On the other hand, autistic children feel challenging to operate on their own and require continuous assistance to learn new things. However, the learning potential and learning capability of autistic individuals can be improved using some effective treatments and therapies. There are different myths about Autism that can be proved correct or incorrect. The myth selected for review for this paper is that individuals with Autism cannot learn new skills. Scholarly journals will be used to support and refute the myth. At the end of the article, the findings will be summarized, and a recommendation will be given about the myth discussed in the paper.

Support for the Myth

Autism is a behaviorally defined medical problem characterized by qualitative impairments in an individual’s ability to interact, image, and communicate (Baird, Cass, & Slonims, 2003). This statement shows that Autism is a big problem as people with Autism cannot interact with other people around them in the way normal individuals do it. The main symptoms of Autism, which determine the presence of Autism in a child, include poor eye contact, less interaction with family members, inability to speak a single word for a long time after birth, and inability to make non-verbal gestures (Baird, Cass, & Slonims, 2003). These symptoms show that individuals with Autism have some sort of social isolation emotions that hinder their ability to interact with others appropriately. Their mind and feelings are attached to some particular things because of which their learning skills and abilities do not increase. As a result of this, they feel it difficult to learn new skills, whether they are social skills, judgment skills, or cognitive skills.

Another scholarly reference that supports the myth that autistic individuals cannot learn new skills is that people with Autism show repetitive patterns of behaviours. As Wing (1996) states, “Autistic spectrum disorders share a triad of impaired social interaction, communication, and imagination, associated with a rigid, repetitive pattern of behaviour” (p. 327). This statement again supports the myth as it terms the behaviours and actions of autistic individuals as a repetitive pattern of behaviours. Repetition occurs only when a person finds it challenging to learn new skills or new knowledge regarding anything.&nbsp.

Consequently, the campaign believed society was not perfect but susceptible to self-destruction and sin. Humanity never possessed the divinity and wisdom needed to realize perfection. Moreover, Dark Romanticism considered religion a sinister doctrine intending to bring light to humankind. According to them, the natural and realistic world was stark darkness, mysterious, and decaying. Therefore, the dark world’s revelations were hellish and evil because it seldom revealed humankind’s truth, leading to sin and self-destruction. Finally, its pessimistic view of the world implies the natural world strives to ensure individuals fail to bring better changes in their lives. Humankind lacks direction. Thus his endeavors consist of predispositions about the real world that lead to sin and self-destruction

Similarities

Transcendentalism was a spiritual, philosophical, and literary thought that began as a protest within a church. The Unitarians dominated humankind through religious doctrines, but many adherents intensified their protests between 1836 and 1860. Even though Romanticism originated earlier than Transcendentalism, it is apparent Dark Romanticism corresponds to Transcendentalism because it began around the late 19th century, only to criticize its predecessor.

The relationship between Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism lies in need of a movement in the 1800s. Both actions were reactions to stringent laws, traditions, and religious rules characterizing this century. As a result, both activities denounced Calvinism. This strong opposition occurred when Calvinists insisted that the outcomes of human action were predetermined. However, this was only benefiting the church at the individual’s expense, and both movements emphasize the influence of nature and the individual. Similar to Romanticism, Dark Romanticism bases its doctrines, Transcendentalism refuted objective reasoning supported by realism. As a result, Dark Romanticism shared a notion with Transcendentalism, insisting an individual needed to discover and unearth their truth and succumb to it rather than abiding by religious constructions of the time.

A new constitution was introduced by Leftist Dr. Rómulo Betancourt and the Democratic Action Party who won a majority of seats in a constituent assembly. Rómulo Gallegos, who was the famous writer, became the first president in 1947 who was elected democratically for the first time in Venezuela. A military coup takes over the government within eight months, by demolishing Gallegos rule. Venezuela has been considered as one of the most established demos created a state in Latin America after the ousted of Marco Marcos Peréz Jiménez in 1958. Betancourt ruled from 1959–1964, and Rafael Caldera Rodríguez was the president from 1969 to 1974. 1

Venezuela has always faced the problematic situation in its politics. it has always been conquered by the martial coup its timeline shows the major changes from 1498 to till date. In 1498-99 Christopher Columbus and Alonso de Ojeda visit Venezuela, Spanish colonization begins on the north-east coast in 1521. In 1749 Venezuela faced first rebellion against Spanish colonial rule. In 1810 – Venezuelan patriots took advantage of Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of Spain to declare independence. independence act was signed in 1811. In 1829-30 Venezuela became an independent republic with its capital at Caracas after secedes from Gran Colombia. In 1870-88 – foreign investment modernizes infrastructure and develops agriculture and education were attracted during the government of Antonio Guzman Blanco. Ports were blockaded by British, Italian and German warship because Venezuela didn’t repay loans in 1902. In 1908-35 Venezuela became the largest oil exporter in the world. In 1958 – the Democratic presidential election was won by Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal ousts Marcos Perez Jimenez. leftist Romulo Betancourt of the Democratic Action Party (AD)

