1. What is TRIAD? How does it seek to help children and families deal with autism spectrum disorders?
2. How do providers for autistic children seek to help them develop social skills?
3. What did you learn about research going on in the field of autism disorders?
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Having spent a lot of time around Autistic children, it was valuable for me to be able to link certain behaviors to those that are generally thought of as Autism influenced. It was interresting to watch the video on determining the degree of autism and also the evaluation of how high functioning the child was. It was very valuable for me to see the videos and come to understand autism more.
I loved this program! I did my research paper on autism this year and was very excited about this! I really liked seeing the comparison videos between normal children and the autistic children. I did not learn about many of these early signals used to determine whether or not a child ranks on the autism spectrum. Hearing the conversations between the autistic children and the instructor was also very interesting. I have a few cousins and family friends who are autistic and hope that this session will improve my relationship with them.
The lecture on Autism Spectrum Disorders was enlightening, for I learned so much that I had never known about the different types of disorders and their social and communicative factors. Also, I was surprised to learn that many people live much of their lives unaware and untreated for their symptoms as the disorder is often times misdiagnosed or unrecognized in particularly high-functioning forms of Autism.
Like Ann, I have spent time with austistic children, but I have never really been familiar with all the symptoms and signs of austism. Watching the videos and the differences between autistic children and those without behavorial problems was enlightening. I think it is great how TRIAD helps families adapt to and deal with austism; I never realized how disruptive it could be to normal life.
I have spent a little bit of time in an Autistic classroom, but not until this session did I really grasp how broad of a diagnosis Autism is. As revealed in the videos we watched, it can range from a child seemingly normal with a few quirks to a teenager who is very reclusive and on to a girl who understands everything that is wrong with her but cannot change who she is. I was interested to hear that not much progress can be made upon someone with the disease but only management.
I have never been that knowledgeable about autism until we did this presentation and I learned a lot about the other disorders under the autism umbrella. I was really surprised to find out that there is no sure way to diagnose autism, except for through behavioral issues. I was also surprised to learn that autism often goes undiagnosed. I think that the research going on is exceptionally interesting and I think that it will be helpful in the future
I had no idea of some of the 'symptoms' of autism and learning about them was very helpful. I did not know that the level of severity of autism could range to such extremes and I think that the session that we went to opened my eyes a little more to what autistic people and their families have to deal with.
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