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Diagnosis
Dear Parents,
I am still looking for parents of children recently turned 3 years of
age or younger with ASD to participate in a study for an MSc in NUI
Galway. The study involves a short questionnaire on the other issues
apart from ASD that your children may suffer from, eg sleeping and
eating problems. It is the first study of its kind in Ireland.
I would be very grateful for your input - it'll only take around 20 minutes to complete, its
anonymous and I plan to publish the research findings and present them at
conferences. I need to gather all my research by the end of September 2011.
In-door Adventure Play CentreKidz & Co in Mullingar are hosting their third World Autism Awareness Day on Saturday 2nd April 2011. The United Nations declared April 2nd World Autism Awareness Day to increase and develop world knowledge of autism. There is free entry for families who are a member of a local or national ASD group (please specify which organisation on reception).
Dr Penny Rogers (Clinical Psychologist) will be doing free screening for Autism all day (11.00 to 5.00pm), which will help parents to decide whether they need to obtain a diagnostic assessment to rule out an Autism Spectrum Disorder. There will also be information available on Autism Spectrum Disorders and free face-painting. Collection buckets available for local Autism charities.
By Simon Baron-Cohen. A version of this article appeared in print on November 10, 2009 of the New York Times.
THE Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the bible of diagnosis in psychiatry, and is used not just by doctors around the world but also by health insurers.
Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) is a pervasive developmental disorder. and is related to, but not the same as Autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Individuals with PDA are typically socially manipulative with people, and therefore superficially socially skilled, which sets them apart from Autism and Asperger Syndrome.
The most central characteristic of people who have Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is their obvious and obsessional avoidance of the ordinary demands of everyday life.
The Solas Centre was set up as a result of a conversation between 4 people in 2003 who identified the distinct lack of a cohesive provision of diagnostic services in Ireland. Cormac Rennick, Marc De Salvo, Servass Dobedier as founder members of IAA and parents of children with autism, and Allan Willis, Educational Psychologist, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise funds for their project. Their climb was symbolic of the obstacles people with autism and their families have to climb every day.
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by disturbance in language, perception and socialization. A variety of biochemical, anatomical and neuroradiographical studies imply a disturbance of brain energy metabolism in autistic patients. The underlying aetiology of the disturbed bioenergetics metabolism in autism is still unknown.
Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
PSS-NOS is an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The term or label PDD-NOS is included in DSM-IV (diagnostic manual) to encompass cases where there is marked impairment of social interaction, communication, and/or stereotyped behavior patterns but just falls short of an Autism or similar ASD diagnosis.
Basically PDD-NOS is a diagnosis on the 'subthreshold' of the Autism diagnosis.
Therefore, to understand PDD-NOS, see instead ....
www.rainchild.ie/content/book-page/autism
and
Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) is a condition first occurring in 3 to 4 year olds which is characterized by deterioration, over several months, of intellectual, social, and language functioning. Also known as disintegrative psychosis or Heller's syndrome.
This rather rare condition was described many years before autism but has only recently been 'officially' recognized.
With CDD children develop a condition which resembles autism but only after a relatively prolonged period of clearly normal development.
Rett syndrome (RTT) is characterized by abnormal social and language development and accopmained by repetitive behaviours. In this way it is similar to autism.
The onset of the disorder is not evident from birth but may occur between 5-30month and is accompainied by a deceleration in head growth.
Loss of muscle tone is usually the first symptom.
Other early symptoms may include problems crawling or walking and diminished eye contact.
As the syndrome progresses, a child will lose purposeful use of her hands and the ability to speak.
Learning that your child has an Autism Spectrum Disorder can be overwhelming. It can also be a relief. It is normal to feel a range of emotions and normal for family members to process their emotions differently.
Take time to care for yourself and each other. It is important to remember that your child, after being diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, is still the same child as before the diagnosis. It may take time to come to terms with this new information. Learning more about autism can help equip you to provide what is best for your child.
Mayo Advertiser, November 07, 2008. By Mary O’connor
Plans are in the pipeline to open a diagnostic centre in the west next year for children with autism. The facility is the brainchild of the Action for Life Foundation, a non profit organisation which provides services for children with autism and developmental delay.
"Welcome to Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Learning Difficulties Assessmment Services. My name is James Roan, a certified school psychologist, and I specialize in the psychoeducational assessment of children, adolescents, and adults who are suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, or any type of learning difficulty or developmental delay in the Republic of Ireland.".
"Michael Fitzgerald is Henry Marsh Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Trinity College, Dublin. He was the first Profesor Of Child Psychiartry in Ireland. A Clinical and Research Consultant to the Irish Society for Autism and an Honorary member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations, he has a doctorate in the area of autism and has been a researcher in this area since 1973. He trained at St. Patrick’s Hospital Dublin, Chicago Medical School, and The Maudsley Hospital and the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in London.
"...Some 79 children in Sligo, Leitrim, west Cavan and Donegal are facing a 14-month wait to see the one consultant child and teenage psychiatrist based in Letterkenny." [source: Irish Independent]
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