By George R. Zug, Carl H. Ernst, Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett
This new version of Snakes in query has been thoroughly up-to-date take into consideration the latest examine on hand, supplying priceless medical information regarding snakes whereas dispelling many widely-circulated myths and customary fears. followed by means of a hundred attractive colour pictures and written within the renowned question-and-answer layout of Smithsonian's "In Question" sequence, the ebook tells how snakes breathe, pay attention, odor, and masses extra. It covers not just the existence cycle of snakes but additionally explores such phenomena because the rattlesnake's rattle, the viper's hiss, and the snake charmer's secrets and techniques. It addresses universal folktales approximately snakes (do snakes milk cows?) and describes significant snakes, either genuine and imaginary. The authors additionally provide professional recommendation on such topics as distinguishing venomous species from innocuous look-alikes and retaining snakes as pets.
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Many long years ago I wisely gave up trying to predict what the school years and adulthood would bring for my own seven children, my friends’ kids, and my little non-autistic patients. And for children with an autism and Asperger’s disorder the future is even more difficult to predict because there’s a “joker” in the deck. In autism and Asperger’s disorder that “joker,” that “big unknown,” is how much brain development is yet to come, as a child grows older. Given lots of love, family support, and the benefits of appropriate supportive treatments, each child’s prognosis (and eventual outcome) is mainly determined by this crucial factor.
Children stuck at this phase treat people as objects. They throw toys with no regard for hitting someone, and parents are hit and pinched with no awareness that they are causing pain or injury. They will injure themselves inadvertently as well. And they frequently will go to dangerous places that require heroic rescue efforts. Climbing on top of walls, furniture, roofs, and other risky places are all commonly seen. Constant supervi- The Clinical Symptoms: From Severe Autism to Asperger’s Disorder 47 sion is the watchword for the caretakers of these fearless kids, as they have no awareness of what we consider dangerous.
As developmental spurts occur in the language-processing area of their brain, these children develop more normal ways of relating to their parents and objects. Becoming very attached to mother, father, a sister or brother, a caretaker, or a teacher may “suddenly” start at age three to six for example. When this happens, changing from one place to another, or going from the care of one person to another, becomes very difficult and can lead to major tantrums. ” When a child needs to be with one special person all the time in order to be comfortable, we say that child is in the “symbiotic phase” of relating.