Your Full Your 19 November Reading Response In Guatemala, in the guise of eliminating “internal enemies”, the repressive regimes started to crack down on people who opposed them in any way. Starting from a list of people to be eliminated in the Arbenz regime, given to them by the CIA, the organized workers unions were targeted next, and then the land given to peasants was taken back in order to give United Fruit Company its land back. Everyone who disagreed with the government was targeted, labeled a communist or an internal enemy. It is noteworthy, that the Mayan people in Guatemala were also repressed, with tens of thousands of them being murdered by the armed forces. The “internal enemy” was thus, anyone who held any anti-government sentiments, or could hold them (Byrne).

After the coup of General Pinochet in Chile, everyone with leftist leanings was considered to be an “internal enemy” to be destroyed. With the assent and approval of the US government, the repressive Chilean regime targeted many unions and their workers, universities were targeted too, as were students, and many people, thought to have leftist leanings, were kidnapped, to be tortured and/or killed. In Chile, an “internal enemy” was, thus, anyone who had communist leanings or was a communist sympathizer, a pretty vague term, which resulted in the death, torture and disappearance of many Chileans (Byrne).

In El Salvador, the situation was pretty identical too. here too the “internal enemy” was anyone who was against the policies of the regime. Guised under a crackdown against communists or subversive elements (“internal enemy”), the regime cracked down on dissenters, unions, students and community leaders and massacred a lot of its population (Byrne).

A few decades after the US support for Guatemala’s military governments, that ended up killing around 200,000 of Guatemalans, mostly Mayans (Carter), President Clinton felt it was important for the US to apologize so that a new era, where the US fostered democracy and democratic processes, could start. This could not be done without the US accepting its mistake and undertaking to support democracy. However, Clinton was criticized for doing that because those who were involved in US and Guatemala’s affairs feared that this would undermine all the good that the US had done to subvert communism and to win the Cold War. The critics point out that the US did not support military regimes, but rather was working for the “people’s right of self-determination.” (Carter).

Political Prisoner Retamozo (File 3721) was detained because he was suspected of being involved in capture of the Twenty-ninth Rural Infantry Regiment, in the town he was from. He was suspected of planning out the attack on the Regiment and being active in the “Montoneros” organization. C.G.P (file 7372), was abducted and was tortured in order to obtain information about anti-government movements (NCDP).

Works Cited

Babington, Charles. “Clinton: Support for Guatemala Was Wrong.” The Washington Post 11 March 1999: A1. Print.

Byrne, Hugh. “We Will be Known by the Company We Keep: Lessons from US-Latin America Policy for the Post-September 11th World.” The Latin America Working Group. 2002. Web.

Carter, Tom. “Guatemala Apology Deplored, Defended.” The Washington Times 12 March 1999 final ed.: A1. Print.

National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons. “Never Again.” 1984. 440-447. Print.

As such, it is important to understand fully the status and nature of Afghan political climate and culture before imposing new or improved political systems that will be more acceptable and in-tune with the local population’s beliefs and interests.

Afghanistan as a country has always been composed of various ethnic communities living in separation with each other due to geographic landmarks (e.g. landforms, mountains) and their individual ideologies and beliefs in their own factions, only having Islam as the main religion and their common links with one another (Katzman, 2014). These differences and spatial separations created natural rifts between and among communities or tribes by claiming that each one of them has the divine right to rule, causing them to become divided which in effect prevents full assimilation of all groups into democratic governance by a centralized government (Shahrani, 2011). However, despite the idea that Afghanistan has never experienced any form of democracy during pre-modern and modern eras, it is surprising to note that amidst various political struggles the country was actually under a successful democratic reign during the 1960’s up to the early 1970’ under a parliamentary system ruled by a constitutional monarch. This political setup was made possible by the government providing support to the informal power structures that have existed within the long history of the country. These power structures have hierarchies that include respected figureheads at various levels of the society: from ethnic, regional, district, village and clan levels of authority, and have provided peace and stability within the widely-varying groups of communities in Afghanistan (Katzman, 2014).