Essays on Autism

or years, I’ve been confused about who to believe in the autism research world: the people who say autism is all in our genes or the ones who believe something bad in our environment is triggering a terrible epidemic.A paper published Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry seemed particularly appealing, because it argued for…

In my junior year of high school, my English teacher assigned a research project that centered on children with disabilities. This assignment had a significant impact on me. With various topics to choose from, I opted to delve into Autism due to my personal connection to my sister Task, who has severe autism. This particular…

            Temple Grandin is without doubt the most well-known and accomplished grown up with autism globally.  Grandin has appeared on main TV programs like ‘ABC’s Primetime Live, “CNN’s Larry King Live”, “Today Show”, 20/20″, and “48 Hours”. She has penned articles for national publications like Time Magazine, Forbes, People Magazine, New York Times, the New…

Temple Grandin is an HBO film directed by Mick Johnson and debuted on February 6, 2010 with the four major casts: Claire Danes as Temple Grandin; Julia Ormond as Eustacia Grandin and Temple’s mother; Catherine O’Hara as Aunt Ann, Temple’s Aunt and sister of Eustacia Grandin; and David Straithairn as Dr. Carlock, Temple’s boarding school…

Jonathan Safran Foer was born in the splendid year of 1977, in Washington D. C. He was educated at Georgetown Day School, a private high school. Around this time, he wanted to be a brain surgeon, and one could argue that his fiction does indeed mess up your mind. He claims to have been the…

The fundamental understanding of how the mind works – our beliefs, desires, perceptions, imaginations and knowledge and how it predicts behavior is defined as theory of mind. It is also the understanding of the difference of one individual to another when it comes to mind matters. We often mistaken that mind reading is only applicable…

The movies Rain Man and Temple Grandin depict characters with Autism Spectrum Disorder, a developmental brain disorder that affects social, communicative, and behavioral skills. According to the Center of Disease Control website, approximately 1 in 88 children have Autism. These films provide insight into the challenges of living with autism and understanding individuals who are…

Perfectly ImperfectThere is always a reason why people are not perfect as what we wanted to be. Perfection is way out of our league and we all know it. Perhaps, questioning why we are made imperfect is quite stupidity. Perfection is not the basis of greatness or superiority. In our daily lives, we meet people…

Autism or PPD ( permeant developmental upset ) is defined by the Columbia encyclopedia as a rare neurodevelopmental upset characterized by the inability to associate to and comprehend the environment in a realistic mode. The oncoming of the upset is in babyhood or early childhood, by and large before the age of 30 months, and…

Today in America autism is still a mystery to the medical profession. They have discovered the symptoms and how to curve some of the autistic behaviors, but did not discover what causes autism. Cowley defines autism:It is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a…