Case 5.1 The Miller Family

In the article, “How to Speak Asperger’s,” by Fran Goldfarb and Guthrie Devine, the authors contend that learning to communicate with people with Asperger’s Syndrome is an important skill. The authors introduce the article by providing a narrative about Goldfarb’s son. The point of her narrative is that communication is misunderstood with people with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). The author, Fran Goldfarb, explains how her son misunderstands communication with his teachers, and how punishment is ineffective, because of his Asperger’s. The authors start by explaining why communication is very complex. To begin with, people with AS struggle with communication, because of their lack of social cues. They tend to miss irony, humor, and they take everything literally. That’s why people with AS don’t understand communication and everything is a struggle for them.

Roger Evans is a 5-year-old enrolled in general education kindergarten classes. Roger has been identified as having ASD during a routine check-up at the age of three. Roger’s parents had been unemployed and receiving government aid. Roger’s parents have not been taking advantage of supportive resources. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have not informed the school that Roger has been identified as having ASD. During the first week, Roger’s teacher Ms. Moore observed Roger sporadically sitting by himself during lunch and recess rocking back and forth and hitting himself in the face. Ms. Moore also noticed that Roger was anti-social with his peers. Ms. Moore recorded her observations for two weeks. Roger’s behavior became a daily occurrence. Ms. Moore met with the principal, counselor, special education, and Roger’s parents to discuss her concerns. Roger’s parents admitted that Roger had been identified with ASD and has been fine at home.

Case 5.1 involves the Miller family. Harold is a 4-year-old White and Jewish pre-school student. Harold’s father is an engineering professor and his mother is a stay-at-home. A recent evaluations show that Harold has Asperger’s Syndrome (Amatea, 2013).

In the book, The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time, by Mark Haddon. The main character Christopher Boone has asperger’s. Asperger’s is a mental disease that can carry on someone for all of their lives. Christopher likes things a certain ways and throws fits if he doesn’t get what he wants. This is because of the disease in his brain. Although Christopher doesn’t act the best, he is actually very intelligent. When Christopher finds out that his father killed a neighbors dog. The boy panics and flees to London to live with his mum. Along the way Christopher, the boy, has to face his fears of small places, and strangers in a cramped train car. Christopher doesn’t really change through the book his disease is still present. Nevertheless,

Asperger’s disorder (AD) is a disruption in the formation of the child’s physical and or psychological development and recognizing these, the disorder was separated from Autism in 1944, to provide a basis for each child to get the proper care. All children with Asperger Disorder will show some traits in these three categories; impaired social skills, trouble communicating with others and a pattern of behavior, interest, and activities’ will be limited and recurring; they become obsessed with a single theme. Usually the child will have the normal communication skills in the beginning years. They will be using single words by age one. They just will not be using them in the normal way. When doctors are testing for this disorder, they are looking for specific behaviors or skills that are either present or absent. If the right services are available, Asperser’s children will show significant improvement in language

Sometimes our children who struggle to overcome the challenges of autism, feel frustrated and isolated. They need someone to help them grow. To shower them with expert care....and more.

Family counseling, support groups, psychotherapy, early intervention and much more can be provided to families that have children with Autism. Family counseling can help the parents deal with their communication, marital issues, sibling concerns. Psychotherapy will be able to help the family deal with their emotional impact that having a child with Autism takes on them. Finding support groups whether it be within the community or information provided by family doctors, therapists, etc. in order to help the families build relationships and find clarity and guidance from others who have similar situations. There are various support services that are required and available for individuals with Autism whether it be living at home, supervised

It is a unique share experience for all families and can have an effect on all aspects of the family functioning. The negative effects that they will encounter is the financial burden, physical and emotional demands and the significant complexities associated with raising a disabled person. The main serious barrier that families suffer from is the financial burden, associated with getting health, education, and social services; buying or renting equipment and devices; making accommodations to the home; transportation; and medications and special food. On the positive side it can broaden horizons, increase family members' awareness of their inner strength, enhance family cohesion, and encourage connections to community groups or religious institutions. (Medscape,

It is hypothesized that parents of a child with a disability will show fewer declines in cognitive functioning with age if they received a social support intervention, especially among parents who reported the highest levels of chronic stress. Implications of this finding would include the necessity for providing interventions to new parents of a child with a disability. It would be understood that positive social support would be a protective factor against a higher rate of cognitive decline among parents of a child with a disability, which would emphasize the need to provide positive social support to new parents, especially to parents of a child with a disability with lower reported social support.

It goes without saying that families are profoundly affected when they have to deal with a disability within the family. There are many factors that come into play when a family member has a disability. No one could properly prepare to have a child with a disability. For instance, as mentioned in the book, some parents discuss how they would handle it if their child was born with a disability yet when it actually became a reality it was nothing they could have prepared for. Families that have a child with a disability are affected financially, physically, and emotionally.

Autism is a disorder that challenges families and professionals to find effective interventions that can improve the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. It is difficulty to find interventions that work and that are readily available regardless of geographic location or financial resources. At the same time, each child or adult with autism is unique.

“Overall patterns of adjustment and well-being are similar across families with children with and without disabilities. Thus, families who have a child with a disability are probably more like other families than they are different(Vaughn & Bos, 2015, p. 133)”. Family adjustment is important for any family that hopes to stay together and achieve success in life. Raising children requires constant adjustments as they progress through developmental stages. Parents and siblings of those with learning disabilities or behavioral problems usually require education and training on the disability or behavior. Methods to manage the added stress and extra energy required to care for affected children or siblings are very beneficial.

With a diagnosis of autism comes a sudden change in the family’s routine. This can place a lot of stress and pressure on parents and siblings of children with autism. Parents

Allison, social workers encounter a great deal of diversity in family structures (Cramer & Hutchinson, 2013). A supportive social worker provided me with link attached below, which is a documentary called Autism in America. This helped a parent like me. I believe it will help a parents just like you. I encourage you to check it out.

Although previous studies have investigated stress and cognitive functioning in parents of a child with a disability, there has been little research on the impacts of positive social support interventions in nonnormative parents on cognitive functioning. It has been extensively studied that cognitive functioning continuously decreases with age (Lachman, Agrigoroael, Tun, & Weaver, 2013). Various factors impact this decline, including a woman’s educational attainment and physiological factors, such as stress. Stress can directly influence cognitive functioning, and increased or chronic amounts of stress are often reported from nonnormative parents, or parents of a child with a disability (Lopez, Clifford, Minnes, & Ouellette-Kuntz, 2008). Along