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Protectorates In Egypt - Part2

2011-10-24T03:36:00.000-07:00

Qaron Lake protected Area in El-Fayoum Governorate

It is one of the ancient natural lakes in the world . It is the remaining part of the ancient Morris lake. It is globally renowned for the abundance of sea, river, continent fossils which date back to 40 million years like El-Fayoum Giant animal which resembles rhinoceros. There was a huge river mouth that had sedimentary cycles upon which the ancient elephants ancestors, sea horse and dolphins, also sharks and birds ancestors which live in Africa. The fossils of Egyptobethks, the oldest monkey in the world appeared and it dates back to the Oligocene periad, and the existence of some Petrified trees. In this Area , there is a large variety of kinds of reptiles, amphibians and mammals that have a great importance in the environmental system of the protected area. The existence of a lot of historical monuments "North Qaroon Lake represents cultural heritage that is utilized in Tourism. They date back to the Roman and Pharanoic Period, Qaret Al-Rusas Area in the North East of the Lake, the area of churches and Abu Lifa Monastery.

Wadi El Rayan protected Area in Fayoum Governorate

Wadi El -Rayan area is characterized by its integrated desert environment, consisting of sand dunes, natural springs, large water bodies and a different botanical life, different wild animals and important and various sea fossils. The area of El-Rayan lake is a calm natural environment and free of pollution.
Wadi El- Rayan consists of the following important areas:
Waterfall Area: this area was formed due to the gathering of farming drainage waterfalls. It is a place for various sea sports.
The area of Oyoun El-Rayan consists of long dense movable sand dunes. It has four natural sulfuric springs. It is characterized by the existence of plant groups that contain 15 species of desert plants and about 15 types of wild mammals like the white deer, the Egyptian deer, sand fox, red fox and others, and 16 species of reptiles, and over 100 species of resident and migrating birds.
The Area of El -Rayan mountain El -Mashgaeega Mountain: It includes deep canyons known as split rock. It is one of the favorite places to see a panorama of Wadi El Rayan and picnics.

Wadi Al-Hitan

It is an Area of fossils in the western north of Wadi El Rayan protected Area, it dates back to 40 million years. These fossils of petrified primitive whales skeletons, shark teeth, shells and other sea animals that are considered as an open museum. The roots of Mangroves preserved in soft rocks.
The importance of Wadi El- Rayan is attributed to the fact that it is a natural environment for animals threatened with extinction like white deer, Egyptian deer, sand fox, wolf and rare migrating birds like shahin falcon, deer falcon, free falcon, and other types of migrating birds like some kinds of ducks, quail, some kinds of herons, goats and others. Wild plants like: Aqool , zygoghyllum, Athl Tomarex, Halfa, Ghatdaa, Ghaab, Sammaar, reed ,and others.

Natural Siwa Protected Area in Matrouh Governorate

Siwa Oasis is one of the areas rich with distinguished tourists attractions including monuments tourism, therapeutic tourism, safari tourism and desert tourism, due to its distinctive monuments area such as Amoun temple as well as the scriptures and paintings of kings offering sacrifice to Gods. The hall of crowning Alexander the Great, the Dead Mountain in Aldakrour area, which has some ancient mummeries and tombs from the Roman age, having a group of coins and old jewelry . There is also Deheba area which includes tombs engraved in the rocks from the Greek Roman era, and also Khamisa area including a group of tombs dating back to the Greek age. The biological variety of Siwa is characterized by the existence of more than 40 species of wild plants including medical, pastoral and other plants that help stabilize sand. Some of them have significant genetic origins, besides mimosa and Athl trees . Moreover, there are around 28 species of wild mammals, some of them are threatened with extinction like hyena, Egyptian deer, white deer, red fox and, in addition 32 reptiles and around 164 species of birds besides numerous invertebrates and insects.

Elomayed Natural protected Area in Matrouh Governorate
There are around 170 species of wild plants growing in different ecosystem, be they sand dunes or internal hills. Studies showed that this wild plants have economic and medical benefits since there are about 70 species that can used for medical and thera peutical purposes like squall, wormwood, plantain, wood, sorrel. There are also 60 species that can be used for different purposes including fuel like buckthorn and boxthorn, as source of oils and soap like Ghoul Henna, as a human food like onion, for landscaping like Dirsesh-shaayib for manufacturing ropes and roofs like Boos reed, and for pasturing like Dabaagh and Tafwa . There are about 40 species of plants that have important environmental roles such as detaining sand and building new layers. There are several wild animals in the Area like deer, foxes, rabbits, jerboa, chameleon and scorpion. There are also 14 species of wild birds.

