Running head: SPECIAL NEEDS: PARENTING A CHILD


Special Needs: Parenting a Child with High Functioning Autism or Asperger Syndrome
San Jose State University


Introduction

Parents who have children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) should define their parenting technique more so than parents of neurotypical children. Children with ASD have many different needs. For example, an ASD child has great difficulties with their social skills; this deficiency causes them not to have meaningful social interactions. Their interests are narrow, and it dominates the child's life (Volkmar & Klin, 2000, as cited in Sansosti & Powell-Smith, 2006).
Asperger's syndrome or high functioning autistic children are under a special category. The term AS that is used to describe a child with mildest to highest functioning autism disorder (Atwood, 1998, as cited in Sansosti & Powell-Smith, 2006). It is very important that there should be a different approach when parenting and educating a......

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Title: Special Needs: Parenting A Child With High Functioning Autism Or Asperger Syndrome
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