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RUNNING HEAD Competing Theories for manipulations of AutismThe Linwood Method and the Bio-Medical Approach Two of the Competing TheoriesFor the Treatment of Patients with AutismAbstractThe author of this paper gives and explanation of what autism is. He also tells you a b it about Jeanne Simons and why she created the Linwood Method and what it is. Then, in addition, you are given a description of who Dr. Jacquelyn McCandless is and her reasons for creating the Bio-Medical Method. She also gives the main idea tooshie the Bio-Medical Method.IntroductionI have chosen the topic of autism because I have a family member that, at the age of two, was diagnosed as being autistic. I valued to understand why he acts the way that he does. I also wanted to know what kids of treatments are out there maybe it could be roughly use to his family. I found two theories of treatment that were very different from each other. My goal is to describe what autism is and then compare then Linwood Method and the Bio-Medical Approach.What is Autism?Autism was not classified as a separate syndrome until 1943 by Doctor Leo Kanner, a child psychologist at John Hopkins Medical School. HE described it asEarly onset- possibly from give up, but certainly before age two and a halfSocial and emotional impairment- often shows up at birth&nb... ...around them. I have seen with my own eyes how much patience it takes to be the family of a child with autism. It takes a very special person or gathering of people to handle it as well as I have seen.References Celiac Disease. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. 30 April 2003http//www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/ celiac/1Genes and Disease. The National Center for Biotechnology Information. 30 April 2003http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd .section.234German Measles or Rubella. Medinfo. 30 April 2003http//www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/rubella.htmMcCandless, Jacquelyn. Children With Starvi ng Brains A Medical Treatment Guide ForAutism Spectrum Disorder. Canada Bramble Books, 2002Park, Clara Claiborne. Exiting Nirvana A Daughters Life with Autism. 1st Edition. New York Little, Brown and Company, 2001Simons, Jeanne and Sabine Oishi. The Hidden Child The Linwood Method for Reaching The autistic Child. Maryland Woodbine House, 1985