Natural white Desert Protected Area in El Wady EL Gedid
The importance of the white desert area is attributed to the fact that it is a unique model of the Karst phenomenon. It is an open museum for studying desert environments, geographical phenomena, fossils and wild life. It has relics and tombs that date back to prehistory and include a group of rare tombs and caves remains of ancient mummies and carvings. The area is distinguished with the beauty of the sand dunes. Geological formations of bright white limestone rocks and distinctive fossils. The white desert area has aground of white chalk where the geological formations are spread in the shape of snowy white chalk columns formed by the act of wind and sloppy hills , a matter which gives the area a unique nature and geological position . Al-Farafra fall crosses the white chalk layer which is a part of an obviously spread rocky unit known as the chalk unit.

El-Brolus Protected Area in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
El-Brolus lake is the second largest natural lagoon in Egypt. It has a number of environments including saline and cane swamps as well as sand plains. On the Lagoon shores there are high sand dunes. Each of these environments has its own soil characteristics. This reflects on the importance of these environments as a natural place for almost 135 amphibious plant species . The wetland environments have a significant role in receiving immigrating wild birds.

Saloga, Ghazal and the small Islands in between (First waterfall) in Aswan Governorate The Area is characterized by the sovereignty of some types of trees like acacia. The greenery in the Area includes about 94 different species of plants including those that solely grow in these islands, specially alongside the Nile Valley. The distinguished natural conditions provided for these islands life opportunity for resident and migrating birds. More than 60 species of birds were recorded, including rare and extinctionable birds on the international level, including species that have lived and reproduced on those islands since the Ancient Egyptian times, they are recorded in their scriptures and remnants, such as bittern, hoopoe and Egyptian geese.

Wadi Al- Alaqi in Aswan Governorate

This Wadi is a large dry river that used to rise from the Red Sea hills especially Elba mountain. After the construction of the High Dam and filling lake Naser with water, the water flowed into Wadi Al -Alaqi and it became part of the Lake. Since the water level became low in the lake, the water has gone down off a great part of the Wadi and accordingly it became uncovered with water. It has greenery, its soil is rich and it is a kind of pasture for animals. Wadi Al -Alaqi is a good example for dry lands, however it exhibits an astounding picture of botanical variety. 92 species of plants have been reported.

Protectorates In Egypt - Part 1

2011-10-03T06:37:00.000-07:00

Ras Mohamed Protected Area in South Sinai Governorate The Eastern border of Ras Mohamed Protected Area is a rocky wall with the gulf water where there are coral reefs.

They have a unique formation which has a great impact on the natural life of the Area. The land Falls or "earthquakes" formed water caves under the island. The Area is also a habitat for many important birds and animals such as: The Nubian ibex in the mountainous areas, small mammals, reptiles and insects that appear only at night. The Area is also a habitat for many important birds such as herons and seagulls.

Tyran Island

It consists of ancient granite basis rocks under a cover of sedimentary rocks. The water sources of the Island are limited to winter rains and waterfalls that gather in the rocky holes formed by water rains and waterfalls(flood).

Sanafir Island

It is located west of Tyran Island at a distance of 2.5Km. There is an open bay that is suitable as a vessel yard in case of emergency.

Nabq protected Area in South Sinai Governorate

Nabq protected Area is characterized by a number of important environmental systems like: coral reefs, sea and land creatures, large dense mangrove woods. It includes environmental systems of desert, mountain and valleys, and animals like deer, mountain goat, hyena, reptiles and a lot of migrating and resident birds beside invertebrates. Some nomad tribes live in this area. The area is a center of tourist attraction for amateurs of diving, safari and bird watching.

