| The research collected by professional health | | | | diagnosed as early as possible in the child's life, |
| organizations indicate that autism, or autistic spectrum | | | | especially when you consider that there are varying |
| disorder (ASD) affects approximately 1 out of every | | | | degrees of autism, ranging from very mild to severe. |
| 166 children in America. Those numbers would then | | | | If the presence of autism is diagnosed early, the |
| further indicate that an amazing 1.5 million American | | | | parents of the child can make arrangements to allow |
| children have autism to a certain degree. It is | | | | the child to benefit from professionals at school, |
| noteworthy that many of these cases of autism | | | | perhaps even a specialized school, where the |
| have not been diagnosed. The annual growth rate of | | | | teachers have received training in autism and |
| autism is greater than 14%, meaning it has become a | | | | understanding how to teach the autistic child. |
| major developmental disability for today's children. | | | | There are many thoughts about autism and there are |
| The occurance of autism is not limited to children, nor | | | | also many myths about it. One of those myths is |
| does it seem to afflict any particular person based on | | | | that children who are autistic are "dumb" or have a |
| race or social structure/class. Autism also does not | | | | low IQ. This is not true at all. In terms of academic |
| appear to be a result of any injury or accident that | | | | intelligence, an autistic child can score at the same |
| may have involved trauma. One thing that is known, | | | | level as his classmates. Do you remember the movie |
| however, is that boys are about 4 times more likely | | | | titled "Rain Man" with Dustin Hoffman, where he was |
| to have autism than girls. | | | | autistic? Although Dustin Hoffman did an excellent job |
| So that you can understand how to work with a | | | | in showing the lack of social interaction and many of |
| patient afflicted with autism, it is necessary to | | | | the other signs of an autism patient, he was also |
| understand some background about what autism is | | | | absolutely brilliant with numbers and in the casino. |
| and what signs an afflicted person shows. In a core | | | | There are several characteristics that autistic people |
| sense, autism is just one of several things known as | | | | will display that can be a clue to the potential |
| a cognitive disability or cognitive disorder. | | | | presence of autism. Unfortunately, there are no |
| Such a disorder has a negative impact on the child's | | | | conclusive laboratory tests that can definitively state |
| ability to learn and develop normally, particularly from | | | | whether or not a person has autism, simply because |
| the aspect of social interaction. Typically, autism can | | | | it really is a neurological disorder. Such characteristics |
| be diagnosed as early as age 3 in most children, and | | | | include, as discussed above, difficulty in verbal and |
| impairs how the brain reacts to certain stimuli. In that | | | | non-verbal communication, distinct resistance to |
| sense, autism is thought to be a neurological disorder. | | | | change in schedule or routine, an abnormally low |
| The most prominent signs of autism are difficulty in | | | | threshold for pain, difficulty or discomfort in making |
| both verbal and non-verbal communication skills. | | | | eye contact, and a tendency to fixate on a particular |
| Difficult with verbal communication is self-explanatory, | | | | object for very long periods of time. |
| but in the non-verbal sense, this deals with the | | | | It is critical to get a child suspected of being autistic |
| difficulty in having social interactions with other | | | | diagnosed as early as possible so that an effective |
| people. | | | | course of treatment can be started. |
| Autistic Spectrum Disorder or ASD is crucial to be | | | | |