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Annotated Bibliography-Autism
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Annotated Bibliography-Autism
Introduction
Special education remains one of the essential parts of formal education, but which is
incredibly receiving underappreciation by stakeholders and society. There is significant
stigma surrounding special and individuals with disabilities, especially those with learning
difficulties like autism. conventionally, these individuals have been identified cognitively
impaired and less capable of learning, which explains the limited support of this sector of
education. I have taught in a mainstream secondary school for about three years, which have
given me exposure to the learning challenges of these students, and necessary support system
that they require. This was just before my volunteer teacher in a special needs primary
school, which I served for 9 months. Through experience, I learned that in addition to
learning, these students need effective health and proactive care plans, which implies the
need of a multi-disciplinary team. Unfortunately, these provisions are not provided in these
special needs learning environments, and where they are, they are underprovided. In many
schools and environments where these children exist, they are treated like the nanoaustic
children, and resources and support requisite to their needs. This research paper scrutinizes
the elements of educational environment, and the benefits achieved through adequate support,
based on findings of various studies.
Annotated Bibliography
Unit 1: Helt et al. (2008)
In this review, Helt et al. (2008) conduct a review to find out whether autism is life-
long, or there is adequate evidence supporting the hypothesis that 3% to 25% of children
demonstrating autistic symptoms lose this diagnosis and acquire normal levels of cognitive,
social and adaptive milestones. Measures used to indicate recovery from ASD among
children included acquisition of milestones motor development, acquisition of observably
high intelligence, demonstration of receptive language, and ability of the child to imitate
verbal and motor skills. The study also sought to review the evidence that treatment can lead
to “recovery” from ASD symptoms, and lastly, to propose strategies that could support the
“recovery” of children from autism spectrum disorder and its core impacts.
The findings established that recovery among children with ASD can occur through
treatment that can tame biological processes impairing biological processes, behavioural
adjustments (and increasing receptivity of behavioral receptivity), educational interventions
and environmental enrichments, especially those tailored to reducing stress/anxiety reduction.
Annotated Bibliography-Autism
Author
Institutional Affiliation
Course Title/Class
Instructor/Tutor
Date
, 2
Annotated Bibliography-Autism
Introduction
Special education remains one of the essential parts of formal education, but which is
incredibly receiving underappreciation by stakeholders and society. There is significant
stigma surrounding special and individuals with disabilities, especially those with learning
difficulties like autism. conventionally, these individuals have been identified cognitively
impaired and less capable of learning, which explains the limited support of this sector of
education. I have taught in a mainstream secondary school for about three years, which have
given me exposure to the learning challenges of these students, and necessary support system
that they require. This was just before my volunteer teacher in a special needs primary
school, which I served for 9 months. Through experience, I learned that in addition to
learning, these students need effective health and proactive care plans, which implies the
need of a multi-disciplinary team. Unfortunately, these provisions are not provided in these
special needs learning environments, and where they are, they are underprovided. In many
schools and environments where these children exist, they are treated like the nanoaustic
children, and resources and support requisite to their needs. This research paper scrutinizes
the elements of educational environment, and the benefits achieved through adequate support,
based on findings of various studies.
Annotated Bibliography
Unit 1: Helt et al. (2008)
In this review, Helt et al. (2008) conduct a review to find out whether autism is life-
long, or there is adequate evidence supporting the hypothesis that 3% to 25% of children
demonstrating autistic symptoms lose this diagnosis and acquire normal levels of cognitive,
social and adaptive milestones. Measures used to indicate recovery from ASD among
children included acquisition of milestones motor development, acquisition of observably
high intelligence, demonstration of receptive language, and ability of the child to imitate
verbal and motor skills. The study also sought to review the evidence that treatment can lead
to “recovery” from ASD symptoms, and lastly, to propose strategies that could support the
“recovery” of children from autism spectrum disorder and its core impacts.
The findings established that recovery among children with ASD can occur through
treatment that can tame biological processes impairing biological processes, behavioural
adjustments (and increasing receptivity of behavioral receptivity), educational interventions
and environmental enrichments, especially those tailored to reducing stress/anxiety reduction.