Elba Natural protected Area in the Red Sea Governorate
Elba natural protected Area is located in the southern eastern part of the eastern desert. Its mountains are located on the joint borders of Egypt and the Sudan on the Red Sea. Elba Area has the following distinguished Ecosystem models:
1-Alshura and Qandeel Mangrove woods on the Coastal zones.
2-Limited areas of Coastal sand dunes covered with grass.
3-With grass sphere of coastal saline land " Coastal Marshes".
4-Desert Coastal plains.
5- Coastal mountains and their surrounding hills where there are mist oasis.
In such environments there are the most types of Egyptian extinctionable animals, birds, reptiles, medical and wild plants. Elba natural protected Area consists of the following :
1) Red Sea Islands and coastal mangrove woods.
2) Elabraq Area.
3) El Da'eeb area.
4) Elba Mountain.

Ahrash Protectorate in Rafah North Sinai Governorate

The Marshes protected Area is characterized by the sand dunes, whose height is approximately is 60 m of the sea level. They are covered by a high density of acacia trees, some tomorx trees, camphor trees, bushes, grass, pastoral and fodder plants, which make the Area a good resource of pastures, timber, and a shelter for animals and wild birds, They help stabilize sand dunes and warbers located within the framework of protection in order to maintain an important form of the Mediterranean coastal environments.

Abu Gallum protected area in South Sinai Governorate

The importance of Abu - Gallum area is represented in the existence of a special Topography. The mountains are near the beaches and include various environmental systems of coral reefs, sea creatures, sea herbs, lagoons, mountain and desert environment systems. The mountains and valleys are abundant of wild animals, birds and plants, which make the area a tourist attraction for the amateurs of diving, safari as well as bird and animal watching. The area comprises around 165 species of plants including 44 that only exist in this area. The area is known for the cave system existing under the water for more than 100 m. deep. This system is unstable and extremely dangerous. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain this cave system and the environmental system of the area, which is an element of tourist attraction.

Taba protected Area in South Sinai Governorate

The area is characterized by its distinguished Geological formations and monument sites that date back to 5000 years ago, as well the rare wild life and nice scenery and traditional heritage of nomads: Some of these valleys are significant as a support for wild life like deer , large birds including bustard. These valleys have important plant communities like acacia.72 species of plants have been recorded in water valley including Ba'ataran, Ratam and Rimth . In the adjacent areas there is a big group of plants amounting to 480 species. A group of hills that are over 1000 m. high exist in the area. They are beautiful enough to attract all kinds of tourists. The rocks have several splits and a crossed separations, and represent a habitat for plants and animals. The animals of the area include hyrax , Nubian ibex , wolf, hyena , deer and others. There are some wild birds like Egyptian vulture, eagle Brearded vulture and the golden eagle on top of mountains. The area is also distinguished with a group of water springs like Hadra spring in Wadi Ghazala and Oum Ahmed spring in Wadi Elswana , Fortaga spring in Wadi Wateer , which can be easily visited, and flow on the ground surface.

Wadi El Gemal - Hamata Protected Area

Location and description of Wadi El Gemal - Hamata Protected Area. This Protected Area encompasses the segment of the Red Sea coastal plain and mountains extending roughly between 24°51'N in the north and 24°06'N in the south; and between the Red Sea shoreline in the east to about 34°28'E in the west (the Sheikh Shazli road). The protected area also encompasses a section of the marine environment including the islands of Hamata and Wadi El Gemal Island.

Description of Wadi El Gemal - Hamata Protected Area
The protected area includes marine and terrestrial components. The terrestrial component encompasses roughly a 50 X 50 km segment of the Red Sea hills and coastal desert. Wadi El Gemal and its delta are the central theme of the protected area and the area encompasses the entire watershed of the wadi. However, the protected area takes in other adjacent desert and marine habitats, which complement the wadi, both ecologically and functionally (i.e. in terms of representing a meaningful management unit). Wadi El Gemal is the third largest wadi in the Eastern Desert draining into the Red Sea, and one of the best vegetated, with an estimated watershed area of some 1,840 km² (GEF 1998). The wadi watershed includes the northern flanks of Gebel Hamata in the south, as well as the southern flanks of Gebel Nugrus in the north. Several other important wadis are encompassed in the protected area such as Wadi Abu Ghosoun, Wadi El Ringa and Wadi El Rada. Several important peaks are included such as Gebel Hamata Gebel Nugrus, Gebel Hafafit, Gebel Hamamid, Gebel Sartut and Gebel Sikeit. The shores of the region are heterogeneous in nature encompassing rocky, sandy and muddy beaches. The coastline has several important landmarks such as the headlands of Ras Baghdadi and Ras Hankorab, and Sarm El Luli bay. The marine component of the protected area encompasses a strip of marine waters of an average width of 15 km. This component includes all the important coral reefs in the region, as well as four marine islands (the Hamata archipelago and Wadi El Gemal Island).

