara Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a word for a group of developmental disorders reported by enduring problems with social communication/interaction, absence of eye contact, repetitive behaviors and/or not wanting any change in daily routines, lining of objects, spinning, rocking, banging on objects symptoms that begin in early childhood, usually in the …

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By: Kanchan Vishwakarma Man created society to fulfil his social needs which give physical, emotional, physiological, psychological, spiritual satisfaction.  This satisfaction gives a feeling of ecstasy and we acquire it by interacting within the society. Interaction with others help us live an enriched life. This involves expressing our feelings, thoughts, and emotions. Our life revolves …

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By: Dr. Nidhi Mehta The word autism ” comes from the Greek  “autos” which means “self”and the term was first used by Bleuler in the year 1911. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a wide range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and non-verbal communication. Autism spectrum disorder impacts the nervous …

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By: Dr.Anuja Venkatesh Autism spectrum disorder refers to a group of complex neurodevelopment disorder characterized by a repetitive and pattern of behaviour and inability to form reciprocal social interaction impairment in verbal and non-verbal communication. The term ‘Spectrum” refers to the wide range of symptoms, skills, variation in level of disability in functioning of the …

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By: Ms. Tanvi Pal They say, “It isn’t a cake walk”! After all it’s living with Adults with Autism! An adult, yes, an adult who might be 20-22-year-old but still would need a 24-hour caregiver to be safe.  A man/ A woman who just looks grown up but still is battling with limited speech, needs …

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By: Aishwarya Raj Deficits in the areas of social behavior, communication, and repetitive behavior predispose children with autism to display challenging behaviors. That is, problem behavior may result from deficits in children’s ability to communicate their needs, desires, and preferences, or to know and respond to social cues and norms. It is hard for a …

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By: Dr. Rupali Joshi Autism is characterized by severe and pervasive impairment in several important areas of development: reciprocal, social interaction and communication as well as behavior and imagination. In order to be diagnosed with autism, the behavioral symptom in all of the abovementioned areas must be present by age of 3 years. The majority …

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By: Bipasha Sharma Have You Ever Played Hide and Seek With a Little Child? Whenever we play Hide and Seek with very little children, something very surprising happens- they don’t completely hide; they just close their eyes or hide their faces, not their bodies. It’s as if they assume that if they can’t see anything, …

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