Date of Publication

8-1991

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Marita Bernardo

Defense Panel Chair

Salud Evangelista

Defense Panel Member

Natividad Dayan
Rose Marie Clemena

Abstract/Summary

Autism is believed to be a lifelong incapacitating disability that encompasses a wide range of handicaps classified into three main handicaps -- language impairment, social impairment, and presence of stereotypic behavior. The research focused on the magnitude of these handicaps across developmental levels (i.e., infancy to adolescence) as it examined the autistic adolescents' developmental pattern and/or changes. Five male autistic adolescents aged 12 - 19 participated in the study. Four of them are verbal. Data were obtained through interviews and observation. Results showed that the verbal autistics' social and language development have followed a similar, almost predictable pattern -- one that starts with minimal eye contact and a few utterances and ends with rigid sequence, of interactions. Results also indicate that stereotyped behaviors have always been present, in that some behaviors may have been successfully eliminated but were promptly replaced by another.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG01995

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

83l leaves; 28 cm.

Keywords

Autism in adolescence--Philippines

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