Nile river Islands Protected Area in Different Governorate

The Nile River islands are natural protected areas amounting to 144 islands in different Governorates in Egypt. Alongside the main stream from Aswan until the Barrages , there are 95 Islands within anrea of 32500 Feddans . In Rasheed branch there are 30 islands within an area of 3400 Feddans, in Damietta Branch there are 19 islands within and area of 1250 Feddans. The total area of all the Nile River islands is 37150 Feddans.

Wadi Degla Protected Area in Cairo Governorate

Wadi Degla is one of the important valleys which extend from east to west with a length of 30 km. It passes through the limestone rocks that had remained in the marine environment during the Eocene Epoch in the eastern desert ( 60 million years ). Therefore , it is rich with fossils . The height of these rocks alongside the valley is around 50 m. A group of valleys flew into this valley. The valley has a group of animals including mammals like dear , taital , mountain rabits , red fox , feather tailed rat , oviparous , barbed rat, little tailed bat and others. Among the insects there are and many others. 18 species of reptiles have been recorded . The rain water dropping from the waterfalls affected the limestone rocks along the years and formed the so called canyon Degla, which resembles the Grand Canyon in the U.S.

The Petrified Forest Area in Maadi - Cairo
The Rocky wood Area is abundant of dense rocky stems of trees in the formation of the wood mountain that belongs to the Oligocene epoch. It consists of layers of sand, gravel, mud and rocky wood with a thickness of 70-100 meters. It is significantly rich with remains and stems of large rocky trees, taking the shape of rocks with cylindrical sections varying in dimension from a few centimeters up to several meters. They are grouped together in a rocky wood.
Thus, the formation of the rocky wood in Maadi is most probably attributed to one of the ancient branches of the River Nile from ancient geological era. It carried those trees along and threw them in that place where they were buried and changed into rocks.

Wisdom

2011-06-07T01:24:00.000-07:00

If you don't have an object in life, any cause could be one .

Any one will keep on acting like a child till his mother's death, then he will age in a sudden.

If you have been stabbed from behind .. you should be proud as you the one in the front.

he delicate words can be more powerful than the ruthless truth.

We all are like the bright moon .. still have our dark sides.

Avoid daring someone who has nothing to lose.

The delicate words can be more powerful than the ruthless truth.

When the loser keeps his smile .. then the winner lose his victory.

The immoral ones will keep digging out to find out a mistake of noble people.

Being panic from a disaster is another disaster itself.

How To Convince Your Child With Obedience

2011-06-06T01:44:00.000-07:00

Convincing the child to obey orders is one of the most difficult assignment that every parent have to go through, as children simply can’t be brought up without authority, so herewith some main points to how to convince the child to obey orders and follow rules of conduct established by the parents:

Explain Your Rules:
Too many rules throughout the day may have generating resistance at the child, but when you give the child a rationale for cooperation, it is possible to cooperate more, rather than tell the child "Gather your toys", you say: "You must return the toys back to its’ place, or else it can be lost parts or broken” .

Positive Behavior:
Push your child's positive behavior through short and positive sentences by specific request, instead of saying "Be good, don’t throw the books on the floor ", you say: "books to be put on the shelves."

Express Your Opinion On His Behavior:

confirming the child with your opinion on his behavior not on his personality, as you can say “ this is unacceptable behavior” rather than describing him with stupidity or laziness”.

Acknowledge Your Child's Wishes:
It is natural for your child to wish to have every game in the toy store when you go shopping, instead of scolding him, calling “greedy” you can tell him: "You choose one toy now, and the other for the next time”.

Listen To Understand:
You must listen to your child for not obeying orders as he might have a logical reason

or there was anything bothering him.

Avoid Threats And Bribery:
If you are using the threat or the bribe constantly to obtain obedience, your child will then totally ignore your orders until you threaten or bribe him.

