| Autism is a very common type of pervasive | | | | rise with 10 percent each year. For some reason, |
| developmental disorder that generates serious | | | | autism predominantly affects boys, rarely |
| communicational and behavioral impairments. | | | | occurring in the opposite sex.Although modern |
| People with autism experience pronounced | | | | science has been trying to identify the factors |
| difficulties in interacting with others. Also, patients | | | | responsible for the occurrence of autism, in |
| diagnosed with autism have poor imaginative skills, | | | | present the exact causes of the disorder remain |
| engage in repetitive, stereotype behaviors and | | | | unknown. However, scientists believe that autism |
| manifest a strong resistance to change. In many | | | | occurs due to genetic dysfunctions that interfere |
| cases, autism can also involve a certain degree of | | | | with the normal activity of the central nervous |
| mental retardation.Autism is considered to be the | | | | system.Medical scientists suspect that the poor |
| most severe childhood disorder. The overall | | | | social interaction skills characteristic to people with |
| number of cases of autism has known a | | | | autism are determined by inappropriate |
| pronounced increase in the last decades and the | | | | communication between certain areas of the |
| worldwide incidence of the disorder in children is | | | | brain. After conducting various experiments, |
| continuously rising. Statistics indicate that autism | | | | scientists revealed that unlike normal people, |
| affects around 1.5 million people in the United | | | | autistics have a very low brain activity when they |
| States alone. The prevalence of the disorder | | | | are involved in social situations. |
| among the American population is expected to | | | | |