| Autism is a type of developmental disability that | | | | of children with autism are steady throughout the |
| classically appears within the first three years of a | | | | globe and autism is found to be more rampant in |
| child's life. People with autism experience the world | | | | boys than in girls. |
| differently from others. Children and adults with | | | | No cure for autism exists, but by working with a |
| autism find it challenging to talk with others or | | | | team of doctors, therapists and special teachers |
| express themselves with words so they need | | | | children with autism have a fighting chance to |
| special help to communicate. Reactions to normal | | | | adjust or overcome the many difficulties before |
| sounds of everyday life may be upsetting. Simple | | | | them. Autism is known as a spectrum disorder so |
| connections like a smile with happiness may be | | | | many different levels of need exist and each case |
| troublesome for a child with autism to identify. | | | | and child needs to be individually addressed. Since |
| Words and meanings are challenging. Most people | | | | autism is a spectrum disorder people who have |
| do not like a change in routine and appreciate a | | | | similar diagnosis can act in a different way from |
| schedule. The biggest trouble for individuals with | | | | one another. For this reason establishing a |
| autism is making sense of the world. Everyday | | | | diagnosis is crucial. Knowing the signs early can |
| brain activities like interpreting sights, sounds and | | | | help benefit the child with an intervention program. |
| smells are challenging. | | | | Each person is an individual and people with autism |
| Autism affects about 1 in every 150 children with | | | | are no different. |
| no known cause or cure. The human brain is | | | | Many misconceptions and myths about autism are |
| complicated so difficulty exists in determining an | | | | out there. Contrary to many beliefs, children with |
| exact cause although some scientists believe that | | | | autism are able to make eye contact and can |
| autism or similar disorders run in the family. The | | | | develop functional language and many children |
| brain holds over 100 billion neurons which when | | | | have some type of communication skills. Another |
| working together allow connections to be made. | | | | myth is that since sensory stimulation is different |
| When discourse or the neurons don't develop | | | | in children with autism, that they are not able to |
| properly or are damaged, difficulty arises for that | | | | show affection, this is not the case, many can |
| individual to learn these connections. | | | | and do give affection. Autism is not a condition |
| Racial, ethnic, lifestyle, educational levels, or social | | | | that a child will out grow but in some cases |
| boundaries do not bind autism. This disorder | | | | symptoms lessened as the child received |
| affects any family as well as any child. The cases | | | | treatment and developed. |