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This 8 page paper compares and contrasts autism and ADHD. The disorders are looked at independently and symptoms are explained in detail. Remedies for inclusion and classroom curricula are examined. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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specific disorders, special education is a unique addition to public education today. And while there are a host of growing diagnoses within the learning disability designation, sometimes basic disorders are
overlooked. In focusing on ADHD and autism, it becomes clear that these specific disorders are treated under the special education umbrella. At the same time, children with these conditions are
all too often overlooked or lumped together in an inclusive classroom. With strategies to help those with either autism or ADHD, teachers should be able to meet the needs of
the learning disabled while also teaching students in general. II. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Calhoun et al. (1997) contends that ADHD is overdiagnosed, particularly in boys. Authors
explain that during the end of the 1960s, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) had become involved in the renaming of some disorders and in their 1968 DSM-II they named a
syndrome, "hyperkinetic reaction of childhood" something that in the 1970s was called "hyperactivity" or "hyperkinesis" (1997). They had been rather well known terms and by 1980, when the third,
Diagnostic Statistical Manual hit the streets, the condition was dubbed "attention-deficit disorder" (ADD) as well as "Attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD-H) (1997). Within six years the name was changed again
and is now well know by the acronym ADHD (1997). While the names have changed, that does not mean that the disorder has . Nothing has really been changed
in terms of comprehending the problem (1997). Authors say: "ADHD is better defined as constant, spontaneous, uncontrollable, overt, purposeless behavior unconsciously displayed by children. After examining all of the new
terms and classifications which have evolved over the years, the characteristics have remained unchanged since Ebaughs (1923) report" (p.244). More specifically, symptoms of ADHD depend upon the type of disorder
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