Positive Support:
When your child obeys you, hug him and kiss him for his good behavior and express your feeling by saying “that is a wonderful job”, he will then do it again.

Eventually, making rules is so difficult for parents, but if you put clear and consistent rules and treat your child with respect and patience, you will definitely find that whenever he grows up the more cooperative he will be.

Tips To Boost Your Immune System

2011-05-24T07:52:00.000-07:00

The Immune System is a biological structures and process system, it can protect us from diseases by discovering it and destroying it, thus the more our immune systems is going well, our bodies are doing just fine, so here are some of good tips to help you keep your body in a good condition:-

Manage Your Stress:

It’s a quite normal to have some stress in your life as we all going through that feeling every once and a while, but it’s definitely abnormal to have a steady stream of stress, which can lead to a different kinds of health problems, so you have to learn how to manage your feeling of stress and try to do things that you always like, and in case if you can’t for the time being, just try to relax and that will make a different for sure.

Think Positive:

Optimism is the key to keep yourself young, as we all going through both positive and negative experiences, fostering the sense of optimism about present or the future will positively boosting your immune system and generally enhance your physical health.

Eat Healthy Food:

There are a wide range of healthy food that can always help you to have a healthy life and boosting your immune system, eat different colors of vegetables and fruits, carrots, broccoli, leafy greens, strawberries, papaya, watermelon, also eat many kinds of t like cashews, almonds, and hazelnuts, additionally you can eat fatty fish like salmon and whole grain breads as well.

Laugh As Much As You Can:

Many medical studies have found out the link between people who laugh a lot and their high immune function, so start watching funny videos, go to the cinema and watch comedy movies, or even call you friends and talk about amusing experience you both have had before, obviously, there are many choices here to keep yourself in a good mood which will help you to boost your immune system.

Strengthen your relationships:

A group of researchers who looked at several studies about how relationships effect people’s life it was found out that about over 50% of people who have strong relationships are likely to live healthier than those with poor relationships. so, if you do not yet have a lot of good social ties, then you have to start building your own social network, that surely will help your immune system.

Danger Signs of Pain

2011-04-13T03:48:00.000-07:00

We all feel the pain at any age as for many reasons, but when the pain became unbearable, then you should stop pretending that it’s something that you could handle, as you should get a medical help immediately. Here are some samples of such pains that it had to be noticed and act positively towards it:

Harsh Abdominal Pain:
There are many health problems that can be a result for such pain as ; stomach ulcers, intestinal blockages, pancreas, Gallbladder.

Awful Headache:
Anyone of us could have headache at any time, and for many reasons, but when the pain is hard as usual you should always consider that as a very good reason to go to a doctor.

Chest Discomfort:
You should never wait until you feel real pain, as you must
Once you have even the feeling of discomfort at the chest, you should see a doctor instantly, as the reason could be a real serious disease as a heart attack or Pneumonia.

Pain in the Bones:
There are many different reasons for having pain in the bones, mostly at lower back, between shoulders blades, it’s often arthritis or osteoarthritis as the most common form of such pain. The major complaint by individuals who have arthritis is joint pain as such pain as unfortunately is rottenly a constant.

Pain in the Calf:
Deep Vein Thrombosis or so-called(DVT), a blood clot that could happen in the leg’s deep veins. It can be a very serious sign of (DVT) threatening, also it could be fatal as it can cause a clot in the lungs if a piece of the clot could break loose and cause pulmonary embolism, and the reason of such pain could be due to prolonged bed rest or long-distance travel, pregnancy, and advanced age.

Why Women Cry

2010-11-13T08:57:00.000-08:00

Some women may cry .. when it happened to be their turn to make a choice of their own .. we do not know why .. ??

Some people believe it’s women’s nature .. while emphasizing more on the failure of women in the act with wisdom ..!!

On recalling the example illustrated by "Jean-Paul Sartre," that if you escorted a child .. and asked him to choose what he likes of candy .. here then the child starts crying bitterly .. and you do not know what you did .. or why he was crying for..!!

"Sartre" explained the reason why this child was crying .. this type of behavior due to feeling difficulty in making a choice .. he did not get used to such freedom in the disposition or choice.

If we go back to those women who are crying when facing a similar situation where as a choice must be taking by their own .. they did not get used to such freedom before .. to be free to act might be one of things are new to them.

