scholarly journals Case study: A longitudinal evaluation of neuropsychological functioning and associated behaviors in a high-functioning autistic child Melamed, L. E., & Melamed, E.

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 369
Keyword(s):  
Autistic Child ◽  
Neuropsychological Functioning ◽  
Longitudinal Evaluation ◽  
High Functioning

scholarly journals An Optimality Analysis of the Phonological Processes in the Speech of Autistic Algerian Children: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Meymouna Bourzeg
Keyword(s):  
Autistic Child ◽  
Optimality Theory ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Autistic Children ◽  
Phonological Processes ◽  
Standard Arabic ◽  
Naming Test ◽  
Faithfulness Constraint

The current paper scrutinizes the phonological processes used by an autistic child, in Standard Arabic, via the use of a constraint-based framework of optimality theory. The data of the present study were collected through a picture-naming test. To ensure that the pictures are representative of all standard Arabic phonemes, the researcher designed a test containing 84 pictures representing three intra-word positions (initial, medial, and final). The results reveal that the autistic child grammar is characterized, mainly, with seven phonological processes: sibilant dentalization, de-emphasization, gliding, stopping, nasality spreading, final consonant deletion, and fronting. Autistic children's phonological system is stigmatized by unmarked forms. In terms of optimality theory, treating the phonological problems of autistic children requires demoting the highly ranked unmarked constraints and promoting the lowest-ranked faithfulness constraint.

scholarly journals The Test of Accessibility of Higher Education in Israel: Instructors’ Attitudes toward High-Functioning Autistic Spectrum Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Nitza Davidovitch ◽  
Alona Ponomaryova ◽  
Hana Gendel Guterman ◽  
Yair Shapira
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Autistic Spectrum ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
High Functioning ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Support

This study deals with a case study of a program that integrates high-functioning autistic spectrum students in Israeli academia. The case study focuses on the attitudes of students and faculty towards high-functioning autistic spectrum (HFA) students, aiming to examine their contribution to the integration of HFA students in academia, with regard to the academic-social climate and their perceived self-efficacy. The case study may serve academic institutions as a model for the adjustment and integration of autistic spectrum students, with the inclusion of academic and administrative elements. The study is based on mixed methods methodology, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Five hundred twenty six students, 103 faculty, as well as 30 students with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and 27 mentoring students participating in the program, were asked to complete a quantitative research questionnaire. The research findings show that the integration of HFA students in academic studies is potentially possible, predicated on awareness among faculty and students as to the nature of the disability. Variables with high significance for the program's success were detected, involving teaching tools, institutional support, and a tolerant academic-social climate. The research findings indicate that with regard to nearly all the variables the faculty have the highest awareness of and sensitivity to integrating HFA students in academic studies. The literature review, as well as the findings of the current study, support the integration of people with HFA in various institutions and confirm the conditions for this success: institutional and social motivation together with a tolerant atmosphere.

scholarly journals Assisted Behavior Control with Wearable Devices: A Case Study for High-Functioning Autism

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torrado ◽  
Gomez ◽  
Montoro
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
High Functioning Autism ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Mobile Systems ◽  
Behavior Control ◽  
High Functioning ◽  
Proven Efficacy ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Low Functioning

This study aims to analyze the efficacy of wearable and mobile systems to assist people with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) in their emotional self-regulation learning process compared to the proven efficacy of this technology with individuals with autism in the low functioning area of the spectrum. For that purpose, we carry out an experiment with a smartwatch system (Taimun-Watch) that had been tested previously with individuals in the low-functioning range. This experiment involves two (N = 2) individuals with HFA and we compare their performance to the obtained in the prior experiment by monitoring their activity and observing their behavior during 7 and 9 labor days, respectively. The results evidence that, although it takes more time to find and customize effective self-regulation strategies in comparison to the low-functioning autism individuals due to their sharper, more complex cognitive abilities and perception, they were able to use the system to recover from stress episodes as well using the system and tolerated suitably the devices in their daily activity.

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