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    data-ad-client="ca-pub-1763189992875486"> </amp-auto-ads> <amp-auto-ads type="adsense" A  growing numbers of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are being accepted into higher education.. students on the spectrum add a lot of unique perspectives to college and university communities, and colleges and universities should take allegations of sexual assault seriously and encourage prompt reporting to Title IX offices. students with ASD have a difficult time navigating social relationships. Sexual dynamics can be particularly complicated under certain circumstances, making those students unwittingly in violation of current definitions of misconduct at school. This problem was  discussed on InsideHigherEd.com in a Feb. 8 article  by Lee Burdette Williams, director of higher education training and development for the  College Autism Network it is important for higher education institutions to consider ASD as a defense applicable to Title IX compla

  <amp-auto-ads type="adsense" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1763189992875486"> </amp-auto-ads> What is toe walking? Just as the name suggests, toe walking is the inability of a child to make heel-to-ground contact in the initial stages of the gait cycle. Causes of toe walking in children with autism spectrum disorder Toe walking has a positive association with language disorders in children; however, research studies have failed to explain the neurophysiological cause of this association  It is uncertain what the underlying mechanism is behind the increased rate in observed toe walking present in autism—however, it is speculated to be linked to differences in tactile/sensory responses Is toe walking linked to autism? Toe walking has been linked to autism spectrum disorders , which affect a child's ability to communicate and interact with others   8.4%  of patients with ASD also had a diagnosis of toe-walking .  typically developing children  0.47%

  <amp-auto-ads type="adsense" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1763189992875486"> </amp-auto-ads> children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) tend to have more medical issues, including gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as  abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea , compared with their peers. autism impacts many systems in the body, including the  metabolic, mitochondrial, immunological, gastrointestinal and the neurological . These systems interact in complex and highly interdependent ways probiotics have shown promise in alleviating some of the symptoms of autism and mood disorders  by directly restoring the gut microbiota balance or by other ways such as strengthening the GI barrier through the tightening of intercellular adhesions high dose vitamin D improves the core symptoms of autism in about 75% of autistic children . A few of the improvements were remarkable

  <amp-auto-ads type="adsense" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1763189992875486"> </amp-auto-ads> Safe People A lot of time and energy is spent trying to teach children with autism who the unsafe people are. It is equally important for them to be able to identify who the “safe” people are in the community. Again, this may differ for each child, but some examples could include: parents, grandparents, siblings, neighbors, the police, a school teacher, a school bus driver or even a minister. Knowing who these people are can assist the child in locating the right person to help when needed. Post-traumatic stress disorder  is a response to experiencing or witnessing an overwhelming traumatic event, or series of events and has been acknowledged as one of the long-term effects of child sexual abuse (Briggs & Joyce, 1997) Art therapy can help clients who are so low they cannot verbalise their feelings directly. Art is a tool to help communicate unconscious is

Which chromosome is called autism? An alteration in that sequence changes how your body and mind are built, which may lead to autism. Specifically, 39 percent of the people with autism in the study had a change in one of the two copies of the HOXA1 gene, which is located on  Chromosome 7 <amp-auto-ads type="adsense" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1763189992875486"> </amp-auto-ads> A new study suggests that a small b. The habenula is a pea-sized structure located near the thalamus. This structure, Jürgen Germann and colleagues say, “has been identified as the central structure modulating the reward value of social interactions, behavioral adaptation, sensory integration, and circadian rhythm.” All of these,  “Involvement of the habenula in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder,” Jürgen Germann, Flavia Venetucci Gouveia, Helena Brentani, Saashi A. Bedford, Stephanie Tullo, M. Mallar Chakravarty, and Gabriel A. Devenyi,  Nature Scientific Reports