Experience lead to freedom which gives the vision and the ability to deal properly and understand the consequences of what to do .. some women did not yet gain such experience to enjoy such freedom.

While women have always obligations upon their shoulders to act perfectly.. they should not act wrong .. and as making a choice might lead to some mistakes.. they are not allowed to be so .. as then the price would be too high.. so, that’s why some women just do not have the ability to choose ..

Nature Reserves' Hot Spots

2010-11-13T08:53:00.000-08:00

Nature reserves are known as natural areas of a specific geographical dimensions protected by special laws to protect animals, birds and plants and all geological formations and forms of life.

There are many nature reserves in different countries all over the world as follows:-

Egypt:-

There are more than 29 nature reserves areas in Egypt that are covering 12% of the Egyptian land, as those preserved areas are protected by the Egyptian nature reserve, knowing that Egypt has stated to build 40 nature reserves in order to helping protect the history, the culture and the nature of resources for these areas.

South Africa:-

South Africa has 20 national parks that covering 3% of the country.

United states of America:-

There are around 2205 nature reserves in the United States of America, as some of it are managed by the government and others was funded through personal donation .

Russia:-There are about 100 nature reserves in Russia that are covering 1.4% of the country, as most these areas has been created before the Bolshevik revolution in1917.

Germany:-There are around 5314 nature reserves as most of these areas are located in Bavaria and Saxon.

Poland:-There are 1407 nature reserves and most of these protected areas are located in the south of Poland.

New Zealand:-There are many of vary nature reserves areas in New Zealand

England:-

There are over 200 nature reserves areas in England.

Things Every Single Men/Women Must Do

2010-11-13T08:50:00.000-08:00

1.Keep yourself occupied with some hobbies that you had never done before like

surfing, water-skiing, or riding a bicycle, plus it'll make you feel more

interesting.

2.Try doing a huge physical test like a half-marathon.

3.Go to a movie alone.

4.Learn to stand up for yourself.

5.Witness something that is happening once-in-a-lifetime as one of natural

phenomenon..

6.Volunteer into some social activities.

7.Buy yourself some flowers.

8.Sit at a place by yourself and drink something.

9.Spoil yourself; buy something luxurious that you love to have.

10.Throw yourself into something time-consuming, like learning a foreign language.

11.Make a list of all your mistakes.

12.Get your finances in order.

13.Babysit someone's baby for an hour.

14.Help a friend through her divorce or a bad break-up.

Jobs for Autistics

2010-11-06T11:39:00.000-07:00

There are number of jobs for Autistics to handle it.

At office:

Printing/ sorting papers & stapling it.

In public libraries:

Collecting & sorting books.

In carpenter store:

Cutting wood in a certain shape.

Assembling timber/ nails.

At stores:

Sorting goods on shelves .

At the supermarket:

Sorting products (fruits/vegetables/canned goods, etc..).

How to Prevent Autism

2010-11-06T11:38:00.000-07:00

Knowing that diagnosing Autism are typically by age 3, so preventing such disorder should start pretty much earlier or even prenatally.
Parents should observe their children very carefully, so in case their children have any kind of behavioral problems such as lack of social or verbal development, they should do the following:

1.Children should have an early screening for autism with their pediatrician.
2.Children should have a high resolution chromosome testing.
3.Children should have a genetic testing.
4.Schedule metabolic testing to prevent the onset of autism as this might a sign of 5.having metal toxicity or other poisoning in bloodstream.
6.During pregnancy, mother should avoid eating foods that may contain unsafe levels of mercury as it might cause a metal toxicity in the bloodstream.
7.Parents should continuously communicate with their children’s pediatrician about the latest researches and studies concerning Autism.

Treatment Methodology of Autism

2010-11-06T11:36:00.001-07:00

Presently there is no cure for Autism, however there are range of solutions were discovered by professionals combined with some of the children’s families, it all ascertain that Autism can be remediable with appropriate treatment methods planned by specialists which it will be typically a lifetime treatment , knowing that early intervention can be most effective to defeat the disorder, reduce behavior disturbance and to grant some degree of independence.
Autism treatment includes the following:
1. Early intervention programs.
2. Sensory integration therapy.
3. Auditory integration therapy.
4. Behavioral Therapy Training (which defined as one of the most successful ways to present).
5. Pharmacological Treatment (which helps to improve certain symptoms, such as; Hyperactivity/ Lack of attention/ obsessive/ irritation/ screaming).
6. Speech Therapy (to improve communication shills and lack of language).

