"Normal" Kids?
I've been curious for so long to learn about the differences between "normal" and autistic kids. When you're in a public elementry school, you have different classes with one teacher and then you see a few other classes with fewer kids and 3-4 teachers. Seeing this, it made me wonder why they needed more attention or more "help." For my personal project I want to study and learn about austism from texts as well as help out in classes for autistic kids. I want to see for myself the reason why children are seperated this way, If we're all regular human kids, then why do we need to be seperated into two seperate catogories? I want to know if for the older kids, if it affects them that they are seperated and that they need "more help" according to teachers. So far I've learned that autism is the brain development disorder which affects kids' social and communication interaction. There hasn't been a cure for autism, and autism isn't a disorder that you can just look at a person and see that they have autism. An interesting fact that I learned was that the percentage of kids with autism have increased drasticly since 1980s partly because of new diagnostic practice. Another interesting fact I learned is that 1 in every 160 kids are diagnosed with autism, and boys are four times more likely to have autism. Many parents of children with autism wants the world to know that these autistic kids are capable to learn as much as kids without autism can. Autistic kids aren't expected to get far in life according to many which is why they are limited to the education kids in other classes are given. I am really, really curious to see the difference of autistic and non-autistic kids for myself.
Comments
very interesting subject
Hey Shery. I really like the subject you chose. I think it's really interesting to think why these kids need special attention. I would say that if they are in smaller classes then they get the attention they need in order to be on the same level as everyone else there age. I agree that it's sad that these kids have to be separated like this...hopefully in the future there will be beter cures and these kids can be just like anyone else. I really like your subject. Good job! =)
Dear Shery, I think that you
Dear Shery,
I think that you are definetly on the right track. You seem to know exactly what you are going to do and that is a very good start. You could already start collecting data from articles so that you have kind of like a first draft pieced together. This will give you a great advantage and a better grade on your project.
Its shows that you are
Its shows that you are really interested in this subject because of your knowledge and research. interest in your personal project i believe is the most important because if you are really interested in learning more about something it really isnt work any more. It becomes fun and exciting. The topic allows much research and information to be found so i think you will learn a lot. Good Luck
*Charisse*
Hey shery, well i see that
Hey shery,
well i see that in your writing you show a lot of emotion towards in and in questionsing the seperation of classes due to a child having autisim. This is an interesting topic and i don't fully know what autisim is but in a sense by seperating them i guess it helps them to learn since they have more attention and help around when needed. I don't think that by putting autisim kids in a seperate class it is targeting them in any way; they just may need more help to understand a subject. If some parents want their child to be placed in a classroom filled with other "normal kids" then they should just let the school know. I also wonder how kids are born with autisim like is it something passed down by genes or does something happen in the body in which they have autisim.
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Ashley