| Going back a number of years, it had been observed | | | | For the longest of time, parents were feeling |
| that children who were autistic could also border on | | | | miserable believing that somehow their behavior has |
| genius. They had an unusual grasp on math, science | | | | brought on the autism effect on their child. However, |
| or music. It was also noted that this type of autism | | | | nothing can be further from the truth as the cause |
| affected more boys than girls; though the exact | | | | was thought to be genetic. |
| reason why this happens still remains a mystery. | | | | Medical research has now have shown that autism |
| The syndrome of extreme grasping power and the | | | | cannot be caused by outside factors. There's also a |
| affinity for numbers and science in this particular is | | | | trigger for asperger autism or autism in general. In |
| also called in common terms "the little professor | | | | layperson's language, autism happens when the loose |
| syndrome". This syndrome also has another name | | | | ends of neurons in the body connect to the wrong |
| known as asperger autism. This malady was | | | | sides and hence end up misreading the body's signals, |
| discovered back in 1944 by Hans Asperger, when the | | | | and in turn prompt wrong action. It is like having a |
| medical fraternity took notice and accepted this | | | | wiring mix-up that sooner or later will result in a short |
| disorder as a special branch of autism. | | | | circuit. |
| Proof that Autism Is Not a Mental Retardation | | | | A child with this disorder will be non-responsive to |
| Disorder | | | | anything the outside world says or does. These |
| Back then, autism was considered to be a mental | | | | children will not show pain, will not laugh or smile even |
| retardation disease. However, following a number of | | | | at something funny, etc. There is a deterioration of |
| symptoms described by Hans Asperger, doctors all | | | | all human interactive aspects, such as speaking, a |
| over the world came to accept that autism is rather | | | | friendly touch and appetite. The child may not even |
| a neurological disorder instead of a mental disorder. | | | | noticed your arrival and rarely smile at you. However, |
| To recognize the value of the work done by Hans | | | | when they feel like it, they can perform a task that |
| Asperger, the high functioning autism was named | | | | three ordinary people would balk at. |
| asperger autism. | | | | It's a good idea to provide these people with a broad |
| Asperger observed through his research that | | | | scope of activities. They seem to have a hunger for |
| asperger autism and autism in general was a result of | | | | learning and a ferocious appetite for reading. Put |
| faulty genes and that this defect in the genes were | | | | them in front of a computer, and they would master |
| a direct outcome of past generations of inbreeding. | | | | it in no time at all. |