How To Recognize Autism

2010-11-06T11:33:00.000-07:00

Symptoms of Autism:-

Knowing that those symptoms may vary from one person to another, except mainly there are some common traits and they are mentioned in details herewith:

1. Impairments in social interaction.

2. Impairments in communication.

3. Restricted interests & repeated activities.

4. Atypical response to sensory issues (Touch, smell, eyesight, sound).

5. Some display aggressive behavior (head banging or biting themselves).

Impairments in social interaction:-

Avoiding eye-eye contact.

Disability to understand feelings of others or face expressions.

Failure to establish a friendship with other children.

Having no interest in sharing enjoyment or any kinds of interest with others.

Impairments in communication:-

Delay or lack of learning language.

Difficulty in continuing a conversation after it has started.

Stereotyped and repetitive use of language.

Repeating as several times phrases have heard previously.

Unable to understand others’ implied meanings as they understand only literally talk.

Restricted interests & repeated activities:-

Preoccupation with certain toy or even parts of it and ignoring the whole toy.

Atypical behavior in eating that shows in eating rituals and/or food refusal and for that reason most of autistic children are suffering form malnutrition.

Atypical response to sensory issues (Touch, smell, light, sound):-

Unusual response to physical sensations, such as to be more sensitive than usual to touch (resisting to be hugged)or to be less sensitive to pain than usual, or hearing or eyesight or smell.

To be attached to one person in particular.

Some display aggressive behavior (head banging or biting themselves):-

Behavioral disorders; such as hyperactivity, lack of concentration, difficulty in sleeping, or a severe bouts of anger, and may show a harmful behavior to themselves.

Repetitive muscle movements (flapping fingers or hands, head banging, hitting head against the wall, biting or rotation around themselves).

Diagnosing of Autism

2010-11-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

Initially, let it be known that Autism disorder is totally different from mental retardation disability, in the sense that not every Autistic has a decline in IQ.

How to Diagnose Autism?
1) Who is responsible for diagnosing autism?
2) What are the international standards used in diagnosing autism?
3) At what age, Autism can be diagnosed ?
4) What are the checks and tests that required / applied by the doctor?

1) Who is Responsible for Diagnosing Autism?
Team of Diagnosing Autism:-
Neurologist.
Pediatrician.
Children Psychiatrist.
Psychologist.
Speech Therapist.
Specialist in Special Education.
Social workers.

2) What are the International Standards used in Diagnosing Autism?
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV, used in the United States of America, provided by the American Psychiatric Association that provides the standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), is another guidebook used in Europe and other counties as well.
Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), as there are many easy fast questionnaires that are used to give a general idea and not an accurate diagnosis, these questionnaires are as follows:-
• ABC (Autism Behavior Checklist).
• ChAT (Checklist for Autism in Toddlers).
• CARS (Childhood Autism Rating Scale).
• ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)

3) At what age, Autism Can be Diagnosed ?
Autism is diagnosed from the age of thirty to thirty six months, however, recently researches has proven that it is possible to diagnose the disorder from age 18 months, knowing that it’s essential to diagnose the disease early so that the application of early intervention programs become more effective.

4) What are the Checks & Tests That Required / Applied by Doctors?
Required Analysis:-
1) Audiometry hearing assessment test.
2) Electroencephalography (EEG).
3) MRI of the brain.
4) Blood tests.
5) Analysis of the Thyroid Gland.
6) Analysis of Amino Acid in the blood.
7) Analysis of Chromosomes or Genetic Dyes.
8) Analysis of Urine.
9) Analysis of Immunity.
10) Analysis of Heavy Metals in the blood.
11) Analysis of Fungi.

Cause of Autism

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The major causes of such disorder has not been revealed yet, only there are many studies have come to some certain factors that could have an impact such as:

1. Genetic Factors.

2. Environmental Factors.

3. Biomedical Changes Factors.

Genetic Factors:

Where the child through the genes susceptible to autism, as studies have shown the presence of autism in twins more than others, particularly the twins from a single cell.

