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
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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Recommended Citation
Dy, P. C. (1991). Developmental pattern of Filipino autistic adolescents: An exploratory study. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1391