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 Autism Riley Carter Legal and Ethical Concerns: Most legal and ethical concerns associated with autism involve the treatment and the care of the autistic individual. A person who is born with autism is also born with legal rights (Coleman, 2017). In saying this it means that no matter their diagnosis they are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (Coleman, 2017). It is also important to note that the laws that apply to "normal" individuals also apply to those individuals  with autism. An example would be the laws set aside for sexual activities. All younger individuals, including those with autism, should go through and understand the reasoning behind sexual education (Coleman, 2017). Sex education gives a basis of laws that are placed to protect individuals and teach them the rights and wrongs of sexual contact (Coleman, 2017). If these "rules" are violated that can lead to the individual being arrested and put in jail (Coleman, 2017). And it is

 Autism: Challenges and Solutions:      Autism is such a complex disorder and individuals with autism have varying challenges they have to overcome. One of these challenges that is commonly seen in those with autism is anxiety. Roughly 40% of those on the spectrum also struggle with anxiety as well (Rudy, 2023). According to Autism Tasmania (2009), anxiety can produce itself as obsessive compulsive behavior, meltdowns, controlling behaviors, and more. A solution that is option is cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT). This can be effective because allowing these individuals the opportunity to talk and walk them through their issues can help them overcome their anxieties (Rudy, 2023).Another solution to overcoming anxiety would be to teach techniques to help them manage and cope with it. In a personal experience with the autistic clients I work with would be to attempt to get them to start counting. These clients are nonverbal and high behavioral often high sensory events cause them to disp

 Autism: Psychological Concepts, Theories, and Models:      Overtime theories, concepts, and models regarding autism have come and gone. Immersive research and extreme work has played a huge part in discovering what is known as autism today. With this research, theories we thought furthered understanding of autism have been found untrue and not pertaining to autism but other mental illnesses being diagnosed as autism. Nonetheless all of these theories, concepts, and models have all had a hand in defining what autism is seen as today.       The Dimetric Mind Theory is the idea that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is on one end of the spectrum, and on the complete other end of this spectrum is psychosis (Psychology Today, n.d.). Between these two concepts are things that intertwine with these two completely different topics. In between these two poles are common thinking types that can go from mechanistic to mentalistic (Psychology Today, n.d.). This theory has further given light to how

Autism: Navigating adulthood with autism Phil Martin:  Phil Martin is a 28 year old adult living on the autism spectrum. Things were not always easy for him and oftentimes he has struggled to get to where he is now. His diagnosis came after repeating the ninth grade four times. Although he was having panic attacks and struggling throughout his childhood school years, it never really was a huge issue until high school. School became very overwhelming and very quickly. His excitement for the new chapter slowly faded and he hated that he had to attend school. It became that often Phil would not even attend school. He would hop on the bus and ride it to the train station. Where he would spend from the time school started until the time it ended riding trains, because they were his comfort. After his 4th time essentially failing, the school counselor wanted to meet with Phil to figure out why he was not passing. Phil was then tested for every developmental disorder there was. After weeks of