Title: Developmental Disorders
1Developmental Disorders
2Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Unable to focus, easily distracted
- Impulsive
- Does not complete tasks, changes tasks often
3From Famous People andAttention Deficit
Disorderhttp//www.adhdrelief.com/famous.html
4ADHD Quotes
- I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept
wandering. Steven Wright - Punctuality is a virtue of the bored Evelyn
Waugh
5See the Top 10 Great Characteristics of ADHD
Folks.
6Autism
- Diagnosis is based on 3 symptoms
- Lack of responsiveness to other people
- Impairment in verbal and nonverbal communication
- Limited activities and limited interests
- Engage in repetitive behaviors
7FYI (not notes) from http//www.autism-resources.c
om/autismfaq-theo.html
- Most researchers are convinced that the cause is
biological rather than psychological. Bernard
Rimland in his book Infantile Autism (1965) cited
the following evidence for a biological genesis
and against the idea that parents cause their
children to be autistic - Some clearly autistic children are born to
parents who do not fit the autistic parent
personality pattern. - Parents who do fit the description of the
supposedly pathogenic parent almost invariably
have normal, non-autistic children. - With very few exceptions, the siblings of
autistic children are normal. - Autistic children are behaviorally unusual "from
the moment of birth." - There is a consistent ratio of three or four boys
to one girl. - Virtually all cases of twins reported in the
literature have been identical, with both twins
afflicted. - Autism can occur or be closely simulated in
children with known organic brain damage. - The symptomatology is highly unique and specific.
- There is an absence of gradations of infantile
autism which would create "blends" from normal to
severely afflicted. - Points 4 and 9 are not generally accepted now,
perhaps because of the broadening of the
condition's definition over time, and perhaps
because of additional observation data
collection.
8FYI (not for notes)
- If parents have one child with autism, the chance
of another child is 3-8 - Identical twins if one has it, 30 chance that
the other one has it.
9Eating disorders
- Anorexia Nervosa
- 85 of normal weight
- Unrealistic body image
- Restrictive food consumption
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binging of 1000s of calories
- Purging by vomiting or laxatives
10 Nicole Richie
11Paula Abdul Singer and dancer, famous for her
daring necklines and skin-tight dresses, has a
secret weapon for keeping her figure sexy and
trim. She employs a highly priced "food cop" to
patrol her kitchen. Top Hollywood nutritionist
Yolanda Berman keeps a strict eye on what
36-year-old Abdul keeps in her pantry, cupboards
and fridge. Abdul once thought nothing of sitting
down to wolf down a whole cake, a bag of biscuits
and a tub of ice cream. Then she would retreat to
the bathroom and purge herself of the food. She
had to overcome the eating disorder bulimia,
whose sufferers binge and purge, by checking into
a clinic in 1994. Abdul was once also an exercise
junkie, trying to burn off the extra kilojoules
she had taken in by over-indulging in food. "I
used to be a fanatic," she says. "I used to
exercise four or five times a day. "Now it's
different. I don't exercise too much for the
wrong reasons. Three times a week I'll do some
cardiovascular or aerobic activity.