Kylie McMichael

October 14, 2014

Autism
Autism is a disability that affects a
childs social skills, their ability to
communicate, and causes different
behaviors to occur at different times.
Autism affects 1 in every 110 children
and is dianosed in males four times
more than in females !"#", 2014$. #ue
to the fact there is no kno%n cure autism
can be challenin for &arents and
teachers to find %ays to hel& children
overcome the challenes caused by
autism. 'ome children %ith autism do not
have the ability to talk and may use
assistive technoloy devices to
communicate. Others do have the ability
to s&eak, but s&eech is often by echolalia
or the re&etition of %ords, and sounds
they have heard before !'mith #., (yler
)., 2010$. Autistic children sho% a variety
of different sym&toms. *oud noises may
cause them to cover their ears or rock,
they may et close to your face durin
Introduction
Process
(o access the %ebsites used to find
information on autism + used oole.com
and started by sim&ly searchin ,autism-.
+ found a fe% %ebsites that contained
information that + could use, and used
the "...A.A./. test to evaluate the
%ebsites. #ue to the fact that there %ere
millions of results + used different search
methods to hel& narro% my search. +
searched for %ebsites %ith the domain of
.ov, .edu, or .or kno%in that those
ty&es of sites %ere more credible and
met &art of the criteria of the evaluation. +
also used 0oolean o&erators to narro%
my search as %ell. (o hel& kee& a record
of %hat + searched and the results +
conversations, they may have trouble
e1&ressin feelins, and chane is not
al%ays seen as a ood thin !A'2A,
2014$. Autism is not easily dianosed
because there are no blood tests that
can dianose it !"#", 2014$. (here is
also no cure for autism, but there are
%ays to hel& children overcome
challenes. (he /rentke .omich
"om&any and 'altillo make devices that
act as the voice of a child %ho is unable
to s&eak. (hese devices are
&rorammed into Android, 3indo%s, and
A&&le tablets. 4ven listenin to calmin
music, s%inin on a s%in, or bein in a
5uiet room can hel& %ith stressful
situations. (houh autism may be a
challene, children can overcome the
barriers and challenes if iven the
chance to do so.
found + set u& a search matri1 that
hel&ed me orani6e %hat + search, the
search enine + used, the number of
results, &ossible links that + found, and
notes as to %hat + felt + could do to hel&
%ith my ne1t search. 4ach of the
%ebsites + found %as evaluated usin the
"...A.A./. to check for currency,
relevance, authority, accuracy, and
&ur&ose. Most of the %ebsites %ere
orani6ation or overnment sites so +
had to cite the %ebsites name rather
than an author name.
htt&788&etekin.house.o
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1/110 children have autism, 1/70 boys has
autism, and 1/315 girls has autism
(Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention CDC!, "01"#$ %ates from CDC
&ictured right$
(o evaluate the %ebsites + chose + used
the ".AA/ test. A)94* +nc. %as last
u&dated in 201: makin it current, the
information found related to my learnin
disability autism makin it relevant,
A)94* +nc. is an orani6ation that ives
information to contact them and is meant
to inform and teach &eo&le about autism.
(he information is accurate and can be
verified in other sources + found. (he
second %ebsite A'2A !American
'&eech;*anuae;2earin Association$
has been u&dated for 2014 makin it
current, and &ertains to my to&ic on
autism. 'ince its an orani6ation and the
<.l is .or is &asses the authority of the
test. (he information comes from a list of
Evaluation
<sin the te1tbook + %as better able to
find definitions 5uickly. + could also find
s&ecific terms that &ertain to autism so
that + could look them u&. (he te1tbooks
definition of autism and the %ebsites
definition %ere very similar and both
ave e1am&les of the different behavior
&atterns that someone %ith autism has.
(he strenths of usin the +nternet to
research information are that the +nternet
u&dates information more 5uickly than a
te1tbook does. Another strenth is that
you can find a larer variety of
information that you can in a te1tbook,
but %ith a larer variety of information to
look at it is harder to find %ebsites that
are credible, reliable, and hel&ful.
3ebsites also may not al%ays have the
information needed to correctly site the
Strengths and Weaknesses
cited sources and is su&&orted by other
sources makin it accurate. (he &ur&ose
of A'2A is to inform. (he third site
Autism s&eaks %as u&dated for 2014. +t
relates to my to&ic. +t is an orani6ation
that informs and sells items to su&&ort
a%areness for autism. "#" !"enters for
#isease "ontrol and /revention$ has
been revised and u&dated. (he
information relates to my to&ic and also
ives statistics and charts. (he
information on "#"s %ebsite %as also
used on the other sites + found as a
source that %as used for information.
(he &ur&ose of "#" is to inform.
source or it may be difficult to find
%hereas a te1tbook has all that
information in the front of the book. +t
also takes loner to find information on a
%ebsite than it is to =ust look it u& in a
te1tbook.
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't costs over ()0,000 to
care for an autistic child
for one year
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Prent/e %omich
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1hio and 2altillo
Cor&oration in
3illersburg, 1hio are
com&anies that ma/e
soft4are for devices
that allo4
communication to be
&ossible for autistic
children 4ho are unable
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htt&788%%%.cdc.ov8ncbddd8autism8data.html
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htt&788%%%.cdc.ov8ncbddd8autism8facts.html
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