| Autism Retardation | | | | their judgment intact. Hence, while these children may |
| Autism is a complex neurological disorder that | | | | have poor adaptation and social interaction skills, they |
| dramatically affects people's behaviors and social | | | | may have a very good logic, excelling at math or in |
| interactions. The disorder can be revealed in early | | | | other similar areas. In many cases, autistics may even |
| childhood, by the age of 3. Although the first signs of | | | | have remarkable talent for visual arts or music. At |
| autism can sometimes be identified in infants, the | | | | the opposite pole, children with severe autism also |
| disorder is usually discovered at a later stage of life. | | | | suffer from mental retardation. The development of |
| Autistic children present a wide range of behavioral | | | | mentally retarded autistic children is very slow and |
| abnormalities, and they can be easily identified among | | | | these children rarely make any progress. |
| normal children. While normal young children long for | | | | Although the exact causes of autism haven't yet |
| the presence of their parents and love to play in the | | | | been identified by medical science, it is believed that |
| company of other kids, autistic children are very | | | | genetic factors have a very important role in the |
| indifferent, showing no interest to the people around | | | | occurrence of the disorder. Autism involves |
| them. | | | | abnormalities at the level of the central nervous |
| | | | system which are suspected to occur on the |
| The communication skills of autistic children are also | | | | premises of genetic dysfunctions. |
| impaired. While some children with autism may refuse | | | | Considering the fact that there is no cure for autism, |
| to speak at all, others experience pronounced | | | | medical treatments available today can't reverse the |
| difficulties in expressing themselves. Autistics are | | | | neurological damage caused by the disorder. |
| generally withdrawn, passive, and low-responsive. In | | | | However, what medical treatments can do is to |
| many cases, they even avoid making eye contact | | | | minimize the undesirable effects of autism. If children |
| with other people. Autism Retardation | | | | with autism are prescribed an appropriate medical |
| Autism can be anywhere from mild to very | | | | treatment, their development can be supported and |
| pronounced. Children who suffer from milder forms | | | | their symptoms can be kept under control. |
| of autism are usually very intelligent. For this category | | | | With the aid of medical treatments and the support |
| of children, the disorder only affects their emotional | | | | of their families, autistic children can eventually be |
| intelligence and their social interaction skills, leaving | | | | integrated into the society. |