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Prevention and awareness are key essentials in maintaining our physical bodies. Many resources may be found here including: statistics, demographics, and basic health regulations to assist you in a lifelong journey of whole health focusing on the first component of wholeness, the body. The health and faith resources found on this site combined can bring balance between our body, soul (mind, will and emotions) and spirit. Learn more about the continuum of care in whole health while increasing your faith, utilizing wisdom, and bringing wholeness to your overall being, body, soul and spirit.
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Wondering how you can be more health conscious and are unsure where to start? You can check the National Health Observances calendar and see how you and your congregation celebrate health and honor those you love by making them aware of resources and agencies that provide support and materials to help you succeed!
Focus on health observances throughout the year.
Timely Topics:
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Use this guide to discover the most common causes of the most common symptoms for your illnesses...
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Autism
Description: Usually appearing in the first three years if a child’s life, autism is a brain disorder that causes a broad range of developmental disabilities. This disorder affects the child’s behavior, social skills, and language skills.
Incidence: Not uncommon (about 500,000 Americans)
Prevalence: Males (four times more likely than females)
Signs and symptoms:
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Prefers to be alone
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Less responsive to social cues
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May experience hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli
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Limited to no use of speech
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Lack of spontaneous play
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Overactivity or passivity
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Tantrums
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Difficulty with changes in routine
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Performs repetitive movements
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Self-Injury
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Rituals
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Preoccupation with parts of objects
Risk factors:
Usual treatment:
Usual course: A chronic condition with no cure
Spiritual considerations:
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Depending on the level of the child’s disability, parents may feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and hopeless.
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Provide the family with nonjudgmental support (parents, especially mothers, were blamed for causing autism in the past).
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Parents may worry about what will happen to their child if they should die or become incapacitated (when the child has become an adult).
Suggested scriptures: Psalms 139:1-4; Jeremiah 29:11
Resources:
Autism Society of America
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS)
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 300 P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20814-3067 Bethesda MD 20824
800-3Autism 800-352-9424
www.autism-society.org www.nihds.nih.gov
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Faith, hope, and love coupled with wisdom assists the believer in achieving health harmony in the soul (mind, will, and emotions) and spirit. Strengthen your inner man's soul and spirit by the associated articles, resources, and inspiration in our faith section. May the Lord prosper you with whole health. Learn more about the continuum of care in whole health while increasing your faith, utilizing wisdom, and bringing wholeness to your overall being, body, soul and spirit.
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