Environmental Factors:-

Environmental or chemical factors, such as toxic metals (mercury, lead) and the use of antibiotics in intensive or exposure to infections or viruses.

Biomedical Changes Factors:-

Biomedical changes that occur as a result of the following:-

1. Increase of the proliferation of Candida (fungi) and bacteria in the

intestines.

2. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

3. Malnutrition in general.

4. Lake of anti-oxidation.

5. Lake of fatty acids.

6. Decrease of the body’s ability to get rid of toxins and toxic metals.

7. Digestion of some types of foods in a complete, such as wheat, milk and

dairy products.

8. Problems related to the immune system.

9. Problems related to Serotonin “neurotransmitter”.

Definition of Autism

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Autism, the neurological disorder or the so-called mysterious disability, a mental disorder that affects children from an early age (around age 3), causing a lack of properties in the growth and development of various aspects such as linguistic and lack of social interaction with others.

While psychological theories confirmed that there is no cure for such disorder and most patients require lifelong care, only hope remains in early interference and appropriate treatment, some autistic patients are able to learn and act productively.

Autism was first identified by an Austrian psychiatrist and physician named Leo Kanner 1943 and was labeled as early infantile autism.

Autistic child suffering from what metaphorically called " social blindness " and his behavior is characterized by weakness in the use of facial expressions as well as not having the capacity to understand the meaning of feelings of sadness, anger or surprise.

Autism the term given to a developmental disorders which is characterized by failure or impeding the growth of sensory perception, language, and therefore lack of communication, linguistic and became as if the nervous system had just stopped working.

Autistic disorder lasts for lifetime, and leads to abnormal neural growth, which is one of the five components of a group called "the Pervasive Developmental Disorders(PDD)” including the following:-

1. Autism.

2. Asperger's syndrome.

3. Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD).

4. Rett disorder.

5. Pervasive development disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS).

Pollution

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First, we have to define the word ''pollution'' and what does it mean .. ?!

Actually pollution is to destroy environment, the air, the green areas, the water and to destroy environment there are only couple of hundreds of ways .. and all these ways have their effects on human beings in such a bad way.

Actually it's only us who are trying hard to damage the environment .. our own nature with no reason but because of selfish and ignorance.

It’s only us who are trying to invent new things as cars, machines, chemical stuff and others .. with taking no cautions to protect the environment as we are just trying to enjoy having revenge of our mother nature.

It's only us who are trying to turn our green areas into pieces for fine furniture and for other things. So, it's only us who could turn the green areas to football courts or fashion houses. So, we can say good by to fresh air to breath or health life to live.

Modern countries are used to accuse other poor countries that they are the one who destroying the environment, but that's only a false accusation, because those people in modern countries have some kind of principle which is sending their remnants to the poor countries .. and most of those people at these countries do not have any idea about this disaster .. and even if they knew, they do not have the power to stop it.

It's only us who care a lot about wars and dreaming of using nuclear weapons as well as biological weapons .. and destroying million of human beings with no mercy or conscience.

Lately, some people from everywhere on earth who are calling themselves ''Friends of Environment'' or ''Friends of Earth'' or even some green parties .. they all are fighting to protect our precious nature .. they are trying to convince others to ''Recycle products'' .. to stop abusing our nature with many ways as mentioned previously ..

One last thing we have to mention here is that we are the one who had destroyed our life .. and it became too hard for us to live like those people who had lived in the past, as it's getting worse everyday for us, so, if we could imagine how would our children live with all that .. they would loose the most essential needs for their life they should

have, and for this aim I think it worth it to reconsider the way we act and react with our environment.

Domination

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Domination leads to imitation and that happens when parents are dominating their children as they believe that this is the way they had been raised up .. and this is the way they should treat their own children ..

And that kind of attitude has a very bad affects on those children, this domination means as for parents to have the right to make rules, their children have no right to say a word about it ..!

Parents who believe of being the one and only who should decide any decision in the family, so others to him became only a shadow, who should act the same way they do, with no reason to use a reason, so their brain became just a useless part that no one needs.

Those patents always use big words and also big hands to blow any intention of any one in the family who wants to spell a word against them.

At the end, those children became simply another piece of a big machine, they all the same .. with no brain…!!.