Case study of an Autistic child- Evaluation

Title: Case study of an Autistic child- Evaluation
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Case study of an Autistic child- Evaluation

This case is of an 8-year-old boy, Steven. Steven has been diagnosed by a Pediatrician as having an Autistic Spectrum Disorder because of the severity of his needs in terms of communication and reciprocal social interaction. Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that is very complex and involves a broad different and separate physical and mental disorders. Autistic children are in the private world of their own. It is common beliefs that performance of individuals …showed first 75 words of 1219 total…

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